A vinyl turntable inspired washbasin to hit you with a wave of nostalgia! - Yanko Design

I've never really given much thought to washbasins, accepting them as a normal component of a washroom, and a structure to wash my hands in. Withal, Pasque D. Mawalla'due south 'Santuri' washbasin has me intrigued! The proper name Santuri has been derived from the Kiswahili translation of the word 'Tape player', as Mawalla is himself a native of Tanzania, East Africa. In an attempt to pay homage to traditional music roots, Mawalla created a washbasin that looks exactly similar a record player or a vinyl turntable. Accept I got the attention of all music lovers? Mawalla picked up interesting cues from a tape player to create a retro-esque washbasin with a musical twist. A glimpse of the turn-table platform can exist seen in the 2-toned washbasin. The bowl is a circular and wooden structure, with a smaller matte blackness circle in the center, representing the platter of the turntable.

However, the feature that really strikes me is the washbasin's tap! The tap is sleek and matte black equally well, with a wooden base. It is a replica of the tonearm y'all encounter on a turntable. Tonearms allow a tape to play when placed on 1, and too finish it from being played when moved abroad from information technology. Similarly, the tap of the washbasin functions as a tonearm. When you lot movement the tap towards the basin, it allows the water to flow from it, even so, once you move the tap dorsum to its original position, the flow of h2o simultaneously stops. Hence when ane moves the tap, they are instantly transported back to all the times they handled a turntable, creating an firsthand emotional connection. In fact, the opening of the tap looks like the headshell of a turntable! The washbasin rests on a cake of pure white marble, creating a perfect contrast to it'southward black and brown color tones.

Mawalla created Santuri with the intention that it would appeal to music lovers, particularly vinyl record and turntable fanatics, and would accept them on a subtle trip downwards retentiveness lane. Notwithstanding the make clean, minimalistic and vintage aesthetic of Santuri has caught my eye every bit well, and I wouldn't heed a turntable doppelganger as a washbasin!

Designer: Pasque D. Mawalla