Hatria proudly introduces its newest sit-on basin: Valley.
Valley is the result of the collaboration with Mario Alessiani Studio. This world-class design studio believes in honouring material and process. The design is simply a tool to emphasize characteristics, interaction and shapes.
Valley is a ceramic sit-on basin. The concept behind this project goes against the usual or standard line of reasoning: it starts with ceramics as a solid material simply complying with a function in a gentle way and no longer ceramics as a moldable surface with a shape to fulfil a job. The basin is a reflection of an excavated rock and a contrast between the geometry and the organic shape of a basin.
Mario Alessandri, after studying industrial design, moved to Rome to study at the European Institute of Design (IED). After working for Giulio Patrizi in Italy and for Jake Phipps in London, he opened his own studio and began working with various national and international companies.
Mario Alessandri’s motto is “making things functionally beautiful”, this final goal is achieved working thoroughly each detail, material and design idea and we’re able to see it in Hatria’s Valley sit-on basin.