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Davide Vercelli

Design begins with a gesture.

Designer and engineer: exploring interaction, materials and FIMA tapware.

Davide Vercelli — portrait

01 / Biography

Davide Vercelli

Davide Vercelli established his studio in 2005 after research at the Polytechnic University of Turin. His practice brings together products, communication and exhibition design. His work for FIMA investigates how we use water: the control becomes an interface understood through the fingers as much as through the eye.

Our perspective

Gesture as a design measure

Compare the movement each control asks for: sliding, adjusting separately or rotating. The difference goes beyond appearance. When selecting a tap, consider a wet-handed grip, the distance to the basin and the space needed to operate the control. This is Virgin Architects’ design perspective, to be considered alongside the technical data for the selected configuration.

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Three designs to explore

Slide

A control slides along an inclined plane, making the opening of water an immediate physical action.

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SO

Flow adjustment and temperature selection become the focus of the user experience.

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Nihil

Stainless steel and precision mechanics define a restrained language, focusing on the control and the manufacturing process.

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Complete related catalogue

Davide Vercelli

Gesture as a design measure

Three designs to explore

Slide

SO

Nihil

All related products

Switch shelf for round-tube shower columns — FIMA F2899

Switch thermostatic shower column with 250 mm round head — FIMA F4925/SWR256

Switch thermostatic shower column with Still head — FIMA F4925/SWT36

Melograno ceiling shower with ten glass pendants and LED lighting — FIMA F2997

Switch marble shelf 500 mm — FIMA F6200/50

Switch marble shelf 300 mm — FIMA F6200/30

Switch button with waterfall symbol — FIMA F5980/6

Switch button with spout symbol — FIMA F5980/5

Switch button with heart symbol — FIMA F5980/4

Switch button with body spray symbol — FIMA F5980/3

Switch button with overhead shower symbol — FIMA F5980/2

Switch button with hand shower symbol — FIMA F5980/1

Switch black Ø18 mm shower hose, 1500 mm — FIMA F5910

Switch hand shower holder without water outlet — FIMA F5904

Switch brass rain-spray hand shower — FIMA F5928

Switch brass laminar-jet hand shower — FIMA F5927

Switch thermostatic shower column with hand shower, overhead head excluded — FIMA F5931

Switch thermostatic shower column with Still head and hand shower — FIMA F5930

Switch exposed thermostatic shower mixer with shower set — F2303 body excluded — FIMA F5940/1

Concealed body for external Switch thermostatic shower mixers — FIMA F2303

Switch exposed thermostatic shower mixer without shower set — F2303 body excluded — FIMA F5940

Switch wall-mounted bath spout with button — FIMA F5926

Switch hand shower holder with water outlet and button — FIMA F5924/1

Switch rain-spray hand shower set — FIMA F5925

Switch Kneipp set with laminar jet — FIMA F5924

Switch adjustable body spray with button — FIMA F5923

Concealed body for Switch on/off controls — FIMA F4020

Switch concealed on/off button — FIMA F5922

Concealed body for Switch thermostatic control — FIMA F4010

Switch concealed thermostatic control — FIMA F5921

Switch 4-outlet thermostatic shower system — FIMA F5949

4-outlet Switch concealed rack assembly — FIMA F5934

Switch 4-outlet thermostatic shower system — FIMA F5948

Switch 3-outlet thermostatic shower system — FIMA F5946

Switch 2-outlet thermostatic shower system — FIMA F5945

3-outlet Switch concealed rack assembly — FIMA F5933

Switch 3-outlet thermostatic bath system — FIMA F5947

2-outlet Switch concealed rack assembly — FIMA F5932

Switch 2-outlet thermostatic bath system — FIMA F5944

Switch On rain-spray hand shower set with water outlet — FIMA F5975

Two-outlet Switch On concealed body — SF version — FIMA F4560SF

Two-outlet Switch On concealed body — FIMA F4560

Switch On concealed washbasin body — SF version — FIMA F4090SF

Concealed body for Switch On washbasin on/off controls — FIMA F4090

Slide Ø48 decorative rosette in walnut wood — FIMA F1427LS

Slide Ø48 decorative rosette in horn-effect resin — FIMA F1427R3

Slide Ø48 decorative rosette in tortoiseshell-effect resin — FIMA F1427R2

Slide Ø48 decorative rosette in ivory resin — FIMA F1427R1

Slide Ø48 decorative rosette in red Lepanto marble — FIMA F1427MR

Slide Ø48 decorative rosette in green Guatemala marble — FIMA F1427MV

G½ wall-mounted shower arm — FIMA Slide F5813

Wall-mounted three-jet rain showerhead — FIMA Slide F5812

Walnut wood handle — FIMA Slide F1420LS

Horn-effect resin handle — FIMA Slide F1420R3

Tortoiseshell-effect resin handle — FIMA Slide F1420R2

Ivory-effect resin handle — FIMA Slide F1420R1

Red Lepanto marble handle — FIMA Slide F1420MR

Green Guatemala marble handle — FIMA Slide F1420MV

Calacatta gold marble handle — FIMA Slide F1420MB

Black portoro marble handle — FIMA Slide F1420MN

Wall-mounted bath spout — FIMA Slide F5844

Deck-mounted washbasin mixer control — FIMA Slide F5814/3

Slide mixer, two or three outlets with diverter — F4000 body excluded — FIMA F5809X6

Slide thermostatic mixer, two or three outlets with diverter — F4000 body excluded — FIMA F5809X7

Slide thermostatic mixer with two-outlet diverter — body excluded — FIMA F5803N7

Slide thermostatic mixer, two outlets with shower set — separate rosettes — F3400W body excluded — FIMA F5819WX9

Slide thermostatic mixer, two outlets with shower set — single plate — F3400W body excluded — FIMA F5819WX3

Slide mixer, two outlets with shower set — separate rosettes — F3400W body excluded — FIMA F5819WX8

Slide mixer, two outlets with shower set — single plate — F3400W body excluded — FIMA F5819WX2

Slide shower mixer, two outlets with push-button diverter — F3800 body excluded — FIMA F5809E2

Slide shower mixer, single outlet — F3800 body excluded — FIMA F5809E1

Slide shower mixer, two outlets with diverter — F3000 body excluded — FIMA F5809X2

Slide shower mixer, single outlet — F3000 body excluded — FIMA F5809X1