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Eight bold showers that add a pop of colour to the bathroom
CategoriesInterior Design

Eight bold showers that add a pop of colour to the bathroom

By Zarkon Group,

Showers enclosed in dichroic glass and wrapped in speckled terrazzo are featured in our latest lookbook, which showcases eight unique showers that bring a touch of colour to the bathroom.

Bathtubs often hold the spotlight in a bathroom, but this round-up proves showers can be just as showstopping – and luxurious.

From an all-pink shower in Taiwan to a minty-green shower in an Antwerp apartment, these colourful showers add a bold touch to brighten up the surrounding space.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring pared-back loft conversions, lattice screens and outdoor showers.

Harry Nuriev and Tyler Billinger Residence
Photo is by Dylan Chandler

Crosby Studios apartment, USA, Crosby Studios

Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev and partner Tyler Billinger outfitted their New York City apartment in a palette of purple and grey.

The bold colour scheme was carried into the bathroom, where the shower was clad in grey tile and enclosed with a purple shower screen.

Find out more about the Crosby Studios apartment ›

The Siren Hotel by ASH NYC
Photo is by Christian Harder

The Siren Hotel, USA, Quinn Evans Architects

The Siren Hotel in Detroit was originally built in 1926 by architect Robert Finn before being refreshed by design development firm ASH NYC with the help of Quinn Evans Architects in 2018.

The renovation included the addition of pastel hues and an assortment of rich textiles, while the hotel’s showers were updated with red-speckled terrazzo and a glass-brick divider.

Find out more about The Siren Hotel ›

Concrete bathroom in Habitat 67 building
Photo is by Maxime Brouillet

Unit 622, Canada, Rainville Sangaré 

Unit 622 by Rainville Sangaré is located inside architect Moshe Safdie’s famous brutalist Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada.

Sangaré updated the apartment to include walk-in showers enclosed in dichroic glass that appears to change colour when viewed from different angles.

Find out more about Unit 622 ›

A bathroom with pink tile
Photo is by Hey! Cheese

Cats’ Pink House, Taiwan, KC Design Studio

Not only does the Cats Pink House by KC Design Studio include an entire room dedicated to the owner’s cats, but it also contains a spacious pink bathroom.

Large pink tiles cover the walls and floor of a walk-in shower, which is also outfitted with a stand-alone tub.

Find out more about Cat’s Pink House ›

Spinmolenplein apartment by Jürgen Vandewalle
Photo is by Karen Van der Biest

Spinmolenplein penthouse, Belgium, Jürgen Vandewalle

Located on the top floor of the tallest residential building in Ghent, Belgium, the 60-square-metre Spinmolenplein penthouse updated by Jürgen Vandewalle was designed to maximize space.

A bathroom unit clad in white wood panels opens to reveal a colourful shower stall finished with a micro-cement in a muted red.

Find out more about Spinmolenplein penthouse ›

A bathroom with shower and bathtub clad in blue tile
Photo is by Luis Díaz Díaz

Ready-made Home, Spain, Azab

Located in an apartment building in Spain built in the 1960s, the Ready-made Home by Azab features a colourful palette of soft pinks, blues and yellows.

A corner bathroom in the main bedroom is partitioned by a light blue curtain, while a deeper shade of blue was carried into the tiles that cover the floor and walls of the bathtub and shower.

Find out more about Ready-made Home ›

Apartment A by Atelier Dialect
Photo is by Piet-Albert Goethals

Apartment A, Belgium, Atelier Dialect 

While an en-suite shiny steel tub makes quite the statement in this Antwerp apartment updated by Belgian design studio Atelier Dialect, the shower is equally intriguing.

Contrasted by the stark white and black palette of the surrounding bedroom, the shower was wrapped in minty green, with a single shelf cut into the wall for toiletries and a bench installed opposite.

Find out more about Apartment A ›

Louisville Road house designed by 2LG
Photo is by Megan Taylor

Louisville Road house, England, 2LG Studio

Located in Tooting, south London, interior design studio 2LG overhauled a period home with blue tilework and coral-orange cabinetry.

The walk-in shower features baby blue floor tiles and matching hardware, as well as sky-blue bordering that surrounds the fluted-glass shower screen.

Find out more about Louisville Road house ›

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring basement apartments, mid-century homes and textural kitchens.

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Ten living spaces that don't relegate tiles to the bathroom
CategoriesInterior Design

Ten living spaces that don’t relegate tiles to the bathroom

By Zarkon Group,

Our latest lookbook rounds up 10 living spaces that take tiling from practical to decorative, applying it to everything from bars and fireplaces to entire statement walls.

Tiles in the modern home are often consigned to the bathroom or kitchen, where their durable finish can protect walls from water damage.

But a growing cohort of designers are using the surfacing much like they would rugs or wallpapers, as a means of bringing colours and patterns into living spaces.

Whether made from ceramic, stone or concrete, this can help to imbue an otherwise cosy interior with a much-needed sense of depth and dimension.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring maximalist interiors, kitchens with polished granite surfaces and brutalist interiors with a surprisingly welcoming feel.

Bar area of Dream Weaver penthouse designed by YSG
Photo is by Prue Ruscoe

Dream Weaver penthouse, Australia, by YSG

Spanish tapas bars informed the design of this penthouse in Sydney, which belongs to a couple of empty nesters.

In the open-plan living space, this reference was translated into an entire wall of glossy off-white tiles, providing the backdrop for a custom bar trolley made from white ash and blue granite.

Find out more about Dream Weaver penthouse ›

Conde Duque apartment by Sierra + De La Higuera
Photo is by German Sáiz

Conde Duque apartment, Spain, by Sierra + De La Higuera

Vibrantly glazed tiles help to define the different zones in this apartment in Madrid, with green used in the kitchen, red and blue in the bathrooms and yellow in the living areas.

The traditional Moroccan zellige tiles are characterised by their tonal and textural variations, with imperfect surfaces that are moulded by hand.

Find out more about Conde Duque ›

Puro Hotel Stare Miasto Kraków by Studio Paradowski
Photo is by Pion Studio

Puro Hotel Kraków, Poland, by Paradowski Studio

Polish practice Paradowski Studio mixed and matched different kinds of tiling throughout this lounge, covering everything from the floor to the columns to an entire wall, designed by artist Tomasz Opaliński based on the modernist mosaics of the 1970s.

To soften up these hard, glossy surfaces and add a sense of warmth, the studio added plenty of textiles plus a stained oak bas-relief, which a couple of doors.

Find out more about Puro Hotel Kraków ›

Green-tiled bar
Photo is by Joana França

São Paulo apartment, Brazil, by Casulo

A bar clad in glossy green tiles forms the centrepiece of this living room, contrasted against the matt black slate on the floor.

Brazilian studio Casulo repeated this same material palette in the bathroom and kitchen of the São Paulo apartment, which the owners bought at a closed-door auction without seeing its interior.

Find out more about São Paulo apartment ›

Yurikago House by Mas-aqui
Photo is by José Hevia

Yurikago House, Spain, by Mas-aqui

Hydraulic tiling helps to create a sense of continuity across the various different floors and half-levels of this apartment, designed by architecture studio Mas-aqui.

The natural tonal variations of the reddish-brown ceramics help to create a sense of depth and texture despite using only one material.

Find out more about Yurikago House ›

Interiors of Hotel Les Deux Gares in Paris
Photo is by Benoit Linero

Hotel Les Deux Gares, France, by Luke Edward Hall

Chevron marble floors, striped pink-satin armchairs and chintzy duck-egg blue wallpaper create a riotous clash of patterns and colours in this lounge by British designer Luke Edward Hall.

“I really wanted this space to feel above all joyful and welcoming and alive, classic but a little bonkers at the same time,” he explained.

Find out more about Hotel Les Deux Gares ›

House in Girona, Barcelona by Arquitectura-G
Photo is by José Hevia

Reforma de una Vivienda en Ensanche, Spain, by Arquitectura-G

Barcelona practice Arquitectura-G removed a series of dividing walls from this apartment to let more light into the plan and relied on changing levels and flooring to denote different areas.

Here, the transition from the hallway to the lounge is signified by a zig-zagging junction between the gridded grey tiling and the neutral-toned carpet, which is made from coarse sisal plant fibres.

Find out more about Reforma de una Vivienda en Ensanche ›

Fireplace in Passeig de Grácia apartment by Jeanne Schultz
Photo is by Adrià Goula

Passeig de Grácia 97, Spain, by Jeanne Schultz

A pink stone fireplace with chequered tiling served as the starting point for the renovation of this old Barcelona apartment, with doors, window frames and ceiling mouldings throughout the home painted in a matching shade of green.

Designer Jeanne Schultz also introduced minimal yet characterful modern furnishings to keep the focus on the building’s period features, which also include traditional Catalan vault ceilings and wooden parquet flooring.

Find out more about Passeig de Grácia 97 ›

Point Supreme Athens apartment
Photo is by Yiannis Hadjiaslanis

Ilioupoli apartment, Greece, by Point Supreme

Originally popular in the 1970s, when they were used to cover verandas and porticos in holiday homes throughout Greece, these glazed terracotta tiles were salvaged from storage so they could be used to cover the floor of a one-bedroom home in Athens.

Formerly a semi-basement storage space, the apartment is located at the bottom of a typical Athenian polykatoikia – a concrete residential block with tiered balconies.

Find out more about Ilioupoli apartment ›

Casa AB by Victor Alavedra
Photo is by Eugeni Pons

Casa AB, Spain, by Built Architecture

When Built Architecture renovated this 19th-century Barcelona apartment, the Spanish practice retained the traditional mosaic flooring laid throughout most of its rooms, including the hallway, bedroom, living and dining room.

The spaces between the tiling were filled with oak floorboards to match the custom oak cabinetry the studio installed to run longways through the apartment like a spine, dividing up the private and communal areas.

Find out more about Casa AB ›

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring maximalist interiors, kitchens with polished granite surfaces and surprisingly welcoming brutalist interiors.

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Refillable containers for bathroom products
CategoriesSustainable News

Refillable containers for bathroom products

By Zarkon Group,

Spotted: Most people are trying to reduce their consumption of plastics, but this is not always easy to do. For example, most people throw away or recycle empty containers of shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, etc. – only to re-purchase the exact same products. A French startup hopes to change this habit with containers that can be refilled with new products. What makes their system different from other refillable containers is that all the products are solid – making them much easier to ship and fill.

The company, named 900.care after the average number of seconds spent in the bathroom at one time, launched in 2020 with a fundraising campaign on French crowdfunding site Ulule. The founders exceeded their pre-sale target by 13,000 per cent and knew they were on to something. By the middle of 2021 the brand was being sold in 135 Monoprix stores and the company had raised €10,000,000 in capital, allowing it to increase production and drop prices by 40 per cent.

There are three colourful containers – one each for shower gel, toothpaste and deodorant. Each can be refilled with solid products from 900.care – a shower gel in the form of a ball, toothpaste in the form of pastilles, and a stick deodorant. The shower gel and toothpaste are designed to foam up on contact with water. Making the refillables in a solid form saves on waste in both production and shipping.

Although the containers are made of plastic, 900.care says this is actually an eco-friendly choice. The plastic used is recycled and recyclable, it is sturdy enough to last a long time and light enough to keep emissions from transportation low. It also jibes with the company’s message of keeping things simple. Co-founder Thomas Arnaudo has pointed out that, “at 900.care our approach isn’t self-righteous. Our emphasis is on fun, happy, playful content that speaks to everyone, especially families. Our brand is meant for the general public, it’s not at all status oriented. In fact, our logo isn’t even visible on our products, it’s hidden.”

While 900.care’s approach may be unique, the company is not alone in feeling that refillable products are an important part of the move towards sustainability. We have seen various versions of this, including a vegan refillable deodorant and a toothpaste dispenser that can be refilled with compostable capsules. Like 900.care’s offerings, these products are also available on subscription. 

Written By: Lisa Magloff

3rd May 2022

Website: 900.care

Contact: 900.care/pages/contact

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