A perfect companion to the Hydrus washbasin faucet, the Hydrus Stainless Steel Ceiling Mirror indeed succeeds in combining solution and style. Fashioned from stainless steel, and measuring more than 11 inches high by 35 inches long, the mirror appears to have been quarried from a stainless steel slab. Impossible, of course, but nonetheless the simplicity of its shape seems organic.

Hydrus Mirror. WS Bath Collections.

Intended to hang from the ceiling, the mirror is as unobtrusive as it is changeable. Because it’s twistable, the Hydrus mirror can be rotated to aim in different directions. This unprecedented design flexibility may allow you to satisfy certain eccentric whims: Want to watch yourself bathing in the tub to the left of your washbasin? You’ll have no trouble. Need to share mirror space with your co-habitant? The Hydrus mirror let’s you do just that. And since it is attached to the ceiling rather than the wall, the mirror opens up spatial options for arranging your bathroom that were formerly unknown. The mirror allows for a floating arrangement, which works particularly well for freestanding, sculptural consoles such as the patio and gallery consoles available through WS Bath Collections.

Beyond freeing up some of the traditional restrictions in regard to bathroom design, the Hydrus Mirror can help make small spaces feel larger. Because of its landscape orientation, it can be made to mimic a broad window, which, depending on what’s being reflected, can add light or color—or even integrate a sense of the outdoors (see image). The mirror can be partnered with contemporary or traditional décor to great effect: as a complement to simple lines and negative space; or as a contrast to sensuous curves and ornate detail. The Hydrus Ceiling Mirror exemplifies the innovative use “space and light and order,” the very things that Le Corbusier claimed “men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”