INDUSTRIAL DESIGN · FAUCET DESIGN · PURDUE × DELTA
Vita
A sculptural bathroom faucet with ribbon-like curves and a unique sheet-water delivery — designed in collaboration with the Delta team.
A sculptural bathroom faucet with ribbon-like curves and a unique sheet-water delivery — designed in collaboration with the Delta team.
A studio partnership between Purdue University and Delta Faucet Company — exploring the future of high-end bath fixtures through research, sketching, and CAD.
I studied futuristic conceptual faucets alongside a technical breakdown of standard faucet anatomy — slim silhouettes, complex curves, and exposed water delivery informed the design space.
Understanding six additive processes — powder bed fusion through material jetting — helped evaluate how complex organic forms could be prototyped and produced.
Ideation explored complex curves, slim silhouettes, exposed water paths, cut-outs, cylinders, and cave-inspired domes — each direction pushing a different formal language.
Handles were the hardest part to visualize in 2D — I cut paper strips and bent them by hand to find forms that could translate directly into CAD.
Seven front-and-side CAD iterations refined the ribbon-like spout — adjusting loop tightness, thickness, and how the head delivers a wide sheet of water.
After foam mockups and initial CAD, the Delta team and I selected concept 3 — the most promising form with the most unique water delivery. Next steps softened sharp points and integrated the base.
The resolved Vita set — a central spout and two wing-like handles in brushed gold, with fluid ribbon geometry and a reflective black presentation.
A close study of the spout profile — the asymmetrical ribbon loop and tapered point that define Vita's silhouette.
