Phoenix proudly announced the release of their new international award-winning collection, Nuage.
Nuage draws design inspiration from natural and earthen elements, coming together to blur the lines between fabricated and organic. The collection will add a modern, sculptural edge to a bathroom with softly curved, artisanal pieces , featuring outlets, mixers, showers and accessories.
Proudly designed in Australia by their in-house design team, Nuage is already recognised internationally for its unique and functional product composition with a GOOD DESIGN award (2020-21 and an iF Design Award (2021) for the mixer range. The accessory collection was awarded a Red Dot Award in 2022. These three awards give weight to their anticipation that the Nuage collection will be embraced by the Australian design community.
Phoenix Design Lead, Ban Liu, is the creator of Nuage. Ban drew inspiration to conceptualise Nuage from a visit to his home country of Taiwan. “On a trip home in 2019, I spent time in one of my favourite places, Seven Star Bay. I have fond memories from when I was younger, of staying overnight on the pebble beach to watch the sunrise,” Ban recalls. “Nuage draws on the relationship between those pebbles, water and home.”
To ensure the mixer design aesthetic is never compromised, the Phoenix design team has created a unique mechanism where the adjustment range is set behind the wall, within the cartridge assembly itself. Other mixer products have an adjustment range that is set in front of the wall, meaning that sometimes the handle can end up being too far away from the dress plate, compromising the design aesthetic. The behind-the-wall mechanism in Nuage ensures that the handle is always the perfect distance from the dress plate and the design intention remains.
Along with perennial favourites, Chrome and Brushed Nickel, the Nuage collection is also available in two new finishes for Phoenix – the newly released Brushed Carbon Contemporary Finish and the brand-new, exclusive to Nuage, Matte White finish.
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