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A spring green colored pedestal sink in an archway with bone finish tile on the wall from KOHLER WasteLAB.

Introducing Transcendence

An experiential collaboration between Kohler and designer Nada Debs for Design Miami.

A close up of a person spraying bone finish tile created from the KOHLER WasteLAB.
Tiles laying on a table in varying shades of blue and one tile in bone finish.
The exterior of an installation created by Nada Debs at Design Miami.

Each of the three rooms in Transcendence used different tile from KOHLER WasteLAB.

The interior of the warm room at the Nada Debs Design/Miami installation showing tiles in bone finish and pedestal sinks in heritage color spring green.

The bone-finish tile in the room was complemented by 1920’s pedestal sinks in the heritage color Spring Green.

A person holding a blue tile created by KOHLER WasteLAB shows the varying color gradients and crackle designs in an arch pattern.

The tile surface features color gradients and a crackle design that add a sense of depth and aging, appropriate to the history of hammams.

A room with the arch pattern tile in varying shades of blue on the walls from ceiling to floor.

The arch pattern created in arranging the individual tiles pays homage to traditional architecture of hammams, while giving the look a contemporary update.

From Waste to Wonder

All three rooms in the Transcendence installation feature custom tiles made from nearly 100% recycled manufacturing waste by KOHLER WasteLAB. Explore WasteLab tiles.

Nada Debs, a designer, in the space she designed using the Waste Lab tiles with arches and vary shades of blue.

Meet Nada Debs

Nada Debs is a Lebanese designer living and working in Beirut. Her work spans scale and discipline—from product and furniture design to one-off commissions across craft, art, fashion, and interiors.

 

Nada grew up in Japan, studied design at Rhode Island School of Design in the United States, and has spent time living and traveling the world, finding connections between different cultures. What ties her work together is her ability to distill culture and craftsmanship to create pieces of emotional resonance. She believes design can cross time and border and touch us on a primal level. She calls her approach "handmade and heartmade."

 

Learn More about Nada Debs: Website, Instagram

Nada Debs and Laura Kohler leading a discussion at the Design Miami event.

The Golden Age in Design Miami

An annual culture and commerce event, Design Miami is one of the premier venues for collecting, exhibiting, discussing, and creating collectible design. This year’s theme, “The Golden Age: Looking to the Future,” called attention to inclusivity, social connections, and our relationship to the natural world—all of which tied in seamlessly with the hammam concept.

Nada Debs and Laura Kohler, Chief Sustainability & DEI Officer, took part in a panel discussion on the relationship between design, wellness, and inclusivity.

A woman in a large bathroom with stone tile from floor to ceiling stands at a distance while she turns on the statement rain showerhead.

Create Your Own Wellness Sanctuary

Delight the Senses

From bringing the outdoors in to incorporating smart technology, learn how to create bathrooms and kitchens that delight the senses and foster a greater sense of wellness.

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More Inspiration

Explore these design ideas, project galleries, and collaborations to find inspiration for your next project.

Product Collaborations

Darious Rucker, with a guitar, sits on the steps outside the front door of his house in Charleston, South Carolina.

Project Gallery

A room decorated in the design trend Grand Millenial.

Design Trends

A display of various metal pieces in the finish Vibrant Brushed Bronze.

Color, Material, Finishes and Patterns

The interior of a light and bright bathroom with a wall mounted modern vanity in wood tone, oval mirror in matte black finish with two sconce lights on each side of the mirror.

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