FIMA Carlo Frattini wins the iF DESIGN AWARD GOLD with SLIDE: Innovation and Design Recognized Internationally
FIMA Carlo Frattini, a symbol of Italian excellence in the faucet industry, achieves an extraordinary milestone: winning the iF Design Award 2025 in the prestigious GOLD category with SLIDE, the revolutionary mixer designed by Davide Vercelli. This recognition, one of the most coveted internationally, underscores the company’s ability to strike the perfect balance between innovation, functionality, and aesthetics—values that have always been at the core of its design philosophy.
iF Design Award, one of the world’s most authoritative design competitions
The iF Design Award, with nearly 11,000 entries from 66 countries, is one of the most authoritative design competitions worldwide. It is a true seal of quality that rewards excellence and the most visionary ideas in the global industry. Being among the only 75 winners in the GOLD category represents an exceptional achievement, an exclusive certification of FIMA’s ongoing commitment to researching and developing cutting-edge solutions.
Slide, innovative opening mechanism
SLIDE stands out for its innovative opening mechanism, a feature that disrupts the traditional lever lifting motion. Now, thanks to a refined mechanism based on the sliding of two cylindrical portions on an inclined plane, a simple press allows for precise control of water flow. The essential design, characterized by clean lines and the use of pure Stainless Steel 316, seamlessly integrates into modern environments, catering to an audience increasingly focused on the balance between beauty and functionality.
The success of SLIDE at the iF Design Award 2025 confirms FIMA Carlo Frattini’s leadership in the faucet design sector and reaffirms the value of Made in Italy on an international scale.
FIMA Carlo Frattini: company profile
The history of FIMA Carlo Frattini runs parallel to the evolution of bathroom furniture and interior design and is based on three core values that summarize its design philosophy: care, elegance, and innovation. The company—founded in 1960 by Carlo Frattini—has a dynamic, international, and absolutely contemporary character, which is expressed through unique and innovative solutions that embody design, quality, and functionality with particular attention to the environment and eco-sustainability. Thanks to this approach, FIMA Carlo Frattini constantly progresses and renews itself, as demonstrated by the high level of design and quality in its production, continuous investments in research, strong national and international expansion, and the professionalism of the corporate team.
About Davide Vercelli
Designer and engineer Davide Vercelli founded his studio in 2005 after conducting research at the Polytechnic University of Turin. The studio specializes in product development, growth strategies, communication, and networks. Design, beauty, responsibility, and profit are the key words that guide each of their endeavors. A multidisciplinary and cross-cutting approach has allowed the studio to support clients as a global consultant, working on product design, brand design, brand strategy, and exhibits. Since 2013, the studio has curated and designed the main collective event at Cersaie dedicated to contract and wellness. A lecturer at the IED of Turin and Guest Professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, he has received numerous international awards: fifteen selections for the ADI Design Index, three honorable mentions at the Compasso d’Oro, two Young & Design awards, three Design Plus awards, one award at the Ida (International Design Awards), one Good Design Award, two IF Design awards, and one Ada (Archiproducts Design Awards).
