Ideal Standard's new Tris Sauna-cum-Steam-cum-Shower Room is a dream come true. The only downside? The price tag!
Continuing the tile theme tonight is the ECOTECH tile from Domus Tiles. The ECOTECH tile is made from recycled porcelain leftovers and is available in four colors. Two finish options are also available (natural and structured).
The ECOTECH is an interior/exterior tile designed for both wall and floor use and is offered in 6 sizes with the largest being 23" x 47".
Link: ECOTECH (Domus)
ModCraft tiles from New York based designer David Clark are available in 4 styles and remind me of the Tangent 3D wallpaper tiles we featured a few years back. The Peak (featured above), Valley, and Scoop are available in 6x6 while the Dom comes in 3x7. All tiles are made from stoneware.
Link: ModCraft Tiles
Link: ModCraft Lighting
Looking for a bathtub that is sustainable, easy to maintain and drop dead gorgeous? Stainless steel might be just what you are looking for. Stainless steel tubs come in a variety of shapes and styles that can be paired with other materials like enamel and wood. They are a good conductor of heat, and will keep the water warmer for an extended period of time. They are also corrosion resistant and should not rust. Stainless steel tubs are not mass produced, so they can be expensive and many people opt for having them custom made to suit their needs. Stainless tubs are generally in the $7,000 to $17,000+ (US) range, which is not exactly pocket change, but if you are looking for something sustainable, durable and different it might just be worth the investment.
Lithistone is an environmentally friendly alternative to Portland Cement that Ryan Waxman and Brett Fitzgerald use to fabricate countertops, sinks and decorative products. Lithistone will not contribute to indoor air pollution through off-gassing because it uses natural organic high colorfast pigments from Bioshield earth pigments, and non-toxic sealers and glosses. Lithistone is made from a variety of aggregates including crushed slate, granite, quartz, sea shells, marble and limestone. Furthermore, it can be carved, cast or sculpted. Lithistone provides natural contrast to a contemporary interior.
Infinite Fitting makes these wonderful sand-cast, hand-detailed metal basins designed by Bruce Tomb.
The design facilitates various installations, including an available wall bracket or on-countertop mounting. Available in white bronze, silicon bronze, brass or aluminum, each basin has a rough cast texture on the outside and a satin-polish on the inside.
To borrow the words of an infamous client, "quiet elegance." But in this case, we mean it - then again, so did he...
Link: Infinite Fitting
Link: Showrooms - US & Canada (pdf)
Designer: Bruce Tomb
Toilets haven't changed too much since they evolved from the outhouse... the shape and parts are fairly standard and predictable. But this is different from anything we've seen.
Conventional cues of the traditional toilet are removed as the minimalist inspired electric toilet offers a clean aesthetic both visually and physically with its innovative tankless design. The result is a utilitarian product which provides tremendous performance yet offers unexpected beauty by turning common perceptions of what the traditional American toilet should look like upside down.The form is nice and simple... hopefully the technology is simple enough that it won't be a maintenance nightmare. But then again, if you can afford the $2890 price tag...
The real wonder of it all is that the same company that can produce a toilet as sleek and straightforward as the Purist Hatbox also made this.
Link: Kohler Purist Hatbox
Via: MSNBC
The Waterblade (featured at right) and the Frame are two faucet designs from Lacava Designs. The Waterblade features sleek contemporary lines and comes in both wall-mounted and deck-mounted configurations. They are available in brushed nickel and polished chrome.
The Frame series (below) is also available in deck or wall-mounted configurations and features a braided steel hose attached to an external frame.
Link: Lacava Design
Via: Trendir [Thanks, Joe!]
Red glass tile wraps from floor to wall to ceiling in this efficient bathroom by husband and wife design team Adam and Lisa Christie of Portland, Oregon based Prototype Architects. The side walls are covered in waterproof cement plaster, and the fourth wall features a floor to ceiling mirror.
The entire bathroom is conceived as one continuous space, rather than little compartments. The floor surface is open and uninterrupted thanks to the wall mounted sink and toilet. Custom designed stainless steel fixtures include towel bars and shelves, and the large trough sink which is hung in front of the mirror wall and features two double-jointed kitchen faucets.
A stunningly clean and efficient space.
Firm: Prototype Architecture
We're not quite sure what to make of this other than it appears to be a KOS Kosmic shower enclosure that lights up in different colors depending on what your mood and/or state of being requires.
"Every colour has a specific beneficial effect on psychophysical well-being. Form and function are combined to offer something that is truly new. Having a bath will be a really pleasant experience that is combined with the genuine benefits of chromotherapy. At this very moment, someone in the world is undressing, turning off the light...preparing to have a bath. Idrocolore by Kos fot total chromotherapy and blower massage, offers true well-being."Regardless, it's quite the tub.
Link: KOS
Omvivio makes some very nice products, and we are particularly impressed with the Washplane®: "flat" sink surfaces. Forget what you know, or think you know about sinks... no little circular drain in the bottom, no bowl, no basin and when water hits this flat surface, it too goes flat and sheets away without splashing. Beautiful products and beautiful function. The four models take variations of the planar sink theme in single or double configurations and are made of a nice range of materials: ceramic, glass, Corian® or stone.
Link: Omvivo Washplanes
"Hella Jongerius' interest in plastics has led her to utilize a poly-urethane rubber, normally adpted by the metallurgical industry for making moulds, which lends itself with remarkable flexibility to artisan experiments. In her approach, it is not the form that is the subject of design: if anything, the form is a means enabling the material to disclose its inner nature. Thus, in the bathroom mat, the ninety semi-pheres that make up a superscale testurization emerge from flatness to capture like drops of water the surrounding light. They exercise an immediate and irresistable appeal to the foot, which receives unusual tactile sensation from the mat."
Link: JongeriusLab
We think that Kohler makes some pretty nicely designed products, but this just leaves us speechless.
Link: Kohler
"META means “right in the center” and META is right in the center of a metamorphosis thanks to its innovative modular system. It formulates a progressive statement in its objective formal language. A geometric order of long-lasting value."
Link: Dornbracht
Designer: Sieger-Design
"Agape was formed in 1973 with a specific mission: the design of fittings for the bathroom. The proved to be a far-sighted decision, as the bathroom was at the time relegated to minor status within the home, a space characterised by the presence of utilitarian sanitary fixtures, only occasionally lightened by decorative touches in the design of ceramic tiles.Agape immediately focused on the washbasin, conceived with unprecedented versatility and flexibility of use. Designs for integrated cabinets and continuous worktops enabled the wash-place to become more flexible and efficient, whereas the basin as a single isolated object is re-valued so that it acquires a specific role within the bathroom."
Link: Agape Design
"Free by Babel lends every bathtub a level of aesthetic experience never seen before. An innovation: the translucent non-reinforced acrylic, which allows the bathtub to shine with a new radiance. As a contrast, fine wood. The intelligent solution of the wall adapter means that the tub can be fitted at any time. Free by Babel: new freedom for bathroom interiors. Also available as a fitted bathtub with whirl systems."
Designer: Adolph Babel
Link: Hoesch.de
"DURAT is a polyester-based solid surface material that withstands wear, humidity and chemicals. It is used to create various furniture surfaces for restaurants, cafés, shops, hotels, ships, domestic and institutional kitchens, bathrooms and public sanitary facilities. DURAT contains recycled plastics and is 100% recyclable."