Design

Black is the new white

There have been signs for some time now. Following the revival of colour in architecture and design, black ceramics are probably the most radical break with the “white” past. With the Memento collection, Villeroy & Boch is offering further exciting perspectives.

Smart well-being

How do we create high density with the greatest quality of life? We need places of relaxation more urgently than ever, not only in hotels. Intelligent solutions and a smart use of technology can provide the necessary relaxation for guests, especially in the bathroom.

Sundukovy Sisters

Irina and Olga, founders of the award-winning Sundukovy Sisters studio. Sundokovy Sisters, about their personal wellbeing and why they always wanted to design a bar for a bath.

Architecture up close

We mainly notice architecture with our eyes and maybe even with our hands. Only in the bathroom, probably the most intimate place in the building, do people get up close to architecture. The surface of the ceramics sends a decisive message.

90 degrees: ceramics and the right angle

What the objective behind Le Corbusier’s poem of the right angle is and why the orthogonal system poses a certain challenge in producing bathroom ceramics.

ICONIC „ARCHITECTURA“

World architecture also has “normal” needs.

How a masterpiece of precision was created

Interview with designer Kai Steffan discussing the creative process behind Octagon.

The “FutureHotel” research project at the Fraunhofer Institute IAO

The hotel trade is in the process of being reinvented. This process is supported by the joint research project “FutureHotel”.

East meets West – Exciting insights into the bathroom culture of the East and West.

Are there intercultural differences between East and West with regard to bathrooms?

The Room - The Bath: Universal Design for the senior bath

The multidisciplinary research group develops strategies for redesigning senior-friendly baths in existing buildings in a financially feasible manner.

FINION INSIGHTS

The designer Patrick Frey on the art of ending up with the energy and freshness of your first idea in the finished product and how his design in the Finion collection combines the qualities of wood with ceramic..

Design without limits 

Star designer Steve Leung adds sparkle to Villeroy & Boch’s prestige products