More inspiration from Milan Design Week 2022

 One of my favorite new designs for bathrooms - it is elegant, versatile and mostly - comfortable for all ages:

 Ofuro  

Elle Decor Italia’s ‘Design Forever’ installation at Palazzo Bovara

A detailed report about the most important new designs, technologies and trends from Milan Design Week 2022 is available on request.

Tomato red is the new color in Milan

This year, in Milan, we were seeing red, a juicy tomato-y hue everywhere, not only at the beautiful exhibition at Museo Poldi Pezzoli (showcasing 50 new furnishings by 17 designers all in the same hue, created by Luca Nichetto, art director of French furniture brand La Manufacture):

A wonderful blend between modern design and past glamour

Midj

India Mahdavi’s Loop chair for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna.

 Paul Smith’s new furniture for De Padova. 

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As you can see -red is everywhere, even in kitchens and bedrooms:

Gessi

And in the bathrooms. I like this new vitality in home design and hope this mood to continue :)

Some of my Salone 2022 Discoveries

 For its 60th anniversary Salone del Mobile is back in full bloom! Just a few of the interior design proposals that I liked and may inspire you, too:

Gessi' s corner from Salone was one of the most colourful and beautiful 

Only 3 of many photos I made there

The other interesting stand was that of Scarabeo with witty proposals for small bathrooms:

A very pleasant surprise was the stand of Brazil:

Beautiful design by SICIS:

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That is just a small glimpse - more will follow :)

Salone Del Mobile 2022 - Artistic Trend

It seems that Art-Design is a very distinct trend for the coming 60th Salone del Mobile which starts in less that two weeks. Art-deco influences and baroque adornments are often found in many of the new designs that we are going to see in Milan from June 7th during Milan Design Week 2022. A few examples:

A Lot Of Brasil, photo courtesy

Nilafur Gallery Depot presents Craft Mania:

design by Etienne Marc, source: Azure

А modern version of the sumptuous Art Deco of the 1920s appears in bathrooms, too:

Acquabella

LUX lamp by Harmonia has a wooden base with integrated LED lights and decorative porcelain cover

“Haute Couture” for Bathrooms

Bathroom design is one of the most actively changing areas of interior design - we saw a lot of new technologies and growth in colorful new designs:

Antonio Lupi

but this customization and addition of textures is something new:

the first Akron bath on the market - Opal Quiz bathtub; source: archiproducts.com

 "...total adaptability thanks to the cut to size, which allows the product to adapt to every bathroom space, customization with more than 2,000 colours..."

Have a look at Bathroom Trends 2021 for more details.

Another Trend from Supersalone

In addition to sustainability - a central theme in this year’s fair - a lot of colour everywhere was another distinctive interior design trend. After the gloomy almost two years without live events designers now respond with rich colour palettes:

Tote by Sebastian Herkner

Arper - Mixu collection

Cielo bathrooms ph. T.Zaharieva

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MOM - photo T. Zaharieva

More about Supersalone at my blog Designcommentator: Supersalone shows what the international furniture fair should look like in the future

Bathroom Trends 2021

 Now, because we are spending so much more time at home, probably the desire to make improvements is pressing? Especially in the warm summer days. We all have found that we need:

- more comfortable working spaces, 

- more privacy spaces and 

- more need of relaxing atmosphere in our homes, 

- and during summer we all long for our cozy private green open air area.

Bathtooms are one of the areas that get more attention in the last several years and today, when we need definitely our space for relaxation at our homes. One way to make them more cozy and inspiring is to use more colours. This is a major bathroom trend and most companies offer new colourful products:

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Another trend I like is the use of warm colour stones like travertine and not only for bathrooms:

Agnieszka Owsiany Studio

As you can see, it matches perfectly the oak cabinets.

I like especially the combination between travertine and copper:

Dornbracht

I have used travertine for two bathrooms for my clients, too:

Studio TemZadesign

Studio TemZadesign

Trends: Warmth with natural stones

According to Elle Decor, there is a general trend (which I completely agree with) towards warmer, earth tones, including the bathroom. And there we notice a desire to replace white marble in favor of stones with warmer hues like travertine and limestone. I can confirm that from what my latest clients chose for their two bathrooms - travertine walls and travertine-like floor tiles:

The master bathroom in my latest project

And the second one which is still not completed with lighting:

I suppose that now, when we are going to spend more time at home, this trend towards warmer hues will become popular.

Let's make handwashing more pleasant!

"If all else fails, something tells me most of us will be paying even closer attention to the design of sinks and vanities in residential, hospitality and retail projects for years to come." 

wrote Yellowtrace and published a lot of inspiring ideas for bathrooms. So much agree! It is hard to choose from the numerous beautifil bathrooms, but I am posting the two I like most:

Peppertree Villa in Bellevue Hill, Sydney by Luigi Rosselli Architects & Alwill Interiors.

Source: https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/covid-19-wash-hands-amazing-skinks-bathroom-design-details/

Must marble sink collection from Altamarea.

Source: https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/covid-19-wash-hands-amazing-skinks-bathroom-design-details/

And add a few more from my earlier publications:

Agape - Rigo by Patricia Urquiola - elegant customization

Dwell

 

Tiny bathrooms can also be elegant. 

Have a look at the latest bathroom I just finished for a client - it is tiny, too: