AXOR Citterio Gets a Tactile Update

Proving the timeless appeal of the AXOR Citterio collection, almost twenty years since its launch the range gets an update with a new lever handle even more precise and intuitive than its predecessors, and a new tactile 3D surface pattern

Since its founding in 1993, AXOR — a brand of the Hansgrohe Group — has produced taps and showers designed around the core tenets of ‘avantgarde, personalisation and perfection’, and has become known for producing award-winning designs by world-renowned names like Philippe Starck, Jean-Marie Massaud and Barber Osgerby. Also on this roster is Italian architect and designer Antonio Citterio, whose AXOR Citterio collection has recently expanded to include a new ‘floating’ lever handle, even more precise, intuitive and easy to use than previous iterations, and a new ‘rhombic cut’ 3D surface pattern.

AXOR Citterio may comprise a wide array of products and options, with levers, faucets and finishes to suit any bathroom, but what brings them together is the designer’s consistent, geometric design language, with each of the 70 pieces — mixers in multiple heights and installation types, for example, with different versions of escutcheons or plates, and three different handle styles — carrying the spirit of Italy’s neoclassical architecture in its right angles and circular curves.

‘Luxury is quality — not just the perception of quality, but true quality. Anyone can do a tube, but when you have the flat surfaces of AXOR Citterio, it’s not an easy process, and luxury is in the quality of the execution,’ says Citterio of his namesake collection. ‘It’s a simple shape, but you feel quality. Those who enjoy celebrating the daily ritual of washing should do so with beautiful objects.’

The ‘beautiful objects’ that make up the extensive AXOR Citterio collection come in a classic chrome finish and an array of AXOR FinishPlus Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) surfaces like Polished Black Chrome and Brushed Gold Optic, but the highlight at this moment in the collection’s history is no doubt the innovative floating handle realised in the invitingly tactile 3D surface pattern.

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