Dezeen promotion: Danish design brand Vola has stepped outside the bathroom with its latest product, a minimalist hand sanitiser.
The RS11 is a hands-free gel, foam and soap dispenser designed to sit at the entrance to reception areas, shops and hospitality venues for guests to sanitise their hands.
The RS11 dispenser is designed to make the hand sanitiser station into an elegant object
With increased hygiene awareness here to stay, the RS11 is designed to cater to venues that want a sanitisation device with a discreet, sophisticated aesthetic.
"The question we asked ourselves was how do you make a hand sanitiser as inviting as a bunch of fragrant roses"" said architect and product designer Torben Madsen, who is design manager at LINK Arkitecktur. The cylinder is available in black or white, while the accompanying hardware comes in 27 colour and finish options
The RS11 comes in three configurations: freestanding, wall-mounted or table-mounted, and can also dispense soap or foam in the bathroom.
All the configurations are based around the same sized one-litre capacity aluminium cylinder, which is combined with a disc-like reservoir below to catch any drips.
The reservoir references the design of Vola's signature round shower head
In keeping with Vola's design philosophy of how technology should be subtly incorporated into the bathroom, the device's hands-free mechanism is hidden away within the cylinder. On the wall-mounted model, the fixtures are similarly co...