Iron Bathroom Furniture and Sanitary Ware Design · 2024
Dverse Integrated Sink
- A' Design Award 2024 Iron Winner in Bathroom Furniture and Sanitary Ware Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: Excel Dryer, Inc.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 31,795
- Verification code 77E0565358 · Verify this award
About Dverse Integrated Sink
The Dverse sink system featuring the Xlerator Sync Hand Dryer revolutionizes hand hygiene with a large variety of customization options, allowing for personalization in color, shape, and materials, catering to diverse aesthetics. The sink system seamlessly fuses high efficiency fixtures on the sink deck allowing users to wash, rinse, and dry hands all in one place. Combining flexibility and functionality, architects and designers can design an aesthetically pleasing restroom that is hygienic and leaves no water on the floor.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The DVerse Sink System featuring the XLERATORsync Hand Dryer revolutionizes hand hygiene with unparalleled customization options, allowing for personalization in color, shape, and materials, catering to diverse aesthetics. It distinguishes itself with optional add-ons like baby changing units and built-in trash receptacles. Its compatibility with numerous top-brand soaps and faucets, alongside a completely touchless wash-and-dry experience, sets a new standard in user convenience and hygiene.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The retrofit hand dryer has dimensions of 762mm x 635mm x 635mm, strategically designed for optimal space efficiency without compromising performance. Since architect's can custom choose each component of this sink system to meet their needs, each item is packaged in their own manufacturer's packaging and then is assembled on site to meet the exact dimensions needed for the client.
- Tags
- Hand Dryer, Sink System, XLERATORsync, Restroom, Custom Design, Sustainable, Bathroom, Hygiene, Green, Hand Washing
- Production Technology
- The DVerse Sink System is crafted from premium materials such as solid surface Corian, marble, and granite, customizable per client specifications. Employing advanced fabrication techniques, the system is precision-engineered to ensure seamless integration and durability. The choice of materials provides superior aesthetic appeal while aligning with our commitment to sustainability and design innovation. This approach allows for a tailored fit to any architectural style or design theme.
- Design Challenge
- The creative challenge for the DVerse sink system was balancing complete customization with functionality to meet architects' and designers' needs. Overcoming these challenges, we designed a basin that directs water away from the user, preventing floor spills, and incorporated touch-free fixtures for improved hygiene. The project harmonized aesthetics with hygiene, addressing the main issues of water control and cleanliness while offering full customization.
- Project Duration
- This project started in October 2022 in East Longmeadow, MA and finished in September 2023 in East Longmeadow, MA and was featured for the first time at the ARC Interiors Trade Show in San Antonio, TX in September 2023.
- Operation Flow
- The DVerse Sink System Featuring the XLERATORsync Hand Dryer offers a seamless, no-touch operation from left to right, integrating high-efficiency fixtures for washing and drying hands in one place, leaving no water on the floor while ensuring optimal hygiene and convenience. The customizable design allow architects to transform restroom aesthetics, providing an ultimate user experience. This innovative approach elevates restroom functionality while aligning with modern design preferences.
- Research
- In our research on the DVerse Sink System featuring the XLERATORsync, we aimed to meet architects' demands for unobtrusive, efficient restroom solutions. We uncovered a preference for below-sight-line solutions as opposed to traditional wall-mounted dryers, which are often deemed unattractive. The results informed the sink system's design incorporating hand washing and drying into one aesthetically pleasing system, setting new standards for restroom design and functionality.
- Inspiration
- The DVerse Sink System was inspired by the need to offer architects and designers with versatile options that align with their creative visions for restroom designs. Motivated by enhancing aesthetics and functionality, research into airflow dynamics led to the XLERATORsync's unique feature that directs water away from users and into the basin, ensuring cleanliness and safety by minimizing slipping hazards. This innovation represents a harmonious blend of form, function, and safety.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Chris Marion, D|VERSE Sink System, 2023
Image #2: Photographer Chris Marion, D|VERSE Sink System, 2023
Image #3: Photographer Chris Marion, D|VERSE Sink System, 2023
Image #4: Photographer Chris Marion, D|VERSE Sink System, 2023
Image #5: Photographer Chris Marion, D|VERSE Sink System, 2023
Video Credits Market Mentors, EXCEL Dryer – Sink System, 2023
Colors of Dverse Integrated Sink
Design Interview about Dverse Integrated Sink
The main principle behind the D|VERSE Sink System is to offer architects and designers versatile and aesthetically pleasing restroom solutions that integrate seamlessly into various design visions. The inspiration stemmed from the need to enhance both the aesthetics and functionality of restrooms, with research into airflow dynamics leading to the innovative feature of directing water away from users to ensure cleanliness and safety.
For the recent office expansion that this product was used in, the driving concept was to design a space that embodied Excel Dryer's core values. This company deeply values creative innovation and collaboration, environmental stewardship, and promoting human health and wellness. So, we applied this lens to guide design decisions and create a space that intuitively demonstrates these principles.
For the recent office expansion that this product was used in, the driving concept was to design a space that embodied Excel Dryer's core values. This company deeply values creative innovation and collaboration, environmental stewardship, and promoting human health and wellness. So, we applied this lens to guide design decisions and create a space that intuitively demonstrates these principles.
The main focus was on creating a customizable, integrated hand hygiene solution that aligns with modern design preferences while enhancing user experience. We aimed to achieve a harmonious blend of form, function, and safety, ensuring a touch-free and spill-free hand washing and drying experience.
For the recent office expansion that this product was installed in, we had an exciting opportunity to showcase the D|VERSE integrated sink systems throughout the expansion. The main conference room creates a flexible meeting space that can expand to host larger company events. This was a perfect place to showcase the company's latest innovation while promoting excellent hand hygiene in this central gathering space.
For the recent office expansion that this product was installed in, we had an exciting opportunity to showcase the D|VERSE integrated sink systems throughout the expansion. The main conference room creates a flexible meeting space that can expand to host larger company events. This was a perfect place to showcase the company's latest innovation while promoting excellent hand hygiene in this central gathering space.
Future plans include expanding the customization options further and integrating more advanced features to meet evolving user needs. We also aim to collaborate with more architects and designers to incorporate the D|VERSE Sink System into a broader range of projects, enhancing restroom functionality and aesthetics worldwide.
The design process for the D|VERSE Sink System took approximately one year, from October 2022 to September 2023.
This design was pursued out of inspiration to address the gaps in current restroom solutions, particularly the need for aesthetically pleasing, functional, and safe hand hygiene systems. It was driven by the desire to innovate and improve upon existing restroom designs and by the need to offer architects and designers versatile options that align with their creative visions for restroom designs.
The design is produced by D|13 Group.
The design was motivated by the need to offer a more integrated, aesthetically pleasing, and functional restroom solution that meets the demands of modern architects and designers.
While the primary inspiration came from internal research and development, feedback from architects and designers about existing restroom solutions influenced the final design to better meet their needs and preferences.
The target customers are architects and designers looking for customizable, high-quality restroom solutions that enhance both functionality and aesthetics.
The D|VERSE Sink System's unparalleled customization options, allowing for personalization of color, shape, and materials, compatibility with numerous top-brand soap and faucets, integration of the XLERATORsync Hand Dryer, and commitment to a touch-free, spill-free user experience set it apart from other concepts. Its focus on blending form, function, and safety in a seamless design makes it distinct.
The name "D|VERSE" reflects the design’s versatility and ability to adapt to diverse aesthetic and functional requirements, emphasizing its appeal to a broad range of design visions.
Advanced CAD software and 3D modeling tools were used to design and refine the D|VERSE Sink System, ensuring precision and high-quality integration of all components
The most unique aspect is the seamless integration of washing and drying functions in a single unit with unparalleled customization options, providing a touch-free, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing solution.
The project involved collaboration with engineers specializing in airflow dynamics, materials experts, and architects to ensure the system's functionality, durability, and aesthetic appeal.
Technology plays a crucial role in ensuring the system's touch-free operation, efficient water and air flow management, and integration of high-efficiency fixtures, enhancing both hygiene and user experience.
Yes, the design was influenced by extensive research into user preferences, restroom design trends, and airflow dynamics to ensure optimal performance and aesthetics. Surveys and focus groups with architects and designers provided valuable insights.
The creative challenge for the D|VERSE Sink System was balancing complete customization with functionality to meet architects’ and designers’ needs. Overcoming these challenges, we designed a basin that directs water away from the user, preventing floor spills, and incorporated touch-free fixtures for improved hygiene. The project harmonized aesthetics with hygiene, addressing the main issues of water control and cleanliness while offering full customization.
The decision was based on our confidence in the innovative aspects of the D|VERSE Sink System and our desire to gain broader recognition for our work and its potential impact on restroom design.
We learned the importance of integrating user feedback into the design process and the value of cross-disciplinary collaboration in achieving a well-rounded, functional, and aesthetically pleasing product.
The D|VERSE Sink System not only represents a significant step forward in restroom design but also aligns with sustainable practices through its use of durable materials and energy-efficient components, reflecting our commitment to environmental responsibility.