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ISY22 by Zucchetti

Category: Taps

Isy22 by Zucchetti — Isy22 - design Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez

Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez rethink the iconic ISY collection and create ISY22, a versatile and avant-garde water control system.

Isy22 is the new collection of taps designed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the iconic Isy with a unique, essential, innovative and cutting-edge new system, enriched by unexpected contemporary finishes.

Isy was a revolution for the bathroom world, being an original system that spoke the language of simplicity, thanks to its formal immediacy and modularity, transforming traditional technical design methods into something fresh.

In 2000, Zucchetti asked Thun and Rodriguez to design not a new tap, but an entire system; not an exercise in design, but a new understanding of how to control the flow of water, inspired by water itself. The studio immediately worked on two concepts: the removal of all that is superfluous, and modularity.

"When Zucchetti approached Matteo and Antonio to make a new product, Matteo didn’t make just a single tap, but an entire system. It was at that point that Antonio, who had been dedicated to reducing the visual volume and thus the amount of metal in his products since the 1990s, came up with a concept of his own: a single tube for water that can be offered in different versions. This became possible when Antonio decided to place the water mixing cartridge inside the sink, thereby reducing the tap to the bare minimum. With that, Isy was born."

The Isy system was the result of subtracting the unnecessary, to get straight to the essence of water, tracing its plasticity. Its lightweight, essential design was a technological innovation that influenced subsequent products for the bathroom, repositioning the technical components within the basin instead of the tap. An absolute pioneer for its innovative technical features, Isy marked a momentous change thanks in part to the system’s state-of-the-art modularity, capable of responding to market preferences while being simpler to produce for the company. That single round base has given rise to all the water spout solutions and all the control functions.

After nearly 20 years, Thun and Rodriguez have redesigned the iconic Isy collection, resulting in Isy22, Embracing the unmistakable DNA of the first collection, it comes in an updated guise to meet contemporary needs. Having grown in size and character, Isy22 remains true to the inspiration of the original design, to what made it unique in the world of bathrooms: an essential shape that follows the natural flow of water.