Laufen Volta Basin

Water has always fascinated people. Now designer Yves Béhar has created Volta; a washbasin made of Saphirkeramik, that presents water in the bathroom in a completely new way.

To achieve this, he has radically questioned the traditional form of the washbasin. The water flows down a curved ramp that is inscribed like a spiral in the round basic shape of the washbasin.

The water no longer has to flow out of a mixer tap. It flows out of an opening at the upper end of the ramp and is directed to the waste at the centre of the basin, at the foot of the ramp. This also creates a new aesthetic, as Behar emphasises: ‘Very geometric, very minimal, very simple’.