Eco-design: Adam Teal, Head of Sales for Kaldewei UK explains why Kaldewei is kinder to the planet.
Today’s consumer is more aware of the environmental impact being placed on the planet, especially the effects of plastics on our environment and oceans. By purchasing Kaldewei’s sustainable steel enamel bathroom solutions consumers are making a conscious choice to help to be kinder to our planet. Not only do they offer iconic design but exceptional material benefits too which are 100% recyclable.
Kaldewei underlines the quality and longevity of its material with a 30-year guarantee, ensuring its bathroom solutions continue to look as beautiful as they did on installation and deliver a sustainable long-term option, without the need to refurbish any time soon.
With an extensive portfolio of over 600 durable award-winning steel enamel bathroom solutions, from over 100,000 options for designing a floor-level shower area, to washbasins for all installation types; undercounter, countertop and wall mounted and baths – luxury Meisterstücke freestanding collection, showering baths to compact baths perfect for small bathrooms. Kaldewei delivers the perfect sustainable material choice for any bathroom design with its versatile and flexible solutions, which meet present and future needs.
Achieving a beautiful sustainable bathroom is possible with Kaldewei. With over 100 years’ experience across four generations, Kaldewei is considered a pioneer of sustainable manufacturing. Kaldewei has a vast portfolio of over 600 shower surfaces, washbasins and baths, and over 150 design awards, making it the preferred partner of choice in all aspects of sustainable bathroom design.
All Kaldewei steel enamel bathroom solutions are 100% recyclable and Kaldewei avoids the use of colour additives in production. In 2017, Kaldewei won a Green Good Design Award – one of the world’s most prestigious sustainability awards.
Kaldewei Nexsys shower surface with Kaldewei Miena washbasin bowl and freestanding Meisterstueck Classic Duo Oval bath.
Steel enamel is a highly sustainable material that contributes to conserving resources. It is ideal for sustainably designed buildings and Kaldewei has been awarded an Environmental Product Declaration that complies with ISO 14025 and EN 15804. It is also a member of the US Green Building Council LEED.
Kaldewei Cayonoplan shower surface in Lava Black matt from the Coordinated Colours Collection with Kaldewei Secure Plus anti-slip finish and Kaldewei Puro inset countertop washbasins.
Kaldewei’s superior steel enamel fuses steel and glass for exceptional toughness and has a lasting, beautiful sheen. Despite frequent use, the smooth surface shows no scratches and has no place for dirt or bacteria to settle. This makes the use of aggressive, ecologically harmful cleaning products unnecessary. Kaldewei underlines the quality and longevity of its material with a 30-year warranty, ensuring its bathroom solutions continue to look as beautiful as they did on installation and is therefore a long-term, practical investment.
Colour is also key for creating a sense of space, the Coordinated Colours Collection from Kaldewei now covers all shower surfaces, washbasins and selected baths. The colours include a selection of natural matt shades – from earthy brown hues to greys to soft cream or elegant Lava Black. These provide a harmonious and elegant effect in the bathroom.
Kaldewei has an ethical and ecological commitment to the environment and offers sustainable bathrooms and material choice that supports the UK government’s carbon-neutral 2050 target.
VitrA introduces the Voyage collection, a collaboration with the award-winning multi-disciplinary artist and designer Arik Levy.
With more than 130 products available in the range, Voyage is one of VitrA’s most extensive collections to date, offering endless possibilities for customisation. The vast number of furniture and sanitaryware pieces can be individually tailored using the extensive range of colour, material and size options, and by taking advantage of the variety of horizonal and vertical units and wall panels to create the ideal layout to suit any bathroom space or style.
Inspired by his time living and working in Japan, Arik Levy worked closely with VitrA’s in-house design team to create a bathroom collection that allows both mind and body to relax. He comments: “Taking time for ourselves in the bathroom each day can be extremely purifying. Our daily habits are deeprooted, but I hope that the Voyage collection will help us to indulge ourselves and make time to enjoy our daily rituals”.
The collection is entirely wall-hung, making it exceptionally versatile and ideal for small or awkward spaces. Both open and closed storage options are available – from hooks and open shelving, through to mirrored wallboxes and a variety of storage units – and each piece can be positioned anywhere in the room to suit individual needs. Coordinating accessories including a heated towel rail and a toilet roll and brush holder is also available to complete the look.
Voyage bathroom furniture is available in five different dual colour finishes, including flamed grey and natural oak, planked sand and stone grey, and flamed grey and forest green.
Cast from hygienic and easy-to-clean ceramic, the Voyage collection includes a range of countertop and wall-hung washbasin units which offer a convenient combination of wet, dry and semi-wet areas, blurring the lines between a traditional bowl and a vanity unit.
This collaboration is the latest in VitrA’s long-standing programme of working with world-renowned designers to create distinctive and modern bathroom collections. Arik Levy joins a group of designers such as Ross Lovegrove, Sebastian Conran, Terri Pecora, and most recently, Claudio Bellini, each of whom has worked closely with VitrA’s in-house team to create bathrooms that reflect their own vision and aesthetic style.
Levent Giray, Managing Director of VitrA UK, comments: “The Voyage collection highlights the importance of taking time to practice self-care on a daily basis and we are delighted to see it in production. Arik Levy worked closely with our in-house design team to ensure that his vision was expertly manufactured and engineered to be as versatile as possible, ensuring maximum convenience and choice for our customers.”
Sottini showcased new ranges at this year’s kbb event, including Rienza washbasins, Caffaro WCs and Ceno fittings for the first time, as well as exciting furniture additions to the successful Fusaro range. The striking collections have been designed to inspire, and build on Sottini’s existing collections which are perfected for premium, aspirational bathrooms.
The Rienza and Caffaro collections share the same design vocabulary so the basins and toilets work perfectly together. Both ranges add a sense of quiet sophistication to any bathroom, and are styled with a stunning simplicity. Ceno mixers feature sharp, flat surfaces and strong horizontal lines. The fittings are designed to be as versatile perfectly complementing other Sottini products.
Also taking centre stage at kbb, are additions to the Fusaro range, which has already proven to be a popular choice. Sottini will introduce elegant new furniture at the show, including wall-mounted vanity and basin units, all design-matched for the subtle, slim edges of the Fusaro washbasins.
As well as showcasing new ranges, Sottini is offering a space to escape the hustle and bustle of kbb, in the form of its new installation – Serenity 2020. This relaxing area is designed not only to give visitors a moment of relaxation and tranquillity, but to celebrate Sottini’s passion for balance between beauty, craft, elegance and innovation. To elevate the functional and inspire wellbeing, and to celebrate the Sottini way of life.
Olivia Maycock, Retail Marketing Manager at Sottini said: “We’re incredibly excited about kbb 2020, as we get to share a wide variety of new additions to our growing premium range. All of our products are specifically designed to be aspirational, and to work in harmony with each other to ensure the bathroom remains a serene and stylish place to be.
“The introduction of the Rienza, Caffaro and Ceno ranges, as well as the new additions to our already popular Fusaro collection all culminate to bring a premium and stylish simplicity to any bathroom. For this year we’re also holding our very own Serenity 2020 installation on our stand, which is an experience designed to offer visitors the chance to escape the hustle and bustle of kbb. We can’t wait to welcome visitors to the stand.”
For more information about Sottini products, visit: www.sottini.co.uk
Kocoon is a new self-contained shower cubicle from the Kinedo range by Saniflo.
It combines luxury shower walls with a chrome frame, low level shower tray and overhead rain shower, handset and valve in one package to provide a stunning centrepiece in the bathroom. Whether for domestic customers, accommodation providers or manufacturers of modular buildings the Kocoon is a contemporary, designer shower solution that stands out from the rest.
This new cubicle offers a choice of three coloured shower wall options, including a tile pattern that makes for a stunning feature wall using on-trend natural colours in grey, grey with tile pattern and beige with tile pattern. The low level shower trays are textured for safe showering and available in two modern colours; white and taupe to complement the walls.
An exceptional quality, ultra-thin rainshower head is supplied part of the whole package. A modern square shape it is manufactured from stainless steel and combines with an exposed thermostatic valve with mixer handles and an integrated handset and hose. An anti-twist hose features on the handset for ease of use, whilst the valve doubles up as a handy shelf for easy storage of – and access to – bottles of bathroom products.
The versatile Kocoon is available in multiple sizes and configurations from 1000mm to 1700mm for corner and recess installations and either right or left hand fitting. Sizes include bath replacement models which can be fitted in the exact place of a standard UK sized bath. As with all Kinedo cubicles installation is simple and straightforward and requires no silicone. Thanks to clever and intuitive assembly it is completely watertight. All glass panels and doors are 8mm thick and feature Cristal Plus to minimise water marks and for ease of maintenance. Options include a central frosted panel on the glass and feet for raised settings, supplied with a cut-able plinth. There is a choice of sliding or saloon doors to suit all bathroom settings.
For a product that is durable, low maintenance and stands out from the crowd then the Kocoon is worth a look.
The BetteForm bath has been completely re-designed to feature contemporary styling, a wider, more comfortable back rest and more standing room, when used as a shower-bath. The strength of the Bette glazed titanium-steel also means that the bath is able to feature a very slim, stylish rim, while still being extremely strong, and the metal construction enables almost right-angled corners, so the bath fits into a tiling pattern. It is available in 12 sizes from 1400 × 700 mm to 1900 × 800 mm, with a depth of 420 mm, providing a wide range of options for bathrooms of all sizes.
Comments Bette UK Country Manager, Samantha Lewis: “The re-designed BetteForm is a high quality, contemporary fitted bath for a price comparable to many non-steel baths. It provides retailers with the opportunity to trade up and offer their customers the lasting good looks, 30 year warranty and eco credentials of a Bette bath.
“While there are many retailers who choose glazed titanium-steel for the majority of the baths they sell, because they are aware of the benefits, we hope that the new BetteForm will provide an affordable alternative for those who have not yet experienced the advantages of Bette’s material. These benefits include scratch resistance, strength, long-lasting shine, 30 year warranty, easy-clean, no plastic, 100% recyclable, generous shower end standing room and hundreds of colours available.”
The redesigned BetteForm is available now. Extras and accessories for the bath remain available in the range.
The new Aqualisa Smart Quartz Collection delivers intuitive control, stunning good looks as well as personalisation and convenience. The established Quartz name has been retained to launch a new generation of showers with an exceptional level of connectivity, including breakthrough voice activation, wifi connectivity and app control.
App technology allows the homeowner to control the smart digital shower via WIFI, connecting through residential WIFI networks to the Aqualisa Smart Valve (ASV) using safe and secure best practice for IoT/Connected devices. It utilises the simplest on-boarding techniques possible to establish secure and robust connection with the ASV via WIFI. It is voice activation and personalisation that will make it stand out against the competition since it integrates with established smart home eco-systems via voice control – using Alexa.
The range consists of Quartz Blue, the introduction to the smart showering revolution for the new Collection, and Quartz Classic, now with added smart technology, and top of the range Quartz Touch, every member of the family can activate their own personal shower requirement – created and saved on the App for the perfect, consistently repeated showering experience.
For installers, the new Smart Quartz Collection is a great proposition for new build, self-build or renovation projects, principally because the unique Aqualisa Smart Valve – the brains of the new smart collection – can be located up to 10 metres away from the shower itself, providing unbelievable flexibility in installation. Installers will find this new product range easy to sell, impressing their customers with the benefits of connectivity – voice activation being a major unique selling point.
“’Alexa turn my shower on’ will quickly become a familiar command in homes with a new Aqualisa Smart Quartz Collection shower”, says Aqualisa CEO, Colin Sykes. “The Quartz excellence established from the early two thousands has now reached new heights and will offer homeowners the most sophisticated showering experience available. Despite the advent of the smart home and the arrival of a myriad of smart products, the suggestion, even five years ago, that showers would take this huge step into the world of smart technology would have been difficult to imagine. Thanks to Aqualisa, this is now a reality. It seems the most natural development for them to take, but we’re delighted it’s us introducing this technology to the UK and Ireland”, he adds.
For more exciting news on these exceptional new showers, head for www.aqualisa.co.uk or to the Aqualisa You Tube channel where you can find all the information you could possibly need, including access to multiple application videos that explain the complete smart showering experience. It’s time to develop a closer relationship with your shower – courtesy of Aqualisa.
There’s no easier and quicker way to install an enamelled shower surface: thanks to the low-profile support, it takes just a few steps to install the Kaldewei Conoflat, Cayonoplan, Superplan, Superplan Plus and Scona showers directly onto a suitably prepared floor. Shower surface, tray support and central support are already preassembled, perfectly coordinated and easy to handle. This benefits installers as they save time on the installation and therefore increase their efficiency.
Preassembled system in one package Using the low-profile support, Kaldewei showers can be installed very quickly and easily onto the floor or, if necessary, directly onto the tiles. The enamelled shower surface, tray support and central support are delivered in one package as a preassembled system solution. This provides the optimum solution for time-saving fitting in almost every installation situation, whether with a tiled, concrete or wooden floor.
Simple and standard-compliant installation A floor recess is only required for the waste fitting. Thanks to the low built height, Kaldewei showers can be virtually installed at floor level. It takes just a few steps to install the enamelled shower surfaces onto the floor. For standard-compliant sealing, Kaldewei recommends the Flex sealing kit that can be integrated with the greatest of ease into the surrounding bathroom sealing.
Persuasive material properties Not only can Kaldewei’s enamelled shower surfaces be installed quickly and easily with the low-profile support, but they also possess highly persuasive material properties. With superior Kaldewei steel enamel, these include longevity, anti-slip properties, ease of maintenance and recyclability. All Kaldewei bathroom solutions are supplied with a 30-year guarantee.
For exclusive and innovative bathrooms products see the Kaldewei range. With over 100 years’ experience, Kaldewei has become a global partner for iconic bathroom solutions made of superior steel enamel. With a portfolio of over 600 shower surfaces, washbasins and baths, the premium manufacturer provides perfectly coordinated solutions for project business and private clients – featuring a uniform material throughout and harmonious design. The company collaborates with renowned international design firms and has received over 150 awards. For its unique brand management, Kaldewei has been recognised with a gold German Brand Award. In 2018, a long-term partnership was launched with WWF, the nature and environmental conservation organisation. Kaldewei is supporting the WWF marine conservation programme that is devoted to reducing plastic waste in our oceans.
Beautiful and extremely hard-wearing – all Kaldewei steel enamel bathroom solutions are sustainable, 100% recyclable and are supplied with a 30-year guarantee.
With brassware being an integral part of any bathroom design and many consumers changing up their taps to give the room an instant update, as a major supplier in this market RAK has introduced five new ranges.
With a solution for every installation and finishes to meet every design requirement, the latest RAK brassware ranges offer the opportunity to bring individual flair to this most personal of spaces.
RAK-Sorrento has a timeless elegance, with a long body and spout combined with single lever control for a modern twist. RAK-Portofino and RAK-Ischia both feature their own distinct styling to bring contemporary design to the bathroom with ease, while RAK-Positano is sleek and streamlined making it the perfect choice for any minimal setting.
RAK-Sorrento
RAK-Portofino
RAK-Positano
RAK-Amalfi is a brassware range that encourages creativity, with handles that can be combined in a number of ways with the tap body, mixing metals for an individual look throughout the bathroom.
Each of the five new ranges can be chosen in one of four finishes – Matt Black, Brushed Nickel, Brushed Gold and Polished Chrome.
Offering a market-leading 15-year warranty and environmentally conscious water saving elements, function combines seamlessly with form across each of these new ranges, to ensure that the finishing touch becomes a focal point of the bathroom.
Duravit is previewing its new patent-pending cshaped technology, the launch was planned for Salone earlier this year, however, has now been postponed due to COVID-19.
cshaped has been created as an extension of the Happy D.2 Plus series by sieger design. This evolution of the patented c-bonded process guarantees that the ceramic washbasin and furniture run in perfectly parallel lines with no overhang or recess and a precise gap of 4 mm. Made entirely of DuraCeram® and specially finished, c-shaped has all the benefits of a ceramic glaze, it’s robust and easy to, whilst at the same time offering new scope for bathroom design within the wet environment.
Happy D.2 Plus is available in two new versions and is a continuation of the elegant, expressive style of the collection which offers a lighter or darker mood.
c-shaped is available with a ceramic, glossy white outer edge in combination with a vanity unit or metal console in chrome. c-bonded now comes with a new, rounded outer edge in the same colour as the vanity unit or to match the metal console in Black Matt. In each case they are based on basins with a narrow, typically flat edge and harmoniously integrated tap platform. The basins are available in three widths (575, 775 and 975 mm). A white acrylic cover conceals the fittings beneath the basin, guaranteeing perfect aesthetics from any angle.
The floor-standing, height-adjustable metal consoles with integrated towel rail can be delivered with an optional shelf or built-in drawer. A further option is a seat (width 625 mm) featuring an integrated drawer that can be added as a practical extension of the console on the left or right. Duravit also offers a cushion in matching greige made from a woven fabric suitable for wet rooms.
