For 3daysofdesign, we were invited by AXOR to create a sensory installation for the launch of AXOR Archivio, a new bathroom collection designed by Barber Osgerby and presented at the Dinesen Showroom in Copenhagen.

Water becomes an essential element in the encounter with AXOR Archivio. In response, we worked with soap as both form and material, creating an installation that brings attention to the intimate act of washing hands. 

Translating Material into Form

Created through a meticulous casting process, the soap objects carry the texture and presence of Dinesen Douglas. Imprints of the wood are transferred into the soap, allowing traces of the showroom's materiality to take on a new and temporary form.

The process explores how the qualities of a material can be translated into another while retaining traces of its character. What emerges is a sensory interpretation – soft objects that carry the memory of the wood from which it was formed while diffusing Worn, our room fragrance profile. Notes of jasmine and palo santo unfold a calm and intimate atmosphere, allowing fragrance and object to meet within the same sensory experience.

Photo credits: Stine Christiansen for AXOR/Hansgrohe SE.