Material selections for Dornbracht Atelier Edition The Rock showcase a complex production method. The product uses two main materials: solid brass and various types of natural stone. The brass option provides a strong and reliable base. The brass body is carefully machined. It is polished and coated with high-gloss chrome plating. This process ensures the finished handle looks very strong. It has a solid and stable style. Polished or matte brass finishes are available. This offers the option to choose between a glossy look or a calmer metal aesthetic.
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Bjarke Ingels
Founder, BIG
Patricia Urquiola
Designer
Neri Oxman
Researcher, MIT Media Lab
Sou Fujimoto
Architect
Han Tümentekin
Architect
Design is not only about aesthetics or fashion.
It is about the kind of world we want to live in.
When designing buildings, we have both the opportunity and the responsibility to observe, understand, and respond to how life evolves.
Matter is not neutral.
It is embedded with values — including social and economic ones.
Designing the decay of a product is as critical as designing its inception.
A design is defined not only by how it is made, but also by how it disassembles, transforms, and ultimately ceases to exist.
Within this approach, the end is not a loss or a failure, but a deliberately constructed phase of the process.
I want architecture to be like a forest.
Its beauty comes from diversity, randomness, and light.
But it is not chaos — behind it lies a profound order.
Form is only meaningful if it solves a problem; it cannot be arbitrary.