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Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co. KG

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Magazin // ISH 2017

Live healthily – and really live

3/23/2017

The bathroom of tomorrow will also involve healthcare. At the ISH Thomas Wagner spoke with Andreas Dornbracht about the new concept of the LifeSpa and general trends in the bathroom experience.

Magazin // ISH 2017

A true trove of bronze, silver and gold

by Fabian Peters | 3/22/2017

Gold, silver and bronze for fittings at the ISH. Almost enough to give you wings.

Magazin // ISH 2017

Wave to the mirror, greet the heating

by Thomas Edelmann | 3/20/2017

For many manufacturers, be it of bathroom or heating appliances, electronics is the key. Sometimes this results in gimmicks, other times in convincing innovations.

STYLEPARK x ISH 2017

Feels good and keeps you healthy

2/23/2017

Personal hygiene has long since been a priority and wellness already is, too. Today health is increasingly the focus of bathrooms. And you can find the corresponding products at the ISH, the world’s leading trade fair for the sanitary, heating technology and air-conditioning technology industry.

Smart homes

12/5/2016

A home that offers ideal living conditions from the start: In the new residential complex Apartimentum in Hamburg the smart technology by Dornbracht in the bathroom makes for top-class comfort.

Oasis in the city

7/11/2016

Unlimited baths

by Thomas Edelmann | 5/6/2016

Refinements wherever you look: What caught the eye at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Bagno.

Technology, play and magic

by Thomas Wagner | 3/17/2016

At the Light + Building you can see how light, space and controls interact and what this spells for luminaire design. Moreover, there are some truly stunningly pioneering innovations on show.

Wake-up call with eyes and fringes

by Uta Abendroth | 6/2/2015

Danish design has a contemporary look to it, despite many of the ideas being over 50 years old. At Copenhagen’s “3daysofdesign” there was much talk of tradition and values, and of updating classics.

Learning from Las Vegas – under the shower

4/30/2015

Is the bathroom a place of fine distinctions? Thomas Wagner talked with Andreas Dornbracht about “Culturing Life”, the brand’s new claim, the digitalization of the bathroom and current as well as future changes in the industry.

Where water swirls

by Thomas Wagner | 3/17/2015

The ISH is the world’s leading trade-fair for innovative bath design. Wellness, hygiene and health are the elements from which the physical experience in bathrooms of today are formed.

Refreshing prospects

by Sara Bertsche | 1/29/2015

At the ISH trade fair in Frankfurt new bath designs, smart technologies and energy-efficient building technologies will all be on show. We’ve brought together the most important information on the fair for you.

Standalones, sapphires and a strudel king

by Thomas Edelmann | 4/25/2014

Found pieces instead of orchestrated spaces: Designs relating to the cool, cleansing liquid substance as are on view at the Salone del Bagno Milan and in the Fuori Salone showrooms, are rich in innovative materials and champion the familiar purist style elements.

Digitally pimped

by Antje Southern | 10/6/2013

The next stopovers on our “London Design Festival” recce include the “100% Design” fair in Kensington, “Designjunction” on New Oxford Street, “Designersblock” at the Southbank Centre as well as “Superbrands” and “Tent London” in Spitalfields, where we purchased a 3D-self-portrait, tasted the milk of human kindness and were delighted by digital up-cycling.

A thousand possible worlds of water

by Thomas Wagner | 3/18/2013

The noticeable trend at the ISH 2013: Under the sign of the transformation of the energy sector in Germany, technology is once again taking front seat, and not just in the energy sector, but in the bathroom, too. Yet there are various new designs all the same. And alongside wellness, the sector is also busy discovering health.

So that rightly flow the torrent

by Thomas Wagner | 3/15/2013

There is water flowing and circulating everywhere at the ISH fair! Which needs the right engineering. A slightly different tour of the trade fair in images.

Water: the sensual element

by Thomas Wagner | 3/13/2013

Good products alone are no longer a sure ticket to success in today’s market, and things are no different in the sanitary industry. They want their moment in the limelight too. In the two latest promotional videos produced by Meiré und Meiré for Dornbracht, information and sensuality go their own separate ways.

Take the effort out of cooking

by Thomas Edelmann | 1/22/2013

Touch-screen displays, adjustable work surfaces, sensor-controlled coffee making: “Living Kitchen”, the biennial fair parallel to imm Cologne, presented technology as an aid to a better life.. A vision that even proves rather convincing on occasion.

The construct of privacy

by Zimmermann Jörg | 12/27/2012

Is there still a boundary between what is private and what is public? In its consideration of this question, the “Dornbracht Conversations” in Berlin’s Kunst-Werke – KW Institute for Contemporary Art turned into something of a verbose stocktaking.

Haus S in Wiesbaden by Christ-Christ Architekten

1/11/2012

Extra, ordinary or just normal?

8/27/2011

Can design learn from history? Are movements like "Memphis" still conceivable or is design moving towards a new kind of normality? These and similar questions were discussed in the third edition of "Dornbracht Conversations". Now the discussions conducted by prominent panel members can be viewed in extensive film documentaries.

The special things – for everyday life

by Thomas Edelmann | 3/29/2011

Today, faucets created by highly paid designers are ugly, or so claims Hans Magnus Enzensberger at least. The exhibitors at the ISH were no doubt more upbeat about their products, and put much effort into presenting their new fittings, basins and everything else that belongs in a bathroom.

Town Hall Hotel in London

3/18/2011

The venerable town hall in London's Bethnal Green district stood vacant for a long time and was only used as a film set. Now it has morphed into a cutting-edge, luxurious hotel.

The kitchen is a blissful place – imm Cologne Part 3

by Thomas Edelmann | 2/2/2011

The imm cologne furniture fair is currently making a comeback, not just thanks to efforts being made to once again provide dedicated labels and manufacturers with a sophisticated platform, but also because of its grand new kitchen show, "Living Kitchen". While experienced trade fair visitors may have wondered what the name referred to ("the kitchen is alive" or perhaps "living the kitchen"?) one thing is clear: Kitchens are the new hot topic that electrifies professional visitors and the general public alike.

Selected Exhibitors at imm cologne 2011

1/11/2011

At the beginning of every year the trade fair imm cologne presents new international home trends. We present the list of selected manufacturers to found out which exhibitors they are, and where you can find them.

Apartment reloaded

1/11/2011

An apartment located in the city centre of Valencia.

Playing field for architects

11/27/2010

The circular skylights and large glass facades bring natural light into the rooms of the house Spreng.

Artificially grayed larch

8/26/2010

A residential house near Munich was given an artificial touch in a bid to better control the wood's natural graying process.

A house with one room

8/9/2010

If you look up the term single-room house in the specialist literature, you will find a simple sentence explaining this type of dwelling: the single room is the simplest way to divide up a groundplan, as it entails a house with no inside walls or separate rooms.

Cologne Revolving or how to turn a knife and still stay put

by Thomas Wagner | 1/26/2010

Even though overall there was a lack of intellectual sparkle and aesthetic flair, the atmosphere in Cologne was astonishingly upbeat. So is imm cologne in the process of consolidating? What are its prospects for the future?

Come to table

8/18/2009

Be it outside in the balmy summer air under the large "table" outside the Schirn, or inside enjoying a coffee at one of the small tables with the latest chair designs by Nitzan Cohen and Stefan Diez, or even at the terrazzo bar, or having a meal in a large group, like knights - at the large round table beneath the massive canopy. "Table" offers it all.

How, one fine morning in April, I discovered the 100% café

by Claudia Beckmann | 4/7/2009

While it was quite by chance that Haruki Murakami came upon the 100% perfect girl one morning, finding the perfect café in Frankfurt will soon be a reality. This is because very shortly, the café at the Schirn Kunsthalle will shine out in new splendour - and boast a completely new hospitality concept.

Crisis? What crisis?

by Daniel von Bernstorff | 3/25/2009

At this year's ISH, the "World's Leading Trade Fair for the Bathroom Experience, Building, Energy, Bathroom, Air-Conditioning Technology and Renewable Energies" in Frankfurt the economic crisis did not take centre stage. Visitor and exhibitor numbers almost matched those of the previous year and an upbeat outlook was palpable - almost defying the crisis, as it were.

Room Rain or Impressions from Wellness Zone 2

by Thomas Wagner | 3/17/2009

There are any number of trends, but only one can lead the way: The bathroom is expanding and merging with the bedroom to form one large area of relaxation and recovery. This, however, is no easy design task to be accomplished.

The comeback of copper and limescale edging

by Markus Frenzl | 3/13/2009

"A bathroom with patina" - only recently that was still a euphemism for mold in the cracks, limescale-encrusted fittings and worn enamel. However, designers have rediscovered the central role of water in the bathroom. And with rain showers and mist generators, materials have returned to the bathroom which people had long considered unpractical and easily watermarked: Copper, bronze, brass, unsealed stone and untreated woods tell stories about use and the past.

A classic is a classic is a classic

by Daniel von Bernstorff | 6/12/2008

Andreas Dornbracht, CEO of the manufacturer of high-grade fittings of the same name, has every right to be proud. He initiated the first of 'Dornbracht Conversation' and everyone came to Iserlohn to put the word 'classic' under the microscope in two high-grade panel discussions. Dornbracht himself owns a design icon, the 'Tara' the minimalist bathroom fittings, which was also the starting point of the debate.

Ritual-Architecture - pure naturalness from Dornbracht

by Sophia Muckle | 4/11/2007

Another Dornbracht "Ritual-Bad" [ritual bathroom] premiered at this year's ISH Fair in Frankfurt in March. Dornbracht's so-called "Ritual-Architektur" reflects the traditional company's long-running examination of the washing and space theme, in which the focus of the product presentation is on the person.

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