Making a spectacle of yourself: bathrooms open up | | Photo: Alex Fliz In private homes and hotels alike, bathrooms are increasingly bringing the outside in, providing an unparalleled sense of well-being for the user. | | Alape ProShield: New Surface for Optimum Hygiene Alape's new ProShield antibacterial coating sets an example for hygiene and sustainability. The silver-enriched surface is now available as standard with every white basin and every white washstand – without surcharge. | | Check in, get naked: the destination hotel bathroom | | Photo: Courtesy of Equinox Hotels When it comes to hotel bathrooms, designers are increasingly blurring the lines between where the bedroom ends and the bathroom starts – resulting in a richer, more joined-up experience for the user. | | AXOR One. The essence of simplicity A bathroom collection so elegant, elemental and pure, it could be realised only through radical innovation. Designed by Barber Osgerby, it reinvents familiar archetypes for greater clarity, enhanced function and superior control. | | Interlude House, Thailand, by Ayutt and Associates Design | | Photo: Chalermwat Wongchompoo The bathroom of Interlude House in Khet Sathon, Thailand, by Ayutt and Associates Design is finished in matured green marble, its minimal interior projecting serenity and stillness. | | Photo: © Andrea Ferrari Agape blurs the boundaries between in and out with its new Outdoor Collection The new collection is a vocabulary of products that propels the most intimate part of the home beyond the walls, right where the sky is blue and the rustle of the trees become a natural and ideal complement to the bathing experience. | | Bathrooms in living spaces | | | | GONNA DRESS YOU UP: KARTELL BY LAUFEN | | Design meets fashion. And, for once, in a good way. The super-brand KARTELL BY LAUFEN bathroom collection gets a new set of clothes… | | ARCHITONIC BIG INTERVIEW: GROHE | | We connect with Patrick Speck and Carina Buhlert, design experts at GROHE – one of the leading global bathroom-solutions and kitchen-fixtures brands – to discuss product innovation and the launch of its new digital-experience platform, GROHE X. | | BATH TO THE FUTURE: VILLEROY & BOCH | | VILLEROY & BOCH’s new collections provide greater planning freedom, allowing for the transformation of functional bathrooms into future-oriented, wellness spaces. | | ISLE OF AVALON: CTO LIGHTING | | CTO LIGHTING celebrates the British craftsmanship and tradition at the core of its collections – and nowhere more so than in its new luminaire family named after Arthurian legend. | | THE HIGH LIFE: MAXALTO BY B&B ITALIA | | MAXALTO's pursuit of excellence is evident both in its name – derived from the Venetian ‘massa alto’ meaning ‘the highest’ – and in the restrained luxury of the new Heritage Perspectives collection by Antonio Citterio. | | AN ITALIAN JOURNEY: FAP CERAMICHE | | Merging traditional, artisanal craftsmanship with versatile, modern materials, FAP CERAMICHE presents a new nature-inspired porcelain-stoneware tile collection that channels the archetypal Italian summer. | | BRICKING IT: RANDERS TEGL | | While brick has enjoyed a renaissance in contemporary architecture, due in no small part to its sustainability credentials, manufacturer RANDERS TEGL is delivering even greater creative potential and versatility with its long-format Ultima brick series. | | | D-Neo, designer Bertrand Lejoly’s flexible new collection for DURAVIT, is evidence that premium design and affordability need not always be mutually exclusive. | | How can our bathroom experiences be even further enhanced? By combining water with light suggest the experts at KEUCO, who’ve developed a bathroom lighting solution that corresponds to our natural biorhythms. | | With its advanced disabled access, modular format and digital functionality, Swiss firm BURRI’s smart HSI® ONE bus shelter is just what architects and urban planners have been waiting for. | | EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING: AMTICO | | AMTICO’s flooring products not only look like the real thing, they’re also more robust than the natural materials which they imitate, offering architects versatile surface solutions and greater planning freedom. | | CLARITY OF VISION: BRIGHT SPECIAL LIGHTING | | Greek manufacturer BRIGHT SPECIAL LIGHTING produces lighting solutions as much as lighting fixtures, solutions that have helped shape metro stations, restaurants, hotel complexes, museums, airports the world over. | | Designers increasingly need sustainable fabrics for their contract projects, not just hard-wearing ones. Enter Canadian manufacturer MORBERN. | | Under the guidance of its artistic director Rodolfo Dordoni, Italian outdoor-furniture pioneer RODA continues to create collections that are not only super-versatile but also boast increasingly eco credentials. | | | | | João Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos | | João Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos was founded in 2008 and is based in the city centre of Lisbon. The primary focus of the office is architecture, but it also designs furniture and lighting. | | And want to advertise in a future issue? | | | | |