Gessi presents its own vision of harmony: Haute Culture

In a year when HIX London explores the theme “Culture Clash” — a dialogue between contrasting ideas, aesthetics and approaches shaping the future of hospitality — Gessi presents its own vision of harmony: Haute Culture, the brand’s highest expression of creative synthesis and cultural maturity. Through this concept, Gessi reaffirms its leadership in redefining the most intimate space of living from functional to an environment of artistry, introspection and longevity: a private sanctuary where wellness becomes a language of life.

GESSI HAUTE CULTURE
Haute Culture is the culmination of Gessi’s cultural and entrepreneurial evolution. A vision built with time, coherence and awareness. It represents the highest expression of the brand’s philosophy: the elevation of the most intimate space of living into a place of emotion and art. A meeting point where tradition meets innovation and matter becomes a medium to inspire, evoke and define beauty. Each creation is a gesture of consciousness, designed not only to surprise, but to awaken something deeper: a personal truth shaped around the individual rituals of care. That is why Haute Culture is, above all, a cultural act. Its mission: redefining luxury as
awareness, beauty as care and design as an evolution of the self.

THE CREATIONS — SIX EXPRESSIONS OF HAUTE CULTURE

JACQUELINE
Sculpted from bamboo root, a living material never before used in bathroom design, Jacqueline brings the warmth of nature into the precision of design. Through a patented process of bending, sealing and metal fusion, each piece preserves the spontaneous curvature of the plant, turning its organic rhythm into enduring form. The tactile softness of the root meets the cool precision of steel, creating an object that feels both ancient and avant-garde. At the touch, Jacqueline is alive: smooth yet irregular, light yet resolute. A design that breathes, an ode to the instinctive intelligence of nature.

PERLE
Perle is forged from Murano glass, natural stones and noble metals, combined through artisanal mastery to form objects that seem carved from light itself. Each element is shaped and finished to allow light to rest differently on every curve, a delicate reminder of the human gesture that created it. Whether whole or gently halved, the sphere returns as the collection’s signature: glass or stone enhanced by metal, balancing fragility and permanence in perfect harmony. Perle embodies the Italian art of transforming material into ritual, a form of beauty born from balance.

LUDOVICA
Like fine jewellery sculpted for water, Ludovica transforms metal and crystal into a geometry of measured brilliance. Its star-shaped design, radiant and perfectly poised, plays with light as it shifts from matte to lustre with every movement. Micro-engravings, executed entirely within Gessi, meet hand-set crystals that trace the profiles like subtle gems. The result is a delicate equilibrium between strength and grace: modern yet timeless. A contemporary heirloom, Ludovica is architecture, designed for the senses.

PELLE
In Pelle, metal takes on the softness of leather. Through advanced embossing and finishing techniques inspired by haute leatherwork, steel and brass acquire a tridimensional weave that invites touch. Each nuance — Red Cherry, Crème and Nero — recalls the palette of Italian fashion ateliers, merging industrial precision with
sensuality. The handle, detailed with the signature woven motif or a smooth couture-style pussoir button, moves with satisfying precision, like the clasp of a bespoke accessory. Pelle is design as tailoring: where craftsmanship becomes couture and metal learns a new language.

IMMERSIVA
Selected for the ADI Design Index 2025, Immersiva explores the relationship between water, technology and emotion. Its soft digital curves, milled from solid metal, conceal an intelligent system that regulates flow, temperature and light through gestures so fluid they feel instinctive. Every interaction is orchestrated with care: the surfaces retain warmth, the controls respond with micro-movements, the sound of the water softens into silence. Here, technology learns the language of empathy.
Immersiva turns function into feeling: a seamless conversation between the human hand and the intelligence of design.

SENSAZIONI
With Sensazioni, water and light become one. Drawing from the language of lighting design, Gessi creates a luminous source where the flow of water seems to glow from within. Crafted from steel and advanced technopolymer, the collection separates liquid and light through an innovative internal membrane that gives water its radiant halo, reimagining the ceiling shower as a sensorial installation. When lit, the translucent body turns ethereal, when still, it mirrors its surroundings in quiet reflection. The touch is smooth, almost glass-like, the experience immersive, enveloping, human. Sensazioni transforms wellness into light — a choreography of reflections where beauty is literally felt.