The latest trends in bathroom furnishing products combine space and form – the space available in a room that is seeing ever greater attention to detail; and the form of the objects that are used there. Rather than merely functional, these objects must be able to contribute to the aesthetics of the bathroom and to coordinate harmoniously with the other furnishing items.
The trends emerging from the sanitaryware collections reveal a desire to impress through an unusual and original use of forms and lines, which tend to be either extremely angular or extremely rounded: in any case extreme and visually striking. This trend is bound up with the quest for essentiality and simplicity that is shared by many other sectors. The bathroom is envisaged not just as a functional space but as a realm of relaxation and wellness, a place for beauty and pleasure.
The range of coloured and decorated sanitaryware is particularly striking, consisting of ton-sur-ton decorations or strong contrasts with respect to the floor and wall tiles. This bathroom is a pleasure to design and use, attaining a high degree of modularity thanks to the ease of aesthetic coordination and the availability of a wide range of dedicated products, allowing exactly the right size to be chosen for a given space. It displays a kind of tailor-made design based on high-output industrial production.
The common thread running through all the collections is sustainability, achieved on the one hand through production processes that are capable of reducing and recycling production waste, and on the other by designing sanitary units with lower water consumptions. As a discreet yet constantly evolving presence, technology can now deliver high levels of performance, such as WCs that operate with just 2.7 – 3 litres per flush and products that can be adapted to existing plumbing systems to avoid costly building work during renovation.
As a result, we are seeing a futuristic design that goes hand in hand with the latest sanitaryware technologies; but above all a unique novelty factor as companies wait until Cersaie to present their new products to the world.
