page_title: Dieter Sieger
section_title: Bathroom design
hierarchical_section_title: Dieter Sieger / Work / Design / Bathroom design
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Armatur Domani (Dornbracht)
context_page_description: Dieter Sieger is a German architect, shipbuilder, industrial designer, painter and art collector. He is one of Germany's most prominent and distinctive contemporary designers. In the 1980s and 1990s, Sieger made history by making stylistic and cultural orientation in the bathroom a key point of his design. He developed several groundbreaking bathroom concepts and products, most notably the single-lever mixer "Domani" and the cross-handle tap "Tara".
context_section_description: In the early 1980s, Sieger captured a new market. At that time, Italy was the dominant force in bathroom design, and Germany lagged behind in terms of innovation. He understood bathrooms as an integral part of everyday living spaces, and designed bathrooms with coordinated fittings. Bathroom furnishings would prove to be Sieger's most successful field of activity. Some of his designs became design classics within a very short space of time.
  Sieger's first bathroom products were for Alape, a company specialising in enamel basins. In 1983, the multicoloured washbasin LavarSet and the accompanying accessories range were exhibited at ISH in Frankfurt at a specially designed stand. The washbasins, shelves, mirrors and lights harked back to Sieger's designs for ship and yacht interiors.
  Sieger revolutionised German bathroom design with “Domani”, a mixer tap that he developed for Dornbracht in the mid-1980s. The design for the tap paved the way for new forms and ideas. It won many awards, and in June 1985 was featured on the cover of MD – Interior Design Architecture. The following year, Sieger won the 'Japanese State Award for Design' for Domani.
  Sieger's archetypal cross-handle tap "Tara" was highly influential, and many copycat designs appeared on the market. The cross handle was a contemporary reinterpretation of early bathroom design. Today, Tara is considered a Dornbracht design icon. It can be found in many leading hotels across the world, including W Hollywood (Los Angeles), Grand Hyatt (Tokyo), Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy (Moscow) and the Dolder Grand (Zurich), a six-star hotel designed by Norman Foster.
  For Duravit, Sieger developed designs including Giamo, a series based on circular forms. The series was exhibited at a postmodern-looking stand at ISH in 1987. It represents the first complete bathroom furniture concept in the history of the bathroom industry, with coordinated products from several different manufacturers. Looking back, Duravit describes its collaboration with Sieger as the start of its highly successful design strategy.
caption: Domani
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