mimo: compact sizes for young bathrooms
After mimo’s sensational range in black and pink last year, Laufen is now lending the successful bathroom range a timeless look in traditional white. A red-dot award winner, the bathroom’s refreshing and sustainable design is the ideal solution for young, urban settings. The bathtub is one of mimo’s special features. Despite its compact size, it is also available with a fully fitted whirl system with smooth touch sensitive controls.
Laufen’s mimo is a bathroom for the young generation which refuses to conform to formulaic solutions or have its style cramped by small bathroom layouts. The easy-going design with its curved shapes and bold colours and patterns stems from the renowned Phoenix Design studio in Stuttgart, Germany. The washbasins are available in two colours and matching-colour siphon covers are a particular highlight.
But mimo is much more than an unconventional design concept: it is also an excellent solution for compact bathroom layouts which are often encountered in urban environments where every square centimetre counts. This is where mimo’s space-saving concept works particularly well: compact washbasins, WCs and bidets, as well as a surprisingly small-sized bathtub make the range the mini option among bathrooms.
The smart sanitary acrylic tub only measures 140 by 80 centimetres, but at 58 centimetres is unusually deep so that taller people can also dip into it fully. As a result, the compact tub easily fits in particularly narrow or small bathrooms. But people using it do not have to do without comfort as the bathtub is available with a genuine whirl system. Coloured underwater lighting with efficient power LEDs and air massage turn this compact little oasis of well-being into a true star.
Laufen is particularly proud of the whirl system's innovative control using touch-sensitive sensors. In contrast to conventional whirl systems, the touch sensors are flush with the tub’s edges. This is not just simple and ingenious, but also safe, scratchproof, hygienic and easy to clean and does not detract from the attractive appeal of the curved bathtub. As a result, the multi-colour LED lighting and intensity of the air massage can be controlled simply by touch.
At the same time, the spacious tub with its compact dimensions is also perfect for showering: the flat tub floor ensures you do not slip while the high sides and textile shower curtain keep out splashes. Even the gloss chrome runner is perfectly matched to the tub shape and covers all the curtain eyelets.
The typical mimo faucets match the innovative design making the bathroom collection complete. Its bright chrome, surfboard-like outlets and dynamic bodies create a witty charm. They were specially designed for mimo by Basle architect and designer Jürg Heuberger and complement the line perfectly. Thanks to the innovative Ecototal control cartridge, they can also save water and energy when taking a bath or shower. And Laufen’s ceramic experts have also devised some brilliant ways of reducing water consumption in the WCs. With an enhanced water supply and flushing system, mimo WCs can be hygienically flushed in compliance with standards with just 4.5 litres of water – instead of the 6 litres customary in conventional WCs.
For the furniture, the Swiss bathroom specialist has opted for an innovative, easy-clean and extremely resilient PET high gloss finish made of recycled materials. Even the high quality, hygienic textile shower curtain, that can be washed at 60°C and the mirrors, matched both in shape and size to the washbasins, are free of environmental contaminants or substances that irritate the skin. And it goes without saying, of course, that the collection’s washbasins, WCs and bidets are made of ceramics – an authentic, ecological material that is very easily recycled.
mimo’s crowning glory is a set of ceramic shelving for those everyday objects you need in the bathroom. The mimo shelves are shaped like skateboards. In terms of design and usage they match the imaginative bathroom concept superbly.