Straight vertical walls and softly rounded corners give this illustrative block basin the look of a solid object. Pick a glaze and a tap-hole option to configure it, then send the result as a quote.
A block basin reads as a piece of furniture on the vanity rather than a bowl. Its outer walls are on show, so colour is more prominent than on almost any other basin shape. Anthracite or sand will dominate a slim floating shelf. A buyer needs to see the full side wall before choosing, not only the bowl.
Bathroom Configurator demo
Wide Block Basin
- Product
- Wide Block Basin
- Colour
- Gloss White
- Tap Hole
- None
Illustrative product. The design and images are generated examples, not a real model for sale.
What you can configure
The four glazes here are gloss white, matte black, sand and anthracite, out of six, with no tap hole or one. Anthracite and matte black look close on a swatch but differ on a large flat side: anthracite holds a slight grey, black does not. The tap-hole option is saved to the summary, while the picture stays on the no-hole version.
- Colour: Gloss White, Matte Black, Sand, Anthracite
- Tap Hole: None, 1 hole
Why a configurator suits basins
Sanitaryware brands often run colour as a system across the range. The same six glazes appear on a block basin, a round bowl, a WC and a shower tray. That helps buyers coordinate a room, but it multiplies imagery: six glazes across ten shapes, each with hole options, quickly passes a hundred images.
A configurator built around that system treats glaze as one shared attribute and shape as another. A buyer can pick anthracite once and browse every shape in it, or stay on this basin and compare every glaze. New glazes then roll out across the range in one update rather than one product page at a time.
For this basin, width is part of the appeal. A wide bowl gives room to wash without splashing the shelf, and the no-hole version pairs naturally with a wall-mounted tap. Twelve versions, six glazes by two hole options, is a sensible starting point before the same structure extends to the rest of the range.
How a production version would be built
A production version would render each glaze from a consistent three-quarter view showing one long side wall, plus a top-down view of the bowl. Rendering from CAD keeps the straight walls true, which is hard to achieve in photography without distortion. The brand would provide glaze codes and names, SKUs per shape and glaze, hole options and lead times. Glaze and shape are stored separately in the product data, so adding a new glaze is one entry rather than a rebuild.
Build sheet for this range
- Colours in the full range: 6 (4 shown in this demo)
- Tap Hole choices: 2
- Combinations to support: 6 × 2 = 12
- Images for one photograph per combination at 3 angles: 36
- Images if tap holes can be shown as separate layers, at 3 angles: 24
- Data each of the 12 combinations needs: a SKU or variant ID, price, stock or lead time, and any dimensions or specification that change
Questions about basin configurators
Can customers pick a glaze once and see it across our whole range?
Yes. The glaze is stored as a shared choice, so moving from the basin to a WC, bath or shower tray keeps it selected. Shapes not offered in that glaze can be filtered out or flagged. That is how a single colour choice becomes a coordinated room rather than a set of separate searches.
Why do anthracite and matte black look so similar online?
Because most product photos are shot too dark or too flat to separate them. Lighting from the side brings out the grey undertone in anthracite and the deeper absorption of matte black. Placing the two next to each other in the swatch row, under identical light, makes the difference obvious.
Is a straight-walled basin harder to photograph than a round bowl?
Considerably. Straight vertical walls expose any lens distortion, so they can look tapered or bowed in photographs. Rendering from CAD avoids this, or a long lens and careful setup keeps the lines true. Any visible distortion undermines a shape that sells on precise geometry.
Can specifiers download drawings for the exact basin they configure?
Yes. Alongside the basket or quote, each configured basin can offer a specification sheet, CAD block and installation guide for that glaze and hole option. Architects and interior designers often need these before they can specify, so serving them per configuration saves your team sending files by email.
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