Dimensions of Wellbeing Continued: A KOHLER Perspective for Global Design
Now in its third expression, Kohler’s Perspective of the Year provides a design-centered framework for emerging ideas in the global marketplace. Through the Perspective of the Year, we seek to initiate a conversation about the relationship of architecture and design to developments within art, fashion, entertainment, business, lifestyles and other cultural touchstones.
With the introduction of Dimensions of Wellbeing in 2020, we focused on the role of personal habits and hygiene in our physical, mental and spiritual health. This second phase will expand on this concept to explore the broader relationship between designed environments and wellbeing.
Dimensions of Wellbeing Defined
At its heart, Dimensions of Wellbeing is a very simple idea — our physical spaces affect us. As simple as it appears at first, it’s also an incredibly profound concept that affects every element of society and the environment.
Dimensions of Wellbeing offers a way of looking at designed spaces through our interactions with them, not as static arrangements of objects, but rather as dynamic, ever-changing systems that have meaning and impact in our lives.
Designing Wellbeing
Kohler recognizes that wellbeing is personal, subjective, and fluid. As such, spaces that can adapt to their occupants’ personal interpretation of wellbeing inherently provide a more fulfilling experience.
Through Dimensions of Wellbeing, Kohler seeks to empower architects and designers to create spaces that respond to their occupants and the many ways their lives have changed over the course of 2020 and 2021, enabling them to create a specific mood or feeling through the combination of form and function.
From the personalized cleanliness and comfort of an intelligent toilet to the transformative microenvironment of a freestanding bath, Kohler products and technologies contribute to wellbeing in rich and multifaceted ways.
The bathroom is actually the hub for wellbeing. It's where you take care of yourself. Sometimes it's the only space in which you have privacy and you're able to disconnect. So we see the bathroom evolving. It's not just a task-oriented space, it's a living space.
— ERIN LILLY, DECORATIVE DESIGN STUDIO MANAGER, KOHLER CO.
Featured Products
Freestanding Baths
Freestanding baths create a microenvironment in which you can manipulate water to your mood, letting you create a greater sense of wellbeing, rejuvenation, and escape without having to leave home. They create a focal point in a design that bestows a sense of intentionality and a reminder of the importance of wellbeing.
Styling Space
The styling space is one of the most important and most overlooked elements of a room’s design. It’s where we prepare for our day and wash away the stresses at the end of the day. The mirror and lighting are essential to the confidence we carry from the moments we spend in front of them through the rest of our day.
Intelligent Toilets
Intelligent toilets provide an elevated sense of hygiene and personalized control, revealing the possibility of finding wellbeing in unexpected places. With easy-to-clean surfaces, their integrated technology and intuitive interfaces create a sense of calm and order, and water-saving technology contributes to environmental wellbeing.
Brazn Collection
The Brazn collection presents a comfortable, welcoming update to the cold minimalism of the past. Clean, dramatic lines and angles combine with textured, organic surfaces to create an environment that is refreshing and energizing in its simplicity, yet carries just the right amount of purposeful imperfection.
Vibrant Brushed Moderne Brass
With its bright warmth and bold presence, Vibrant Brushed Moderne Brass presents a refreshing alternative to cool finishes that have become the standard in recent years. With its soft sophistication, it supports wellbeing by creating a sense of optimism and personal expression.
Architects and designers have the ability to combine essential functionality and hygiene with uncompromising aesthetics to truly harness the full potential of a space.
— LUN CHEAK TAN, VP INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, KOHLER KITCHEN & BATH GROUP
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