Since its first collection in 1968, VOLA
has exemplified design excellence. The
collaboration between VOLA owner Verner
Overgaard and architect Arne Jacobsen
combined form and function, craft and
modularity, to create a timeless design ethos.
Their new, built-in tap concept attracted instant
international acclaim. With its circular and linear
forms and revolutionary hidden plumbing, the
world’s first fully integrated single lever mixer tap
changed bathroom design forever.
New products followed, all of which were
founded on Jacobsen’s original principles
of purity of design, quality of materials and
integrity of manufacture. The modular system
ensured that every product was flexible as
well as functional. To this day, each product
is made to order at the VOLA factory in
Horsens, Denmark, crafted using advanced
metalworking techniques and finished by hand.
Opposite Teit Weylandt with 111 plans.
Top right Arne Jacobsen 1968.
Above The original 111 designed in 1968.
Bottom left First prototype of the single lever mixer tap.
Bottom right An original drawing from 1968.
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