A Hydroponic Kitchen Garden
The Natufia Kitchen Garden is reportedly the world’s first fully integrated and automated hydroponic kitchen garden. The Kitchen Garden automatically maintains the perfect light, temperature, water, and pH level—and optimizes minerals, nutrients, and vitamins—to ensure optimal health for plants. Because it is controlled indoors, homeowners do not need to worry about pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides, and the plants yield year-round, 24/7, kitchen-to-table ingredients without the concern of weather challenges or seasons. The unit’s LED lights are designed to provide the optimal range of the light spectrum for plant growth. Constructed with food-grade stainless steel and tinted glass, the unit is designed to integrate seamlessly into any high-end kitchen design. natufia.com
Range for Home Chefs
Forza is an Italian manufacturer of premium pro-style cooking appliances. Ranges feature the Infinito Grate System, which reportedly offers the industry’s largest usable cooking surface for the range size. The range tops have 20,000 Btu dual-flame sealed burners and 12,000 Btu single burners that range from simmer to sear for precise heat control. The Forza 30- and 36-inch pro-style gas ranges are offered in stainless steel or six bold color options. Shown: 36-inch gas range in yellow. forzacucina.com
Voice Control
The U by Moen Smart Faucet is the only voice-activated kitchen faucet on the commercial market to offer voice and hands-free activation regardless of the faucet’s manual handle position. Voice service and hands-free control will start or stop the water flow, dispensing the desired temperature and amount, whether the faucet handle is in the open or closed position, and despite manual temperature selection with the handle. moen.com
Beauty of Marble with Performance of Quartz
Dal-Tile’s American Reserve and National Marble collections are extra-large, 136-inch-by-79-inch quartz slabs, offering designers more options for seamless countertops, islands, and walls. Shown is an example of quartz slabs from the National Marble line, which offers four different white marble looks dubbed freedom calacatta, liberty calacatta, Rushmore, and Washington. Available in 2- and 3-centimeter thicknesses, these American-made quartz slabs are waterproof, scratch resistant, stain resistant, and heat resistant. daltile.com
Waterproof, Interlocking Wall Panel
The Fibo system features Aqualock, a unique click joint that enables a 100% waterproof wall panel for kitchen, bath, and other wet-room applications. Available in a wide variety of contemporary designs, the system is easy and efficient for builders and contractors to install. The interlocking wall panels reportedly install faster than traditional ceramic tiles and can be mounted directly onto wood or steel studs, over existing walls, or over ceramic tiles. fibosystem.com
Three-Step Tile
Daltile’s RevoTile is a porcelain tile floating floor system designed for fast installation. RevoTile installs in just three steps: First, place underlayment, no mortar required; second, click tiles together; and third, grout immediately. RevoTile is genuine porcelain and is available in 26 marble, wood, stone, and concrete looks. daltile.com
Vanity With Style
Adding color to the bathroom is one of today’s hottest design trends, and the Muse offers the perfect opportunity to do just that for your clients. Its available finishes include traditional shades like walnut brown, matte white, and matte black as well as more unexpected options like ocean grey, gloss white, and blue (shown). Satin brass trim completes the look and makes a dramatic style statement in any bathroom. The perfect finishing touch is Icera’s Carrara marble countertop with matching backsplash, both sold separately. Retail prices for the 36-inch vanity start at $1,520. For more information about the Muse Collection, visit icerausa.com.
Imperfect Beauty
The Kintsu bath collection by Brizo, which debuted at 2020 IBS and will be available in the fall, combines the elegant minimalism of Scandinavian design with a motif of broken geometries to channel the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. Faucets are offered with three handle options; the style shown here has an all-metal void design that can be left as is or in-filled with concrete, mother of pearl, or any number of custom inlays. Three finish options will be available: gold, polished chrome, and black onyx (shown), which is designed to balance both shadow and light. brizo.com
Subtle Shower Drain
The DUW Wall Recessed Linear Wall Drain has a nearly invisible profile that blends into the surrounding shower and doesn’t distract from the beauty of your installation. According to the manufacturer, DUW Series drains are easy for builders to install and easy for homeowners to clean and maintain, as well as being the most hygienic linear drain on the market. Available in flangeless (DUW) and wall flange (DUWR) models and in standard and custom configurations, DUW Series drains can be applied in any single-plane-slope shower installation. drains-unlimited.com
Let it Rain
The Hansgrohe Rainfinity shower system features an adjustable, concave-shaped three-jet overhead shower that boasts a diffused arrangement of jet disc holes on its eye-catching graphite face so that spray isn’t limited to the head and shoulders. The setup also includes a shelf with hand-shower holder and wall connection, and a unique four-function RainSelect shower trim. hansgrohe.com
Wood for Every Application
Lignia is a super dimensionally stable, modified-wood product that is suitable for a wide range of both interior and exterior uses. The modification starts with flat-sawn FSC-certified, kiln-dried pine, which is impregnated with a resin to improve hardness, dimensional stability, and rot resistance; it also reportedly exhibits extreme durability against termites and other wood-devouring pests. Lignia comes with a 50-year warranty against rot and fungal decay in aboveground applications, providing an exciting option for wet and exposed locations. After treatment, the wood has a very low level of formaldehyde emissions that meets European standards for interior products. The treated wood can be painted or clear finished like ordinary pine. Distribution is currently through dealers in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Florida, and California. lignia.com
Unstoppable Door
Trend Responding to the ongoing interior design trend favoring barn-style sliding doors, Simpson Door Company offers a variety of classic barn-door designs in virtually any size. In addition to a new collection of barn-door designs, any of Simpson’s doors can be mounted on barn-track hardware. Shown here is the “55 Traditional Panel” with engineered all-wood, dowel-pinned stiles and rails and ⅜-inch vertical-grain veneer flat panels. Like most Simpson doors, this door can be used as a swing door, with barn-track hardware, with pivot hardware, in a patio swing door or slider system, or in many other applications for the home’s interior or exterior. simpsondoor.com
Custom Laser-Engraved
Ceramic Hardware Inox combined two innovative processes—custom laser engraving and a super-durable ceramic coating—to introduce LaserArt x CeraMax as a finish option on all Inox hardware. The CeraMax ceramic line offers virtually any color option on the hardware, which is then baked in a finishing chamber. Afterwards, the laser can reproduce practically any line art to within an accuracy of 0.001 millimeter. The combination produces a bold and dynamic display of color coupled with intricately engraved designs for complete customization of any project. inoxproducts.com
Modern Window Bay
Marvin recently unveiled Skycove—a fully constructed, projected-glass box structure that is designed to extend functional living space. The window, which won Best Indoor Product at IBS, is built on a steel structure designed to hold 60 pounds per square foot (exceeding many decks). Because the window protrudes out, the glass on the sides and top offers more light and visibility than do traditional rough openings. The window comes in two sizes: 6.5 feet wide by 70 inches high and 8.5 feet wide by a little more than 7 feet high. Skycove windows will be available in mid-2020. marvin.com
