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"CLEAR VISION  Have you ever wondered just who actually designs all the stuff we use every day? Last year, to mark its 90th year as a faucet manufacturer, Price Pfister decided to showcase the work of young innovative industrial designers. Partnering with the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and the Parsons School of Design in New York City, the company inaugurated the annual &amp;quot;Pfaucet of the Pfuture&amp;quot; scholarship. The challenge: develop faucet ideas that were original, as well as inventive, and functional.  The competition attracted 30 entries from the schools, which were displayed on the company&amp;#039;s Web site. Over 1,800 consumers viewed them and voted for the ten finalists. These finalists were then judged by a panel of design professionals.  First place was awarded to Silas Beebe, Art Center College. His Water Go tub spout and knobs, combine organic form and functional modernism, with a &amp;quot;loop&amp;quot; to hold bathing necessities such as soap. In second place is Hlynur Vagn Atlason, Parsons School of Design. His Arch, is a deeply curved lav set with a single control that arcs above the spout so both extend over the sink to keep water from dripping hands off the counter.   Third place went to Shane Koo, Art Center College of Design, for her waterfall-like Chameleon, a temperature-sensitive lav set that visually alerts users how hot or cold the water is through a thin thermo-film on its tip.  PAST PRESENT  Other companies are celebrating the &amp;quot;familiar&amp;quot; with traditional shapes inspired by, or recast from, molds dating from 100 and more years ago.  Kohler&amp;#039;s ceramic lav faucets, for one, take their cue from utilitarian household forms. The Bol, resembles an antique apothecary mortar and pestle and features the gentle sounds of cascading water as it spills from its bowl. Available in White, Biscuit, and Igneous Black. 800-4-KOHLER; kohler.com. Ann Sacks&amp;#039; new Rudge collection revives long-discontinued models from an old catalog of an established English manufacturer. The Birmingham lav set, in nickel, is one of three collections available in up to ten finishes. 800-278-8453; annsacks.com.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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