Untitled - Fantini

Water is one of the essential elements we are made of. 

We have both been spending energy thinking about and 

considering shapes of water. By observing each other over 

time, we have realised we have a lot in common, sharing 

ideals, ideas, aims and attitudes. That is why it has been 

natural to combine our forces and realise the Aboutwater 

project. Aboutwater is a partnership between two leading 

companies: Boffi and Fantini. The partnership is based on 

the concept of creating a new collection of taps with 

a modern and elegant design, conceptually excellent and 

of flawless make to be distributed through the sales 

network of the two companies, cooperating and aiming 

to extend the market beyond their respective segments. 

Boffi and Fantini, two consolidated realities 

of the Italian design. 

Both companies have achieved undisputed leadership 

in their respective industries, thanks to excellent production 

qualities, a high level of creativity and a strong international 

profile. In spite of their international presence, Boffi and 

Fantini retain their passion for properly-made projects 

and inheritance of their artisan origins, to make this 

enthusiasm their key point for their competitive advantage. 

Aboutwater, has launched on the occasion of the Milan 

Design Week, presenting two tap collections designed 

by Piero Lissoni and Naoto Fukasawa. 

Aboutwater is LEAD FREE. In compliance with the most 

progressive international standards safeguarding public 

health, the Aboutwater faucets surface in contact with 

drinking water does not exceed 0.25% in lead content. 

Boffi is known worldwide for its high end furniture for kitchen, bathroom 

and systems. The company has been held in high esteem for decades as 

an innovative firm in not only design and production, but also in distribution, 

communication and production management. Boffi has traditionally worked 

in the kitchen industry, winning the Compasso d’Oro career award and 

moving in the 1990s into the bathroom sector; this expansion led not only 

to new products but also to aesthetic and technological refinements, 

resulting in a brand new approach to the market. 

Fantini represent cutting edge aesthetic research and technological 

perfection in the high-end taps sector, with a historic vocation for high 

precision to the engineer and quality production. Founded in 1951, 

Fantini has become a leader in the most demanding segment of the market, 

thanks to an incomparable know-how and collaborations with famous 

designers such as Enzo Mari, King & Miranda, Franco Sargiani, Benedini 

Associati, Giovanna Talocci and Matteo Thun. After the company’s first 

international success in 1977 with the collection “I balocchi”, by Pedrizzetti 

and Mercatali, Fantini has progressed year-on-year to become an 

indispensable landmark for innovation in the bathroom industry 

and has won several international awards and acknowledgements.

FUKA- 

SAWA 

AF/21 by Naoto Fukasawa, in polished chrome and satined chrome brass, 

is the result of an exploration into the simplification of forms, thought out 

in terms of maximum clarity. The design is reduced almost to a pure icon, 

where the aesthetic quality of materials is emphasised. The taps and mixers 

become discs and cylinders; the taps reminiscent of the forms found on 

the controls of a stereo, the mixers the concise elegance of the language 

of iconography.

06 07 

ART. A204WU 

Two-handle washbasin mixer 

ART. A206WU 

High two-handle 

washbasin mixer 

ART. A213AU/A213BU 

Wall-mount two-handle 

washbasin mixer

08 09 

ART. A106WU 

Two-hole vessel mixer 

with single control 

ART. A104WU 

Two-hole washbasin mixer 



Wall-mount single-control 

washbasin mixer

10 11 

ART. A004WU 

Single-control washbasin mixer 

ART. A006WU 

Single-control vessel mixer

12 13 

ART. 8053U - 8058U 

9 1/2” round showerhead – 

ceiling-mount shower arm 

ART. 8053U - 8059U 

9 1/2” round showerhead – 

wall-mount shower arm 


3/4” Thermostatic set with one 

volume control

14 15 


Floor-mount single-control 

tub filler 


Built-in tub set 

ART. A265U 

5-Hole Roman tub set

LIS- 

SONI 

AL/23 by Piero Lissoni, in polished and varnished chrome, comes from 

a vocation for simplicity: simple in shape and easy to use, it recalls 

the basics of fountains and industrial engines, engineered to be practical, 

tactile and efficient. The design is clean, simple and elegant; the tap would 

fit naturally into all environments.

18 19 

ART. B004WU 


ART. B006WU 

Single-control vessel mixer

20 21 

ART. B003WU 


with extended spout 

ART. B008WU 

Single-control bidet mixer 

ART. B036AU/B036BU 

Floor-mount single-control 

washbasin mixer

22 23 

ART. B106WU 

Two-hole vessel mixer 


ART. 29 B113AU/B113BU 





washbasin mixer

24 25 


Wall-mount two-handle 


ART. B204WU 

Two-handle washbasin mixer 

ART. 13 B206WU 

High two-handle washbasin mixer

26 27 

ART. 8053U - 8058U 

9 1/2” round showerhead - 

ceiling-mount shower arm 

ART. 8053U - 8059U 

9 1/2” round showerhead - 

wall-mount shower arm 

ART. A301AU/B301BU 

3/4” built-in bathtub/shower 

thermostatic set with one volume 

control

28 29 

ART. B265U 

5-Hole Roman tub set 


Built-in bathtub set 


Floor-mount two-handle tub filler 

with handshower and diverter

30 31 

SERIES AF/21 

SINGLE - LEVER / PROGRESSIVE CARTRIDGE 

ART. A004WU 

Single-control washbasin mixer, 

7 1/2’’ spout projection 

ART. A007WU 

Single-control vessel mixer 

with extended spout, 


ART. A106WU 

Two-hole vessel mixer with single control, 



Wall-mount single-control washbasin mixer, 



Floor-mount single-control washbasin mixer, 

8 7/8” spout projection 

ART. A006WU 

Single-control vessel mixer, 


ART. A104WU 

Two-hole washbasin mixer with single control, 


ART. A107WU 

Two-hole vessel mixer with 

single control and extended spout, 


ART. A008WU 

Single-control bidet mixer, 


TWO - HANDLE 

ART. A204WU 

Two-handle washbasin mixer, 


ART. A207WU 

High two-handle washbasin mixer 



ART. A206WU 

High two-handle washbasin mixer, 



Wall-mount two-handle washbasin mixer, 

8 5/8’’ spout projection

32 33 SERIES AF/21 

SHOWER / TUB 


3/4” Thermostatic set with 

three volume controls, 

vertical mount 


3/4’’ Thermostatic set 

with one volume control, 



3/4’’ Volume control 


1/2” 2-way diverter 


1/2” 3-way diverter 


Built-in tub set, 

8 7/8’’ spout projection, 

handshower and diverter 

ART. A265U 

5-Hole Roman tub set, 

6 1/8” spout projection, 



3/4” Thermostatic set with 

two volume controls, 



3/4’’ Thermostatic mixer 

without volume control 


Built-in tub set, 

without spout with handshower 

and diverter 

ART. A267U 



and diverter 


Floor-mount single-control tub filler, 



ART. 8053U - 8059U 

9 1/2’’ round showerhead - 

18” wall-mount shower arm 

Finishes 

02 Chrome 

97 Platinum-steel 

ART. 8061U 

Wall-mount handshower set, 

holder and vinyl hose 

ART. 8053U - 8058U 


10” ceiling-mount shower arm

34 35 

SERIES AL/23 

SINGLE - LEVER 

TWO - HANDLE 

ART. B004WU 

Single-control washbasin mixer, 


ART. B003WU 




ART. B106WU 

Two-hole vessel mixer with single control, 


ART. B008WU 

Single-control bidet mixer, 


ART. B204WU 

Two-handle washbasin mixer, 



Wall-mount two-handle washbasin mixer, 


ART. B006WU 

Single-control vessel mixer, 


ART. B104WU 

Two-hole washbasin mixer 

with single control, 



Wall-mount single-control washbasin mixer, 



Floor-mount single-control washbasin mixer, 


ART. B206WU 

High two-handle washbasin mixer, 


SHOWER / TUB 


3/4” Thermostatic set 

with three volume controls, 




with one volume control, 



3/4’’ volume control, 

for remote installation 


Trim for 2-way 1/2” diverter, 

rough for 2-way 1/2” diverter 


Trim for 3-way 1/2” diverter, 

rough for 3-way 1/2” diverter 



with two volume controls, 



3/4’’ Thermostatic mixer 

without volume control

36 37 SERIES AL/23 


Built-in bathtub set, 

8 1/4’’ spout projection, 


ART. B265U 





Floor-mount two-handle tub filler, 




Built-in bathtub set, 

without spout with 


ART. B267U 



and diverter 

ART. 8062U 

Wall-mount handshower set, 

holder and vinyl hose 

ART. 8053U - 8058U 


10” ceiling-mount shower arm 

Finishes 

02 Chrome 

29 Matt white 

13 Matt black 

ART. 8053U - 8059U 


18” wall-mount shower arm 

ART. 8063U 

Wall-mount round 

adjustable body spray

FUKA- 

SAWA 

Naoto Fukasawa was born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1956. 

He graduated from Tama Art University in 1980. In 1989 he moved 

to the United States and joined the San Francisco design firm ID Two. 

He worked on a number of products related to Silicon Valley 

computing and electronics technology. In 1996, he returned to Japan 

to start and head up IDEO’s Tokyo office. He came up with the design 

for a wall-mounted CD player, that was taken up and released 

by MUJI and has proved popular world-wide. In 2004, MoMA 

in New York selected this CD player for its permanent collection. 

In 2003 he founded Naoto Fukasawa Design. In the same year 

he launched ±0 (Plus Minus Zero), a new brand of electronic 

household appliances and equipment. Since 2005, he has worked 

on projects with major companies in Italy, Germany, Switzerland 

and Northern Europe. In 2005, he founded Super Normal with 

Jasper Morrison. In June 2006, the first Super Normal exhibition 

was held in Tokyo and London. In 2007, he was awarded the title 

of Hon RDI (Honorable Royal Designer for Industry) by the Royal 

Society of Arts in London. Fukasawa is on the design advisory board 

for MUJI and is one of the directors for 21_21 Design Sight. He is 

a professor at Musashino Art University and at Tama Art University. 

He has won several prizes for design in Europe and in the USA, 

and in the author of books about design. In 2007, Phaidon dedicated 

a monograph to him. 

LIS- 

SONI 

Piero Lissoni studied Architecture at Politecnico di Milano. 

After graduating in 1985, he began longstanding collaborations with 

furniture manufacturers, as a designer and as an Art Director, for Boffi, 

Living Divani and Porro. Piero Lissoni, together with Nicoletta Canesi, 

founded “Studio Lissoni” in 1986 which later became Lissoni Associati. 

In 1996 they created Graph.x for the development of graphic projects. 

The work of the studio includes architecture, graphic and industrial 

design projects, ranging from furniture, accessories, kitchens, bathroom 

and lighting fixtures to corporate identity, with advertising, catalogues 

and packaging. Interior projects include hotels, showrooms, trade stands, 

private houses, shops and yachts. The studio has clients such as Alessi, 

Benetton, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Flos/Antares, Fritz Hansen, 

Glas Italia, Kartell, Knoll International, Lema, Living Divani, Poltrona Frau, 

Porro, Tecno, Thonet and Wella. The most recent projects include 

the restoration of the Teatro Nazionale in Milan, the M Hotel Studio in 

Singapore; the suites for Pierre Hotel in New York, and for the Taj Palace 

Hotel in Mumbai; the new Headquarters of Glas Italia and Matteograssi; 

stores and showrooms worldwide. Piero Lissoni has received several 

awards throughout his career.

Ad. Graph.x - Milan 

Printed in Italy - June 2012 

Fantini Usa, Inc. reserves the right to modify products 

and accessories at any time without prior notice. 

www.aboutwater.it

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