Something must be in the air, because we’re like one brain here this week at 3rings. First Joe writes Colorado 13 Marble Vanity, then Alicita writes a follow up Hellos' Kwart by Karim Rashid. Then Joe writes Some Illumination from Down Under, and Alicita follows with Bollo by Brion Experimental. Alicita publishes Gold Fever from Murano, and today I bring you another bathroom piece: AQHayon Collection by ArtQuitect Edition.

AQHayon Collection. Designed by Jaime Hayon. Manufactured by ArtQuitect Edition.

Like most city dwellers living a frenzied existence, drawing a bath and unwinding with a glass of wine is akin to nirvana for me. At that point, the bathroom becomes my inner sanctum, as I escape the daily drudgery, banish the BlackBerry, and lament how I seem to be Murphy's favorite victim. So you can imagine my exhilaration when first coming across the AQHayon Collection, a grouping of bathroom furniture resting on idiosyncratic decadence… a collection that is full of theatrical construction and is styled with contemporary chutzpah.

Spanish designer Jaime Hayon, who is quite committed to the bathroom culture, has conceptualized the AQHayon Collection. His exquisite taste is reflected in the entire collection, which is dominated by sensuous lines, veers towards a monochromatic palette, and metamorphose to flawless Baroque silhouettes. The collection primary comprises of a stunning bath with a variety of accessories to customize it, a multi-purpose glazed cabinet and a series of glass and ceramic containers.

The ivory and ebony bathtub and the Lavabo washbasin are my absolute favorites, as they seem to reflect the designer's penchant for poised experimentation, evoking a dramatic response from the consumer. It’s also impressive how designer Jaime Hayon with his AQHayon Collection attempts to coalesce contrasting artistic trajectories and mediums such that AQHayon wins accolades in any internationally feted space.

With the AQHayon Collection, Hayon has created a rich vocabulary of luxurious bathroom culture. At times the ethereal collection appears as nostalgic tribute to a long forgotten era and at other times it appears to be progressive and minimalist. The execution is as much antiquated as it is sleek and contemporary, and this is what separates its from the rest of the clique (at least for me).

Says the designer: "A return to elegant bathrooms, like the ones of years ago, when they represented social status in the home or in a restaurant. A return to the past with an eye on the future. To recover the distinction of beautiful objects in our time.”