NYC Brand AERIN and Kohler Bring Delftware Florals to the Bathroom

Kohler has partnered with Aerin Lauder, founder and creative director of the New York-based lifestyle brand AERIN, on the Fleurette Collection, a new addition to its Artist Editions program. The designs take their cue from Delftware, the blue-and-white ceramics of the Netherlands, and apply that vocabulary to everyday bathroom fixtures.

Three pieces make up the line: the Memoirs Stately toilet, the Memoirs Stately pedestal sink and the Caxton rectangle sink. Each is made from Kohler's white vitreous china and finished with hand-applied floral decoration. The classic blue-and-white colorway is joined by a green-and-white option, which, according to Domino, the brand says suits its Heritage Aspen Green fixtures.

Lauder traces her affection for Delftware to her grandmother, Estée Lauder, in whose homes she remembers seeing it everywhere. She has since built her own collection. The goal here, she explains, was not to reproduce historic Delft patterns but to capture their romance through illustrations that feel soft, graceful and organic. She describes the collection as a way for artistry to appear somewhere people would not expect, and hopes buyers will see the pieces as functional works of art.

On styling, she suggests pairing the fixtures with timeless materials such as marble, natural stone, polished nickel or warm wood, then adding a vintage stool, fresh-cut flowers and a favorite blue-and-white ceramic object to reinforce the handcrafted feel. Domino calls the pieces an antidote to a plain white subway-tile bathroom.

Domino reports that the collection becomes available to shop on November 4. Pricing and retail locations have not been reported in the coverage we drew on, so we have left them out.

For Japanese readers, the blue-and-white brushwork may recall Arita and Imari porcelain, here transposed onto a toilet and sinks.

(Details are drawn from points that agree across reports by Domino, Kitchen & Bath Business.)