T Tower constitutes the evolution of Serie T, the iconic radiator resulting from the first partnership between Antrax IT and Matteo Thun & Antonio Rodriguez, retaining its clean-cut and sophisticated design while reinterpreting with a modern twist those characteristics of light-weight and eclectic appeal at the core of the project: a modern vertical radiator which makes it possible to create multiple, 'warm' and surprising configurations, thanks to a single aluminium profile. Slimline, slender profiles, pure and bold silhouettes, smooth and compact surfaces, the most well-known T-shaped 'heat section' opens up to new design creativity, to become self-supporting: T Tower is in fact the first free-standing vertical radiator developed by Antrax IT. The radiator body is 'released' from the constraints of a traditional wall-mounted radiator, to become a genuine item of interior décor, one that is extraordinarily versatile, capable of combining styling appeal with superior heating performance and energy savings. Made with aluminium profile bars, T Tower is designed to diffuse heat both when running on water as well as on electricity, and it is available in the 170x14x22 cm size. In the electric version, it is fitted with a special satin finish stainless steel round base. Devised to enhance the value of the living room, like an exceptional 'sculpture' that conveys heat, comfort and well-being, T Tower turns into the perfect designer radiator in a bathroom too, thanks to a special large towel rail, with a squared, contemporary shape, that embraces the radiator body. Excellent quality, elegant and functional design, combined with painstaking care for details all help make T Tower a striking radiator with a strong personality, capable of distinguishing its surroundings, wherever it is used. The availability of over 200 colour variants emphasises its decorative value and the definition of sophisticated and trendy finishes.
Designer
Matteo Thun
Matteo Thun was born in Bolzano, Italy, in 1952, studied at the Salzburg Academy under Oskar Kokoschka, took his degree in architecture in Florence in 1975 with Adolfo Natalini and moved to Milan in 1978, where he met and started working with Ettore Sottsass.
In 1981, he was a co-founder of the Memphis group, the design movement that so shaped events in the eighties.
The next year, the Vienna Academy for Applied Arts appointed him to the chair in product design and ceramics. Leaving Memphis, he founded the Studio Matteo Thun in Milan in 1984 and served as Creative Director with Swatch in 1990-93.
Matteo Thun stands for long lasting solutions with holistic approach. Architecture means designing the soul of the place. This implies an aesthetic, economic and technological sustainability. It means to create a synthesis of the existing, the purpose and the area. The solution is different, each time. Product design must reflect the soul of the brand. It is architecture of simple, pure and beautiful gestures to serve a daily life that goes well beyond our present life.
Matteo Thun has won the ADI Compasso d Oro Award for design excellence three times and only recently has received the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2010. His Side Hotel in Hamburg was chosen as Hotel of the Year in 2001, the Vigilius mountain resort won the Wallpaper Design Award in 2004 and the Radisson SAS Frankfurt was chosen as the best hotel opened in the year in the Worldwide Hospitality Awards in 2005. The Prix Acier Construction was given to him for the Hugo Boss Strategic Business Unit in Switzerland in 2007.
Matteo Thun was inducted into the Interior Hall of Fame in New York in December 2004 and is a member of RIBA, the Royal Association of British Architects.
