Interview with Ramón Aicart, Hüppe Spain’s responsible for tech & design
"We try to develop all of our products so that they are very easy to install and align."
When designing a new prototype, which aspects are your priorities?
Important is that the whole device is coherent. Therefore we apply what we call the pillars or basics of design. Hüppe always starts with a strong technical basis to grant all funtional guarantees that the brand has us all used to. The quality of the components is a further fundamental aspect in this regards.
Moreover, Hüppe takes into account the installer. A good product that is poorly installed threatens the whole brand image. We try to develop all of our products so that they are very easy to install and align.
Finally, an essential detail when it comes to the final consumer is the modern aesthetic, which gives our products a unique character guaranteeing a splendid and different look in the bathroom.
Do you also consider the environment?
Of course, the Hüppe group is very engaged in the environment.
Our enclosures are 100% recyclable so that the whole solution, at the end of its life, can be separated individually without any effort and be introduced in the recycling process.
Is the minimalist focus of the bathroom still in fashion?
I think that it is and that I will be for some time to come. Originating from soft lines and playing with transparency it can be combined well with any furnishing, minimalism helps to preserve the pass of time in the bathroom. This is an important advantage as it hardly gets out of style.
How do you think the bathroom of the future will look like?
The bathroom will become more and more a pleasant room to relax and will be increasingly combined with other areas of the house.
In which way has the economic crisis influenced the development of your work?
The launch of lower-priced product lines, however being of the usual Hüppe quality, are experiencing great acceptance.
A natural leader in his area
With more than 15 years at Hüppe and 25 within the sector, Ramón Aicart is the responsible of the tecn & design department for Hüppe Spain and the creator of some of Hüppe’s series such as Design, Prisma, Kalea or Vista, to name the most recent ones.
Project department, the holidays start
Maybe this summer some of you are lucky enough to see the Hüppe enclosures at the paradisiacal coast of the Dominican Republic.
Hüppe is participating in the construction of a luxurious 5 star hotel complex at Playa Bávaro, for a well-known hotel chain. Its rooms are decorated with several solutions, among others the Proedition TP, which particularly sticks out.
These solutions allow for combining the bathroom with the bedroom. They include a dry zone, the lavatory, and a moist zone, the shower, with a great accessibility thanks to the wide swing doors.
Both doors are fixed at the same central lateral to facilitate installation.
Feria Ideo Bain 2010 in París
At the beginning of this year, Hüppe France participated in the trade fair Ideo Bain 2010, where they presented the new Manufaktur Studio Paris.
Ideo Bain is France’s most important trade fair within our sector with all main brands being present at this event, serving as a showcase for the new Manufaktur Studio Paris.
The booth’s location next to Hansgrohe and Duravit generated much interest. The numerous visitors could confirm how Hansgrohe’s product line Pura Vida perfectly matched Hüppe’s Studio Paris series, due to the fact that both products have been designed by Phoenix Design.
New Classics DC2C, unique in its segment
The solution DC2C of the Classics series, with two sliding doors, that opens both sides, is experiencing a huge success for its uniqueness in the lower-mid segment.
These sliding doors with double opening enlarges significantly the access to the shower tray, it is seldom applied by other manufacturers and has had a wide acceptance.
Furthermore, you can count on more advantages of the Classics series when it comes to ease of cleaning or softness of the doors’ movements.
New solutions within the Design series
Now are available the new solutions DC2 Plus and W Choice for the Design series.
The new Design DC2 Plus originates from the same concept as the new Prisma DC2 Plus, with one sliding door and two fixed panels on the sides, allowing to install the door in whatever position until it is in alignment with the bathroom’s passage.
The novelty is the incorporation of the Stand-alone panels Design W Choice into the medium range, allowing to choose multiple and elegant combinations, including a short swing door, which prevents water to leave the shower area.
