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NOT TO BE MEDALLED WITH
An exclusive washbasin collection
has been designed for Roca to
mark the 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games.
Designer Javier Mariscal has
personalised Roca washbasins
TO WASH OR NOT TO
with drawings featuring various WASH…
Olympic disciplines such as tennis,
German students Wolfgang Roessler and Gregor Dauth collaborated
swimming and running. Roca
with Villeroy & Boch to develop this striking washstand concept.
was selected by the 2008 Beijing
Called Tada, this multi-functional creation can be used as a table
Olympic Organising Committee as
or work surface, but can also be used as a washstand when necessary
an offi cial supplier to the Games,
through a simple modifi cation process. By connecting the table to a
which took place last month. Roca
docking station in the ground and pressing the handle downwards,
has supplied some 15,000 products
the water is connected and the sink forms in the surface of the table.
in various buildings constructed
The possible locations around the house for using this washstand are
specifi cally for the event.
limited only by the positioning of the docking stations.
Roca: +44 (0)1530 830080
Wolfgang Roessler:
www.roca-uk.com
www.wir-gestalten.com
ROYALLY
DECEPTIVE
Originally part of a limited edition of
only fi ve, the Anne table was conceived
by British designer Gareth Neal. Due to
WOK’S WRONG WITH A GOOD OLD BBQ?
demand, however, the deceptive table
will be fabricated by Italian company
In his fi nal year at Perdue University, Indiana, Weston Boege took part in an industrial design competition sponsored Andreoli and will be launched to the
by Whirlpool which set participants the challenge of designing a kitchen appliance that appealed to certain ethnic public shortly. Made from LG Hi-Macs,
groups. The Range-Stovetop that Boege came up with was designed for the Chinese-American population, aiming to the Anne table gives the illusion of a
cater for traditional American-style cooking as well as Chinese-style wok cooking. 1730s Queen Anne side table within a
On one side are small burners for cooking side dishes with an economy-sized oven. The other side is a high- transparent casing. The design of the
powered wok-style burner capable of reaching the temperatures imperative to Chinese cooking. This side can detach table is very subtle and only in certain
from the base to become mobile with a self-contained propane or natural gas tank. lights and at various angles is the idea
The unit can be brought outside when enjoying the outdoors for an American-style cooking experience, or evident.
brought to the kitchen table to bring the family together for Chinese-style cooking.
LG Chem Europe: +44 (0)1892 543008
Weston Boege:
www.lghimacs.eu
www.corofl
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