Public restrooms replaced bar soaps with liquid soap after studies in the 1960s found that bar soaps were often contaminated with bacteria. Bulk soap dispensers usually have a simple hinged lid or ...

Nathalie Stämpfli's "Soap Flakes" dispensers fix this. They shave bars of soap into soap flakes, which are quick to foam, and the dispensers are hard to drop.

The soap dispenser could have looked like anything. Most important to Flynn McGarry was to have a stylish vessel in keeping with the aesthetic of Gem Home, his new store and cafe in Manhattan. Its ...