BELL JAR
showerhead x bath spout
"I remember the ceiling over every bathtub I've stretched out in."
Sylvia Plath - The bell jar
This showerhead-bath spout combination was inspired by Sylvia Plath's The bell jar novel.
The point of the design solution is that there is a showerhead - with a hidden tube/cable in the wall - that you can place into a fixed adapter when you would like to take a bath instead of showering. The wall-mounted adapter includes the bell jar.
The adapter transforms the shape of the showerhead's multiple water jets into a single and calmer water jet - by the bell jar's bottom hole. The single water jet fills your bath for bathing.
In this case, the water jet is the allegory of the mental condition of the human and the novel's main character's mind - and it is also relevantly related to the emotional expression of the difference between showering (practical cleansing) and bathing (sacral purification).
When you don't use the object, you can also place the showerhead into the adapter - and it results in a close, intact form.
I strived to create a feminine form because of the novel's context and atmosphere.
Originally, the concept was designed within a school project in 2014 and I redesigned the shape in 2019.
The point of the design solution is that there is a showerhead - with a hidden tube/cable in the wall - that you can place into a fixed adapter when you would like to take a bath instead of showering. The wall-mounted adapter includes the bell jar.
The adapter transforms the shape of the showerhead's multiple water jets into a single and calmer water jet - by the bell jar's bottom hole. The single water jet fills your bath for bathing.
In this case, the water jet is the allegory of the mental condition of the human and the novel's main character's mind - and it is also relevantly related to the emotional expression of the difference between showering (practical cleansing) and bathing (sacral purification).
When you don't use the object, you can also place the showerhead into the adapter - and it results in a close, intact form.
I strived to create a feminine form because of the novel's context and atmosphere.
Originally, the concept was designed within a school project in 2014 and I redesigned the shape in 2019.
The sound of the water on the glass can help you relax
There is a sealing ring inside the adapter that keeps the showerhead in the right position
The structure is very similar to a built-in toilet tank. The upper "switch" is for setting the temperature and pressure is just a sketch. There is a string around the shower's cable that pulls back the cable into the wall.
sketch of the structure
Design and visualization: Annabella Hevesi
Consultant: Panni Pais
Special thanks for Sara Viemann Gabor Bella, Benedek Bella and Rebeka Hevesi
2014 - 2019
