Bathrooms to splash out on. Julia Dawson reports on recent innovations.501 SWAROVSKI Swarovski, world leader in cut crystal, has collaborated with German bathroom fittings company Kludi to come up with the luxury Dazzling Daydream bathroom. The world of the bathroom seemed a logical step for the crystal company to take: Swarovski think of crystal as the teardrops of the goddesses and water seemed a natural partner to their crystal. The bathroom is intended to embody dream and reality, the crystal enhancing the interplay of light and water. The Dazzling Daydream project resulted in two model bathrooms: the darker more masculine Passion (above) made up of granite, limestone, ceramic, crystal, glass and chrome; and Delight (shower fitting right), translucent and bright in limestone, crystal, glass, wood and chrome. The designs combine asymmetrical shower enclosures with sleek angular basins, lavatories and taps. The bathrooms come in three varieties, compact, regular and complex, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. size and floor plan, and are aimed at the private market as well as hotels. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 501 www.arplus.com/enq.html 502 HANSGROHE Nature Inspired Design is the concept behind Jean-Marie Massaud's design for the Axor Hansgrohe bathroom collection unveiled at the Milan Furniture Fair this month. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 502 www.arplus.com/enq.html 503 DURAVIT The 2nd floor series from Sieger Design for Duravit is a new bathroom range affording great versatility and variety. The panelling comes in four furniture colours: Ebony ebony, common name for members of the Ebenaceae, a family of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warmer climates and in the tropics. The principal genus, Diospyros, includes both ebony and persimmon trees. (shown here). Limed Oak, Cherry Tree and Rosewood rosewood, popular name for the ornamental wood of several species of tropical trees, especially for the heartwood of certain leguminous trees of the genus Dalbergia of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Brazilian rosewood, or jacaranda (D. . The range has corner solutions as well as those set against walls, and free-standing baths for the centre of the room. Duravit envisage en·vis·age tr.v. en·vis·aged, en·vis·ag·ing, en·vis·ag·es 1. To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future possibility: envisaged a world at peace. 2. the bathroom as becoming 'an integral part of living space'. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 503 www.arplus.com/enq.html 504 DORNBRACHT Dornbracht has introduced four new rain panel solutions for both private bathrooms and hotel use, 'transferring the culture of rain from nature to architecture'. The latest shower, RainSky E (shown left), measures 1020 x 820mm and incorporates head spray, body spray Body spray is a perfume product which is lighter in strength than cologne, generally less expensive, and doubles as a deodorant.[1] Some well known body spray brands include Unilever's "Axe", Gillette's "Tag", Dial's "RGX", Procter & Gamble's "Old Spice Body Spray", and A. and rain curtain, two light strips, a mist projector and aroma sprays, all regulated by a stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. electronic control panel which comes in a brushed or polished finish. The rain panels were designed by Sieger Design and the product concept came from Schienbein + Pier. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 504 www.arplus.com/enq.html 505 CORIAN Named after the black and white whale white whale: see beluga. , the sensual rounded form of the Orca basin was designed by Thomas Sandell for Rapsel. The basin, featuring elegant lines and gentle curves with an asymmetrical separation of light and dark hues, comes in two colours of DuPont Corian[R] (Cameo White and Coffee Bean coffee bean see sesbania. ), a sleek, stong and non-porous material ideal for use in bathrooms. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 505 www.arplus.com/enq.html 506 BOFFI Designed by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1956. Graduated from Tama Art University in 1980. After having acted as the head of the American company IDEO's Tokyo office, he established Naoto Fukasawa Design in 2003. for Boffi, this elegant bath is cast moulded for a particularly seamless appearance. Water is laterally supplied, mimicking the flow of a waterfall. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 506 www.arplus.com/enq.html |
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