HARRODS TAPS

Is water a liquid?

Water Droplets, 1999-2000
Polished and satin chrome
Editions
Various dimensions
© Mark Humphrey

CLIENT
Waterfront Bathrooms

COLLABORATORS
Harrods
CP Hart

AWARD
International Bathroom Award

LOCATION
London, UK

“WATER DROPLETS TRANSFORMS THE SIMPLE FORM OF A WATER DROPLET INTO A COLLECTION OF TAPS AND BATHROOM OBJECTS. INSPIRED BY THE NATURAL SHAPE AND MOVEMENT OF WATER, ITS FLUIDITY IS TRANSLATED INTO SOLID METAL AND STONE, CREATING OBJECTS THAT SIT BETWEEN SCULPTURE AND DESIGN.

THE DROPLET BECOMES THE DEFINING LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE COLLECTION. ITS SPHERICAL, BEADED FORM IS REPEATED AND DEVELOPED ACROSS DIFFERENT BATHROOM ELEMENTS, GIVING EACH OBJECT A SCULPTURAL PRESENCE WHILE RETAINING ITS FUNCTION.

THE WORK EXPLORES THE TRANSFORMATION FROM LIQUID TO SOLID, NATURE TO MANUFACTURE, AND IDEA TO OBJECT. WHAT BEGINS AS SOMETHING FLUID BECOMES PERMANENT AND HIGHLY ENGINEERED. DESIGNED FOR THE HOME, THE OBJECTS CAN ALSO BE SEEN AS SCULPTURES – EQUALLY AT HOME IN A BATHROOM OR ON A PLINTH IN A GALLERY.”

Mark Humphrey

“CONTEMPORARY SOPHISTICATION.”

Terence Conran
Designer