Bagno 2008 in Milan
Passing the galleryText and photo: Olga Korotkova
Magazine: Nha (131) 2008
If a couple of years ago in the design of bathrooms two general directions were clearly traced - classic and minimalism, nowadays priority is given to eclecticism - the number one style in everything. Eclectic conveniently combines the features of something if you please, or rather what the designer will do. Since the right to combine the incompatible, inventing never before invented and breathing new lives into decrepit and well forgotten eras remain for designers. Let's honestly tell ourselves that creating interiors is not a matter of our taste, not of our choice and not of our mind. The interior is not a choice, it is a faith. Our belief in the designer, in the architect, in the professional at last. A few years ago, it occurred to someone in the design world to recall the oldest method of finishing wet rooms — marble and ceramic mosaic. And please, now it is perhaps the most popular material for the interior in any style - from Moroccan to pop-art. Glamor time has done its job in the design of the bathroom. This year, the stands featured baths defiantly black, shiny, like patent leather shoes. Baths, decorated with leaves of gold leaf and silver. Baths with inlaid - in the form of a giant brooch - corals, pearls, and, as one hundred percent of readers guess, crystals
Baths and sinks from a single block of natural stone are becoming a strong trend. In this regard, it is necessary to pay attention to the new wave of ethnics. Appearing a year ago at the Paris exhibition