design awards
bronze award
Category: International Exhibit
Exhibitor: Omnires Sp. Zo. o.
Design/Fabrication: Smart Design Expo Sp. Zo. o., Przezmierowo, Poland, 48-61-642-714, www.smartdesign-expo.com Show: Warsaw Home, 2019
Budget: $80,000 – $149,000
Size: 32-by-42 feet
PHOTOS: PATRYK LEWINSKI
Wash Room
By Ben Barclay
Following a recent rebranding, Omnires Sp. Zo. o. saw
the 2019 Warsaw Home show as an opportunity to
burnish its refreshed image as a top-tier manufacturer
of luxury bathroom basins, tubs, and faucets. To achieve
that aspirational goal, the firm entrusted Smart Design
Expo Sp. Zo. o. to craft an exhibit that reinforced its
high-end positioning among attendees. The result was a
serene, gallery-like design with matte-black "fins" around
the perimeter. Looking like a modern Stonehenge, the
sharply angled slabs allowed passersby glimpses of the
stand's stately confines and, in the words of Exhibit Design
Awards judges, "added interest while implying movement."
Shadow Play
The dimly lit interior
featured complementing
white and gray marbled
flooring with bronze trim
across the ceiling. Three
showrooms displayed Omnires'
classic and new
products as individually
lit art installations. Luxury
bathtubs rested on elevated
platforms, sink basins
hung vertically on walls, and faucets sat atop cabinet-like
kiosks. Behind several displays, large photographs depicted
the products as focal points within opulent bathrooms. Omnires Sp. Zo. o.'s exhibit utilized an intricate lighting design to elevate the company's offerings and create a seductive space. "We used bright spot lighting to emphasize the products," said Lukasz Zaremba, designer at Smart Design Expo Sp. Zo. o., "while the rest of the stand remained dim and obscure to lend the feeling of attending an exclusive gala." But the crown jewel of the exhibit comprised a series of faucets in the center of the new-product showroom. A 6-by-7-foot rectangle of black marbled laminate flooring inset in the room's classical white floor defined the featured attraction where the faucets were arranged along one edge atop a bronze rectangular counter with a black countertop. Inspired by dripping water, 250 strands of delicate golden chains suspended from the ceiling created a pair of shimmering, semitranslucent curtains that wrapped around opposing corners of the centerpiece. The combination of ample, open floor space, artistically arranged elements, and tightly focused lighting contributed to a minimalist design that exuded both quiet sophistication and palatial elegance. E
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