PRODUCTS | Bathroom trends Bathroom trends
What’s making a splash the market Compiled by: Matt Baker
ROCA | New Tempo colours
Roca has released new colours for its Tempo collection of bathroom accessories. All Tempo products are now available in the original Chrome, as well as new colours Rose Gold, Brushed Titanium Black, and Titanium Black. The collection also features anticorrosive plating that reduces the effect of wear and tear. Roca’s full range of accessories include robe hooks, soap dishes, toothbrush and tumbler holders, towel rails and racks, toilet roll and toilet brush holders. Tel: 01530 830080
www.uk.roca.com
ARMERA | Vaere bath shower mixer
The freestanding bath shower mixer from Armera is a new addition to the bathroom manufacturer’s Vaere range. The mixer and shower kit features a smoothflex hose and incorporates a diverter to choose between functions of filling the bath from the spout, or the handheld spray for cleaning and washing hair. The mixer stands at a maximum height of 1007mm, including the shower head and the mixer’s spout has a reach of 238mm. The mixer is available in chrome, brushed black, and brushed gold finishes. Tel: 01225 251204
www.armera.co.uk
IDEAL STANDARD |
i.life collection
Ideal Standard has unveiled its
i.life collection, which the manufacturer says is “a total bathroom solution for the everyday.” A collaboration with Italian design studio Palomba Serafini Associati and launched as part of Ideal Standard’s Together World Tour, the collection comprises a selection of basins, WCs, and bidets characterised by soft, rounded ceramics and accessible design. All bowls in the
i.life collection has Ideal Standard’s advanced RimLS+ flush technology for improved hygiene and greater washing coverage. Tel: 01482 346461
www.idealstandard.co.uk
CASE STUDY: NEVER TOO OLD Johnny Bacigalupo, Napier Bathrooms and Interiors, Edinburgh
Theatre has proven that presenting designs as a VR experience isn’t only for the younger customer.
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The project was the renovation of a cloakroom with WC and en suite in a flat on the ground floor of a converted country mansion house. The cloakroom was situated just off the living room. ‘Mr and Mrs I’ were concerned about its proximity to the WC and wanted to create a separate space between these two areas. The team at Napier came up with the idea to build a boot room as an anteroom leading to the new WC and en suite but thought a lack of space might be an issue. Mr I, who is in his 90s, was more than happy to step into the Virtual Worlds 4D
or Johnny Bacigalupo at Napier
Bathrooms and Interiors, Virtual Worlds 4D
design to test whether he could move around his new cloakroom with ease. “If there was any doubt that the older generation would struggle to use VR, Mr I well and truly proved us all wrong,” says Bacigalupo. “With limited instruction he opened the boot room door, then slid open the pocket door to the WC and en suite. He even placed himself inside the shower enclosure and loved the way the sound effects changed when he switched on the shower.”
Mr I expressed his delight with the experience and, from a sales point of view, the designer was able to build trust with the customer. And as for Mr I’s apparent joy in using Virtual Worlds 4D Theatre? Well, the great playwright, Noel Coward once said: “You will know you’re old when you cease to be amazed.”
For more information, please e-mail
sales@virtualworlds.co.uk or call 01908 663848 50 · January 2022
Dispelling the myth that VR is only for the younger customer
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