Where in our homes do we find relaxation? In front of the television, most people would say, and perhaps while we're cooking, and maybe ... when we're taking a bath. Or a shower. It's not unusual to lose track of time then. It doesn't matter whether you're getting ready to go to the cinema, reading the newspaper or enjoying the last quarter of an hour before bed.
We want to have it even better in our bathrooms in future. And we want the ultimate in technical convenience too. But without any complicated gimmicks, if you please, so that everyone can use it and we can all live barrierfree lives. It should be natural too, of course - and ecologically compatible. An exciting task for the industry, its designers and architects.
Busy Bathroom, Bathroom Bubble and Bathroom (R)Evolution – those are the titles of the most important developments taking place in bathroom design right now, discovered for the campaign “Pop up my Bathroom”. They describe the trends “Up close and personal”, “Room to retreat” and “On the way to an intelligent feel-good machine”. They have been compiled and described by one of the sanitary industry’s most influential umbrella organisations, the German Sanitary Industry Association (Vereinigung Deutsche Sanitärwirtschaft e.V., VDS), in collaboration with trend researchers. In the first part of the big interview with Jens Wischmann, the managing director of the VDS talks about the progress of this campaign.
The second part of the interview deals with bathrooms that are planned as a whole, health-oriented bathrooms, the needs user have in the bathroom, creative consulting approaches and to talk about a wide range of possibilities a bathroom can open up and not about prices.
In part III of the interview Jens Wischmann talks about the importance of the bathroom, the involvement of bathroom planners and neighbouring sectors. And he gives a view into the future of Pop up my Bathroom.
Alape, the Goslar based manufacturer of washplace solutions, presents A˘system addit, a new modular furniture programme specifically intended for washstands. The programme combines the puristic design of Alape washstands with the variability and functionality of furniture modules that can be added on. The resulting combination options provide room for individuality and take into account the requirements of each individual in terms of washplace design. In this vein, Alape allows each custom-planned washplace to be given its own quite personal signature.