“No compromises”: Star designer Arik Levy talks about working with Kaldewei

04/15

Arik Levy is at home with a vast array of design segments and has also achieved global fame other fields. In this interview, the Tel Aviv born designer talks about the design idea for the ensemble, the cooperation with Kaldewei, and the challenge of lending a new shape to the material, steel enamel.

Perfectly Normal! Bathrooms for elderly people eliminate barriers of all kinds.

02/15

Barrier-free bathrooms don’t exactly have a sexy image. However, it looks as if this image is about to undergo some fundamental changes soon. Because even today bathrooms that conform to the standardised definition of “barrier-free” have to look anywhere near as austere as they did just a few years ago.

Pop up my Bathroom Atelier: The Trend Forum for Architects and Bathroom Planners at the ISH 2015

02/15

At the international ISH trade fair in Frankfurt (10th to 14th March), the “Pop up my Bathroom Atelier” lecture programme will again be shining a spotlight on the latest trend developments in the sanitary industry. The Pop up my Bathroom trend forum provides an abundance of ideas, informative presentations and fascinating panel discussions with distinguished speakers and international participants.

reference projects

Health is the market of the future: spas rely on water applications from Dornbracht

01/15

Wellness and health centres are very popular - for a short spa break or a relaxing treatment between business appointments. Many hotels rely on product solutions from Dornbracht.

Great Times Ahead for Bathrooms

01/15

New requirements and usage possibilities call for more space in bathrooms. Because variable floor plans and innovative sanitaryware can keep users independent in the bathroom for as long as possible.

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Axor Citterio E: The Essence of Luxury

01/15

Aesthetics and functionality: with Axor Citterio E, Philippe Grohe and Italian architect and designer Antonio Citterio are introducing a new collection that aims to exude value and elegance. It is their third jointly developed collection.

Our bathrooms in 2034: New study presents four possible scenarios for the bathroom of the future

12/14

How will our bathroom change in the next 20 years? What can and may we expect from our bathroom in the future? Villeroy & Boch, Grohe and Matthias Horx's Zukunftsinstitut, dealt with these questions. This resulted in four visions that are based on the current mega-trends "Individualisation", "Health" "Neo-ecology" and "Connectivity".

kitchen
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Elegant stainless steel look is the new trend – Supersteel kitchen faucets from Grohe

12/14

Matt instead of shiny is the new trend for kitchen faucets. In future, the familiar mirror-like gleam of chrome looks set to give way to velvety elegance. Grohe too is aiming to radiate a sense of matt understatement in the form of faucets with a Supersteel finish.

bathroom architecture

Unrestricted individuality:
the barrier-free models of DuraStyle

12/14

Design for all! It is a claim that can be fulfilled with an architecture that adapts to changing needs and allows new possibilities. With its Vital products the Black Forrest based company Duravit wants to enable people with restricted mobility a nearly unrestricted individuality.

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From New York master bathroom to parents’ spa in Bad Honnef – an intercultural ‘bathroom trip’

12/14

As in all fields of interior design, there are regional and cultural differences even with the bathroom trends. We will invite you on a journey around the globe to the bathrooms of the world.