Natalino Malasorti, the designer with 586 products to his name

On Archiproducts, the design industry's largest product database, his page lists 586 products — mixers, shower systems, electric towel warmers, ceiling fans with lighting, outdoor showers. All for one brand: CEA Design, which Natalino Malasorti — born in Bassano del Grappa in 1962, thirty years in thermo-hydraulic engineering — co-founded with Roberta Bertacco and serves as art director. One man, one company, an entire catalogue.

U.S. projects meet that catalogue through La Mercanti, which specifies CEA's stainless-steel ranges — Milo360, Cartesio and beyond — in representative bathrooms for offices and hospitality: a biography written in product codes.