When is a washbasin not a washbasin? When it looks like Benedini Associati’s interpretation for Agape’s Ell series. The lightweight icon's flat surface with its aeration grille is also the basin.

This year a new freestanding version was released where a horizontal line supports a column so that it appears like it's floating. The freestanding Ell’s formal purity showcases its materials’ beauty, whether in white or deep caviar Corian or white Carrara, Carnico grey or black Marquina marble.

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Boffi invites homeowners to organise their bathroom with R.I.G. (Rudimentary Interior Geometry), a universal modular system for shelving designed by Mikal Harrsen in a version specifically designed for bathroom use.

The modules frame the bathroom’s essential elements with tailormade units for storage, basins (both wall and freestanding) in wood or marble, mirrors, light bars, and towel racks. Available in a wide range of materials, colours and finishes, R.I.G was designed to bring elegance to the bathroom’s daily rituals.

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The humble toilet in the hands of Kohler is transformed into a state-of the art object with two new Smart toilets. The Eir Intelligent toilet sports gentle curves and a sloping profile with an optional decorative metal ring. Displaying a host of features, this includes intuitive hands-free opening and closing, one-click bowl sanitation, and a touchscreen remote for personalised control.

Numi 2.0 is Kohler’s most advanced intelligent toilet to date, with exceptional water efficiency, personalised cleansing and dryer functions, and high-quality built-in speakers. The lighting features on Kohler’s flagship intelligent toilet can be paired with speakers to create different spa-like environments. Amazon Alexa built into the product provides simple voice control of Numi’s features and access to tens of thousands of skills. 

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Available from GC Building Technologies, Laufen’s popular IIBagnoalessi collection, designed by Stefano Giovannoni, was updated with a new material, Saphirkeramik. This extraordinary high-performance material has made it possible to develop new washstands and washbasins with more refined forms.

To celebrate this, architecture firm Snøhetta created five graphic representations inspired by the fluid and organic forms of IIBagnoalessi to offer an overview of futuristic scenarios.

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Large-format porcelain stoneware tiles and slabs are ideal for bathrooms, and Florim’s two new collections suit different aesthetic aspirations. Nature Mood brings the natural environment into the home with ceramics which display marble- and wood-inspired qualities interwoven with perfect imperfections, just like in nature.

Heritage Luxe is inspired by the past but informed by modern luxury. The decorative pieces showcase marble’s beauty and classic luxury while blending with the dynamism of veining and contemporary colours.

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Bridging design and furnishing, Kaldewai, in collaboration with Vogue Germany, presented an installation entitled Bathscape, curated by Cristina Celestino.

The Milanese designer named the installation to play on the verb “escape” as she presents an aesthetic escape into the dazzling splendour of modern bathroom culture. Showcasing the bathroom in different permutations, Celestino also displayed the versatility and possibilities of Kaldewai’s fittings.

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