The Ametis bath line by Davide Oppizzi for Graff was introduced at least two years ago, but you could hardly find information about the product here. Is it that the manufacturer feels we in the Colonies can’t handle its avant-garde design sensibility? More likely it was because the product line was not available until late last year. […]Read Post ›
Okay, we’re beginning to see a pattern here. Not too long ago, we wrote about the Moen SmartSense touchless faucet that a user can operate in three ways. And we’ve written about Delta Faucet’s Touch2O Technology that allows a user to start and stop the flow of water with a simple tap anywhere on the […]Read Post ›
If I had serious dough to spend and I were in the market for high-quality faucets, at least three of the companies I would check first are based in Germany and one of them would be Dornbracht. (I had the pleasure of seeing their stuff made in Germany, and it’s very impressive. But I digress.) […]Read Post ›
Hands-free faucets usually exude a kind of Jetson-Family flair—when they work—even though the technology is not new and not all that exciting at this point (almost like a cell phone). It hasn’t stopped manufacturers from trying to perfect the technology. The latest is Moen whose new introduction, MotionSense, uses advanced sensors to detect movement in two […]Read Post ›
Except to the fashionistas and a handful of famous and semi-famous folks—Ivana Trump, January Jones, and Amber Valletta—Jason Wu was a largely unknown but highly talented young designer. But then Michelle Obama came calling in 2008. Today Wu is seemingly everywhere, and now he has launched a full line of bath faucets and accessories for […]Read Post ›
American Standard is known as the middle-of-the-road U.S. brand that offers solid products of good-enough design (I’ve used it for years and have no complaints). If you’re looking for edgier stuff, you’ll have to turn to the company’s high-end Jado brand, which recently introduced a new contemporary line of kitchen and bath faucets. Intended to complement free-standing tubs, the floor-mount filler features ceramic cartridges and a […]Read Post ›
I remember the year Kohler introduced the DTV electronic shower control system at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show; editors in the press room thought it was the coolest thing ever. (This happens frequently when Kohler introduces a product.) At any rate, DTV is no longer the only game in town. Moen has ioDigital and […]Read Post ›
A few weeks ago we introduced you to Cifial USA, a Portuguese-based company that knows a thing or two about faucets. As further example, take a look at the Quadra 25 and Techno 25 collections. These products were actually introduced about a year and a half ago, but they’re so cool we thought we’d post them anyway. We […]Read Post ›
Design editors in the know are hip to the fact that some faucet companies are popular but not known for cool designs. For some years, Delta Faucet has been one of these companies. Lately, however, the company has been stepping it up. One of its latest is the Trinsic collection. A much more urban-styled product than the […]Read Post ›
If you’ve been reading the Q over the past three months, you’ve read about your options for countertops as well as some good picks for kitchen cabinets. So let’s talk faucets. It’s perhaps the item you use most often in the kitchen so it’s in your best interest to NOT cheap out on some low-quality product to save […]Read Post ›
home iq 