ISH 2013

An international trade fair for heating, sanitation and climate, not only did the ISH present a plethora of well designed bathrooms, but new combinations of heating and hot water technology too.

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.

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.

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.

Every two years the fair Frankfurt invites everyone to attend ISH. From 12th to 19th Marchapproximately 2,300 manufacturers will present the world's largest exhibition for bathroom design and building-services technology. An exhibitor schedule presents the most important manufacturers.

This year’s ISH in Frankfurt boasts a list of exhibitors nearing the 2,300 mark and over 250,000 square meters of exhibition space. To make planning your trip to the fair that little bit easier we’ve compiled all the most important information for you here.

Anyone who likes taking a bath would in fact much rather be doing it in the great outdoors. So why should only bathroom technology be “green”? On the surface at least the bathroom is seeking to find a connection to the garden, lake and forest.

Is a bathroom really just a bathroom? Or is it in fact a “thermotope”? Are these decidedly personal oases of wellbeing really about nothing more than the efficient provision of warmth and wellbeing or do old-fashioned values such as magic and charm and life in a new temperate zone also come to bear?

Long gone are the days of simple building insulation. Architects, planners and researchers are trying out new forms of permanent construction. To this end, they are seeking to turn the private home into a power station.