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KOHLER Statement Shower and Stillness Bath can be good for the body, soul, and mind

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Kohler Stillness Bath

Kohler is not just a name you see in the bathroom as a brand of your toiler or sink. Over the years, Kohler has proven that it is a company to be reckoned with when it comes to plumbing, bathroom fixtures, furniture, and cabinetry. It has become a global leader in bath and kitchen products in terms of design, innovation, and manufacturing because it is always ready to bring spaces at home to the next level. The company proudly aims to help enhance the lives of everyone who uses its products and services. It has committed itself to go beyond the aesthetics of the products by offering services and delivering solutions that really matter. The brand has also been aiming to provide a gracious living to all by coming up with products that are not only recognizable but are also functional, innovative, and intelligent.

Designer: Kohler

Kohler Stillness Bath

KOHLER Stillness Bath

KOHLER Stillness Bath Tub

At this week’s Salone del Mobile, Kohler is again proving how it can contribute to the world with inspiring products. It also doesn’t hurt that the brand is committed to environmental sustainability so expect a series of more cost-effective and eco-friendly products. For Kohler, it’s always about innovation especially when the topic is bath products as we can discover with the STILLNESS BATH.

Kohler serves a diverse client base, but everyone is given options that work or are best for a given environment. The Stillness Bath is yet another thoughtfully-designed product able to offer intelligent solutions for the home. It is an experimental bath system that combines water, light, fog, and even scent to create a wonderful and immersive experience for the senses. The main goal is to renew the spirit and soothe the body with the new products from Kohler. This special bathtub system is also intended to relax the mind, but we know that attaining such peace is not exactly an easy feat.

Kohler Stillness Bath

The KOHLER Stillness Bath is mainly a new bathtub designed with features that can tap most senses of an individual. The product’s name suggests bathing in this tub offers stillness to the body, soul, and mind. It’s like having a real spa at home but with no one attending to your mundane needs. If you live a busy life and have no time to go to the gym or spa, you can instead have your precious me-time in the shower. But, of course, it can only be relaxing if your bathroom has the right amenities like an efficient shower spray system, a large bathtub, and a roomy space where you can breathe and be free.

A Stillness Bath moment can definitely relax the mind and body—something we really need in these stressful times. The bathtub includes a system of lighting, fog, aromatherapy, and water—everything you need to have a delightful bathing experience. The only thing missing is music, but you can always bring your phone or any smart speaker with you to the bath. This thing is greatly inspired by Japanese forest bathing, so feel free to imagine you’re somewhere in the middle of the forest, enjoying the lake for another dip in the enchanting water.

Kohler Stillness Bath

KOHLER Statement Shower Collection

Kohler Stillness Bath

Kohler Stillness Bath

Kohler’s Statement Shower Collection enters the game and delivers several products in different sizes and shapes, including sprays that are compatible with most bathrooms wherever you are in the world. The very distinct elegant aesthetics is deemed iconic and approachable in form, as made possible by seamless specification and unrestrained creativity. We see some of the bathroom fixtures looking elegant in matte black, gold, and silver, inspired by different furniture pieces and designs.

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Kohler Stillness Bath

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Kreoo brings nature’s great art indoors as design objects you can sit on

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Zen gardens, whether actual gardens or miniature recreations, have become symbols of calm, relaxing spaces in today’s hectic world. It isn’t just the fine sand that conveys that imagery, and, in fact, the sand is more therapeutic and effective if you actively draw on them rather than just looking at their undulating patterns. A zen garden is almost like a microcosm symbolizing a miniature universe, at least the ideal one from monks’ minds. Every piece and part of that garden symbolizes nature’s true beauty, including the unhewn rocks and large smooth pebbles stacked on top of each other. It’s the latter’s beauty that Kreoo is bringing to homes, rooms, gardens, and poolsides to offer a piece of furniture that is both beautiful, calming, and thought-provoking, all at the same time.

Designer: Enzo Berti

There is something beautiful and also symbolic about smooth pebbles of different sizes stacked on each other. The pebbles themselves have been sculpted and polished by flowing river waters and blowing wind over the course of months and years, showcasing Mother Nature’s artistic talent. At the same time, the cairn, as it is sometimes called, is a man-made structure that is used to represent, among other things, higher aspirations as well as balance, attempting to find and create some semblance of balance in life.

Of course, these stacked pebbles are mostly only just for viewing, but Kreoo takes the concept and turns it into something you can both see and use every day. Its Pavé collection turns the concept of meditative stacked pebbles into furniture, especially ones that you can sit on. Rather than waiting for years for nature to take its course to create large, smooth pebbles, Kreoo employs modern techniques and materials to emulate Mother Nature as close as possible. And it’s not all just hard stone either, which would have made for an uncomfortable sitting and shipping experience.

Instead, the Pavé Stone seats use an oval marble base to deliver the sturdy foundations of this unique piece of furniture. It places a wooden seat on top, one that has been formed in the shape of a smooth pebble similar to its base. The lighter wood seat allows for rather visually unbalanced designs, with a top that’s twice as large as its base, something that would have been impossible using real rocks or marble. The design almost stands in defiance of nature while, at the same time, is a tribute to it.

At Salone del Mobile 2022, Kreoo introduced a new combination for its Pavé Stones. Normally just made of two pieces, a marble base and a wood seat, the furniture maker added another layer to increase the seat’s height and accommodate more people of varying heights and needs. There now exists an option to have two marble bases beneath the wooden seat, and the appearance of each piece can still be chosen as desired.

The Pavé collection also includes the Pavé Log bench, where a wooden board is made to overlap and overshoot two marble bases, and the Pavé Drink, a table that adds an element of metal in the stem that raises the round wooden top up high. These beautiful pieces of furniture are easily mistaken as design objects and can add a bit of Zen to any room, garden, or space while also offering something to sit on while you contemplate the meaning of life.

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Tubes Radiotori designer heated towel rails and radiators come in minimalist yet attractive forms

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Tubes Radiotori Trame

Not many people realize this, but heat production is an essential category in home and interior design, especially if you live in colder climates. While people in tropical countries spend so much on airconditioning and ensuring their homes are well-ventilated, those that go through winter need proper heating equipment. Fireplaces may be enough in some regions, but in places that need supplemental heating solutions, it may be wise to get a system that can last a long time. And with the skyrocketing prices of fuel that we know will affect basic utilities, homeowners must plan for such heating equipment.

It is not enough that you get and install the first heater or radiator offered to you. If you are someone who cares about style and structure, then you should turn to more reliable companies. We know a few names in this field, like Tubes Radiotori, which is presently at the Salone del Mobile event, showing off the latest in the “heat” production segment.

Designer: Tubes Radiotori

Tubes Radiotori Trame

Tubes Radiotori I Ching

Tubes Radiotori is an Italian manufacturing company famous for home fixtures and designer radiators. It is known for being one of the pioneers in this niche industry that can deliver even to the most demanding customer. The firm is all about excellence, premium design, and avant-garde technology—proving the Italian tradition of excellence and luxury. The Italian shop established by the Crosetta family has also been set to offer innovation and courage in its product lineup. It has always believed in the art of “savoir-faire,” and that is once again shown in the latest products demonstrated at the Salone del Mobile. Two major offerings are presented—the Trame radiator and the I Ching heated tower rail—and both come with very minimalist aesthetics.

Tubes Radiotori I Ching

Tubes Radiotori I Ching

Tubes I Ching

Starting with the Tubes Radiotori I Ching, we are learning there is a real need for heated tower rails. If you haven’t heard of such, you can check out the I Ching and discover if having one in your bathroom is necessary. Of course, other people may not agree, but your towel needs heating because air drying isn’t always possible. This special electric towel warmer can be your trustworthy partner during those cold winter nights. Designed by Elisa Ossino, the Tubes Radiotori I CHING is made of steel and can be available in a horizontal or vertical orientation. The I Ching can be customized according to the personal experience you can imagine and the plan of your home interiors—in different colors and finishes or a series of combinations.

Tubes Radiotori Heated Towel Rail

The Tubes I Ching elements can be installed on the wall with double intention: to serve as a towel warmer and as a decor. Undoubtedly, the designer heated towel rail can catch your attention with its shape and minimalism. You can use one or install a few in multiple compositions, hues, and sizes. Another important selling point of the I Ching system is that you can create graphic compositions on the wall with it. Definitely, the stainless steel heating module is elegant, and on its own, it can embellish the wall of any room or bathroom. It will look good especially in the bathroom or in areas where you need to fold, roll up, or hang the towel. Making this another impressive product is the fact that you can program it with a wireless thermostat and adjust it via touch controls.

Tubes Radiotori Trame

Trame Tubes Sett 16796

The Trame is a designer radiator with a beautiful silhouette–looking like threads from afar despite being made with classic tubular steel. What appears to be a soft installation on the wall is simply the woven pattern effect. Designer Stefano Giovannoni styled the Trame with simplicity in mind, but the overall effect is a stylish fixture one would love to see at home.

Tubes Radiotori offers a complex design and creative manufacturing in the form of the Trame. There is some sort of dynamism when you look at it, but it’s really just a beautifully-designed radiator for the home. It is available in different versions: electric, hydraulic, or mixed–also ready in three variants: Trame 14 (14mm), Trame 20 (20mm) and Trame 28 (28mm). The variants mainly differ in the diameter of the tubular elements, but only the 20mm and 28mm versions can be displayed in vertical or horizontal. Any Trame model will go well with the I Ching tower rail, so you can finally complete that designer bathroom you’ve been dreaming of.

Tubes Radiotori

Tubes Radiotori Salone del Mobile

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Megius Sauna and Shower Enclosure Systems offer next-level bathing experience

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Megius Shower Enclosure

The Salone del Mobile event is where some of the best furniture pieces in the world are introduced. This major furniture fair is held in Milan annually, and it is where furniture and home fixture makers from all over the globe come to showcase their stuff. Such a trade fair is important because it is where the creators and movers in the home and interior design industries share new products and services, technologies, innovations, and even trends that can change the way we live and work each day.

Over at Salone, we have seen what Megius has to offer, and we can say its numerous products can change your bathing and showering experience. You see, your daily cleansing rituals need not be complicated, but it also doesn’t have to be very simple. You can decide to create the perfect bath experience because baths are great for your health and wellness. The Megius group is a formidable brand in this field as it knows more than just taste and style in the shower space. The company offers innovative solutions that can help people take better baths and showers, and the latest systems were shown off this week in Milan.

Designer: Megius

Megius Exen Sauna

Megius’ interpretation of the shower space varies depending on cultures, traditions, and technologies. The brand has intelligently considered the changes in style, taste, and needs of the people throughout the years. It will continue to interpret the changes in the world and anticipate what needs to be improved, especially in the shower game.

The name ‘Megius’ alone tells us what shower is also about— “A Thousand Thrilling Drops In One Space.” This presents to us the brand’s primary goal—to deliver shower solutions that are unique and accessible. The idea of thrilling drops in a space is a vital force in how the shower solutions are designed and presented. The Italian brand is now known for premium bathroom furnishings, and it has recently introduced the latest designs and innovations that can be beneficial to one’s wellness, relaxation, and pleasure.

Megius has identified the indissoluble relationship between these important elements: heat, water, style, design, services, and functionality. With the habits and changes in modern society, it is crucial the company responds to them with each product able to evoke different feelings through different finishes and materials. As a result, we’re seeing new shower enclosures and sauna systems that deliver designs and solutions that are pure and beautifully simple.

Megius Shower

Megius Shower

Three new significant products from Megius can help create style in any home and elegance in any bathroom: the Prisma 2.0, Exen Sauna, and Zen. Each of these series uses different materials—glass, steel, wood, and aluminum—that when combined, are truly beautiful, stunning, and timeless. These products are also given chic finishes and colors like Black, Copper, Bronze, and Rose Gold–to complete the sophisticated appeal.

Megius Prisma 2.0

Megius Prisma 2.0

Let’s start with the Megius Prisma 2.0 series, which is a new shower enclosure that is actually a reinterpretation of the classic. From a basic shower enclosure, it becomes a shower cabinet that looks minimalist yet functional in every way. The Prisma 2.0 series’ aesthetics are elegantly simple as every element harmonizes with one another to build a whole system that works.

The Prisma 2.0 is an ingenious solution with a combination of the features, including a 6 or 8mm thick glass, glass handles, a 6mm thick glass support shelf, and specially designed hinges that can connect two panes of glass. The clean look and harmony the different materials bring make this shower enclosure from Megius more than just a bathroom decoration. It can now be considered a fundamental structure that can amplify the senses and is engineered to answer your needs.

Megius Exen Sauna

Megius Exen Sauna

The Megius Exen Sauna is a nice blend of wood and glass elements, resulting in an innovative design and a more refined product. This one doesn’t come with a handle, as the sliding door is a preferred solution since it allows the natural exchange of air in such a small space. The Exen Sauna is designed mainly for indoors as a unique shower enclosure system with a reduced profile. The glass and wood combination brings a level of coziness and comfort to an otherwise mundane task such as showering.

Megius Exen Sauna

Megius Zen

Megius Shower Zen

Most sliding solutions come with an average 40mm sliding profile, but the Megius Zen is only 17 mm high, resulting in a greater useful entry height. You don’t usually get it in standard enclosures, but the Zen series delivers a better response to minimalist users’ needs. And thanks to the minimalist profile, the Zen actually presents an intense emotional appeal, whether the hinged or sliding version. It is proof that “less is more” because this enclosure is more effective, efficient, and enjoyable even with a reduced profile.

Megius Shower

Megius Shower Enclosure

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Artemide Integralis light platform allows a safer, well-illuminated, and sanitized area

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Artemide Integralis

Light design must be effective if we want it to make a lasting impact, however, achieving such an ultimate effect can be a great challenge. With all the choices and technologies available, lighting can be difficult to build as part of interior design. Interestingly, like most categories in the design world, lighting can be enhanced to reach a point where lights not only provide an excellent play with our perceptions but also where they can help a person’s circadian rhythm and health.

We can go beyond the aesthetics of lighting and just focus on science, and that is where Artemide comes in with the Artemide Integralis. Over at the Salone del Mobile 2022 event in Milan, the Integralis is currently being showcased as a universal light so people can stay safe together. It seems the theme of staying safe and sanitized is still not used up. The pandemic isn’t over, so people are still encouraged to keep safe, clean, and sound.

Designer: Artemide

Artemide Integralis

Artemide Integralis Tagora Ceiling 570

The Artemide Integralis universal light brings together luminous performance and sanitizing efficacy. Furthermore, the beautiful design allows itself to be integrated into environments and situations where needs are interpreted differently. The people behind Integralis based their work on a social and humanistic vision and the company’s scientific and technological research. As a result, the technology is more of a light platform that is sustainable and innovative that helps in ensuring responsible use of the environment.

Artemide Integralis 1

The idea of the Integralis is that it can act against any pathogenic microorganisms by simply illuminating them. The Artemide Integralis offers selected frequencies of visible light that can inhibit the growth and development of bacteria, mold, or fungi. The act is straightforward and is expected to work the way most disinfecting UV lights work.

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Artemide Integralis Tolomeo Table Pure Integralis

Such frequencies can also act on viruses, so the effect is a clean surface and environment all the time. But unlike the standard UV lights available, the Integralis is safer for humans and materials within a space. So this lighting solution definitely can help people to live a safer life with more protected health in the days to come.

Artemide Integralis Discovery Vertical

What makes this more compelling is that this technology works on the concept of “dose,” adapting the antimicrobial action’s intensity depending on the absence and presence of people in the surrounding. This also works on the idea of “time” as the light is activated or deactivated by the presence of sensors. Integralis’ intensity is more significant when there are no people, so this means sanitization and safety are guaranteed. During the day, it can still do its job but with a minimum antimicrobial dose only. The maximum antimicrobial dose is activated at night or during people’s absence.

Artemide Integralis

Artemide Integralis

Quality light plus antimicrobial properties seem like a dream. And good news, several light models are available now for the general consumers, with each one offering different looks. In addition, Artemide has integrated the Integralis into some of its current collections already available. These are some of the Integralis models worth checking out: the NUR, DISCOVERY, Tolomeo Table Lamp, and the Tagora Ceiling 570.

Artemide Integralis

The concept is to help improve human safety and environmental quality in different application contexts; thus, the technology is integrated into the current lighting solutions from the brand. In addition, this Artemide Integralis can be managed via the Artemide app as a digital interaction system accessible by everyone. The technology is still patent-pending, but we can expect it to be approved soon.

Artemide Integralis

Artemide Integralis

Artemide Integralis Nur Lights

Artemide Integralis Nur Collection

Artemide Integralis Nur

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Electrolux GRO kitchen concept offers a fresh take on sustainable eating

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It’s no longer enough to just eat healthy. One also needs to make sure our healthy eating is also healthy for the planet.

There has been a great deal of interest and attention given to diets in the past years, especially as people were forced to fend for themselves at home. Diet fads come and go, but the ingredients we use have mostly remained the same, and the demand for meat-based products has only gone higher, not lower. Our food system isn’t just broken, but so is our mindset and expectations of an unlimited supply of materials to feed the planet at the expense of the planet itself. That definitely has to change, and a holistic kitchen system imagines how tomorrow’s diets won’t only be plant-forward but also planet-friendly.

Designer: Electrolux

Eating healthier has almost become an obsession of many people these days, evidenced by the number of new diet styles and trends that pop up every year. But while people have become generally conscious of the food they eat, they often turn a blind eye to the long-term effects of our food supply systems on the Earth’s ecosystem. Feeding the planet doesn’t have to come at the expense of the planet itself, nor do plant-forward diets have to be the same old stuff you see on the Internet and YouTube.

GRO, from the Swedish word for “to sprout,” reimagines and reinvents a kitchen designed for sustainable eating. While that largely revolves around transitioning to a more plant-forward diet, it also acknowledges the fact that meat will still be a part of people’s lives. Instead, GRO provides solutions to nudge people to become smarter about their food choices, like a “jewelry box” storage that encourages eating less but better quality meat.

GRO includes a modular compartment system that you can combine like LEGO bricks, depending on your dietary needs and kitchen space. Each compartment is designed not only to preserve ingredients but also to showcase their diversity and beauty. A Plant Gallery, for example, provides optimal conditions for storing fruits and vegetables while also letting you enjoy their fresh appearance behind textured glass.

The system also defies stereotypes of plant-forward diets as bland or unexciting, especially to taste buds. In fact, GRO encourages exploration and experimentation, like the Grain and Pulse Library, which lets you try out alternative sources of protein from grains and pulses. Included in the collection is the Nordic Smoker, which lets homeowners smoke their food indoors and infuse new flavors into their recipes. And if all those starts to sound a bit overwhelming, the GRO Coach digital food companion will help you make the right sustainable choices based on your habits and needs.

GRO is part of Electrolux’s Better Living Initiative to promote better eating and better living inside more sustainable homes. The company sent out a survey last year aimed at young people between 15 and 20 to share their thoughts on the future of sustainable living. They are, after all, the biggest stakeholders in the planet’s future, and Electrolux’s kitchen concept wants to make sure that there will still be such a future that will be able to sustain life on the planet for generations to come.

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Nendo’s reinterpretation of Dior’s Medallion Chair is a masterclass in form and minimalism

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The Medallion Chair has remained an iconic part of Dior’s visual imagery all the way back since 1947 when Christian Dior first got Victor Grandpierre to decorate his salon. It cemented its place in Dior’s design language in the 1955 Diorama and the 1958 Miss Dior perfume campaigns, becoming a signature element in the brand’s visual imagery, like the ‘Bar’ jacket or Cannage pattern. This year, Dior asked 18 renowned designers and studios to put their personal spin on the Medallion Chair for Salone del Mobile 2021… among them was Nendo, who’s reinterpretation managed to catch our eye for exactly the opposite reason – the fact that it was so minimal you’d probably never spot it!

Nendo’s Chaise Medallion 3.0 plays around with forms, surfaces, gestalt, and minimalism on a level that’s beyond compare. It’s every bit as visually iconic and memorable as the original Medallion Chair, but flips the entire chair’s design inside out… literally. Challenging every notion of what a chair should look like, Nendo’s redesigned chair is worthy of being a modernist prop in Dior’s studios. It comes fabricated from curved sheets of 3mm thick glass that can support the weight of a person (even though it doesn’t look like it could). The chemically hardened glass is incredibly transparent (to the extent that you’d probably walk right past it) while being scratch-resistant and having higher flexural strength. Its fragile, all-transparent design makes it almost look precious, transcending it beyond simple furniture.

The minimalist reinterpretation immediately makes sense when you see that medallion-shaped cutout in the chair’s backrest. Playing on the positive and negative aspects of the chair’s form, Nendo’s redesign inverts the classic and simplifies it to its bare minimum. It’s a medallion chair without essentially being a medallion chair. Just the way a silhouette of a logo is still the logo, while essentially being a stencil or a silhouette. It’s a common graphic design trick that not many people use in 3d forms and products, but Nendo does it exceptionally well, almost giving us a masterclass in gestalt and minimalism.

Having made appearances as an icon or a prop in multiple of Dior’s perfume advertisements, the chair’s redesign in glass feels like the most natural progression, making it look quite like a perfume bottle itself. It comes in similar color-ways too, including an all transparent design, a frosted design, an opaque black variant, and a pink ombré that’s highly evocative of the Dior brand and its perfume lineup. Nendo’s Chaise Medallion 3.0 will be displayed at this year’s Salone del Mobile alongside as many as 30 other redesigned Medallion chairs. Be sure to spot it!

Designer: Nendo for Dior

Iconic architectural monuments become furniture design details with the CITYNG chair series

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A play on the words CITY and SEATING, Savio Firmino and Cosimo de Vita’s CITYNG series of chairs take you on a tour around the world. The backrests on each of the chairs pay tribute to 16 different iconic monuments across cities like Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Moscow, Petra, New York, Agra, etc. By immortalizing these architectural marvels in his furniture series, designer Cosimo de Vita hopes that each chair becomes a symbolic representation of its monument and location’s cultures and traditions. Lined together the chairs capture the multicultural beauty of history and architecture in one single photo, presenting an incredibly diverse skyline of the world’s architectural wonders.

The chairs wonderfully do justice to their architectural inspirations with the way they’re made. The seats come with a stepped design, mimicking the steps leading to a building, while the backrest explores the monument’s architectural styles and details with meticulous engraving. The chair below, for instance, represents the Duomo di Milano, while you’ve got the Florence Cathedral right below that. Other iconic architectural marvels include the Notre Dame in Paris, the Taj Mahal in Agra, the Chrysler Building in New York, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, and the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan.

About the CITYNG series, designer Cosimo de Vita says “CITYNG is a journey between West and East, between tradition and modernity; the chairs are handcrafted in solid wood, but also decorated with a numerical control pantograph”. The chairs are crafted using a combination of techniques, including handiwork as well as CNC-machining. Florence-based company Savio Firmino, which partnered with Cosimo de Vita over the CITYNG series, will be displaying the entire collection of furniture at Supersalone during the Milan Design Week 2021.

Bang & Olufsen made a TV with dancing speakers because why not…

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Bang & Olufsen’s design team sure knows how to defy all odds. This is the Beovision Harmony… a TV that “folds away to reduce its visual presence”. Yes, the TV literally shyly covers its face with its hands. With a display and two rotating speaker units, the Beovision Harmony, when closed, hides the switched-off display behind its speakers. Switch the TV on and the speakers fold outwards and downwards as the display emerges from its cocoon of sorts.

Displayed at the Milan Design Week, the Beovision Harmony comprises a pretty impressive 77-inch OLED display from LG, with Bang & Olufsen’s signature audio touch added to the mix. Crafted from oak and aluminum, the speaker unit has three-channel audio, 7.1 surround-sound compatibility, and the ability to work with up to 8 more speakers to give you a cinematic experience when you want it, and a shy, introverted, hiding television when you’re done.

Designer: Bang & Olufsen

The Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony is a TV with dancing speakers.

The Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony is a TV with dancing speakers.

The Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony is a TV with dancing speakers.

The Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony is a TV with dancing speakers.

The Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony is a TV with dancing speakers.

The Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony is a TV with dancing speakers.

The Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony is a TV with dancing speakers.

The Bang & Olufsen Beovision Harmony is a TV with dancing speakers.

Panasonic wants to make displays more invisible and ubiquitous in homes

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Panasonic Vitrine wants to make displays more invisible and ubiquitous in homes

It looks like a Samsung Serif TV (and it sort of made its first appearance at the exact same place, the Milan Design Week), which inspired a wave of hate in me, but that dissipated as quickly as it rose when I learned more about what Panasonic’s actually trying to do. This is the Vitrine. It isn’t a TV, but it’s more of a smart glass cabinet. With a wooden frame on the outside, and an angular glass on the front, the Vitrine, co-created by Panasonic, Vitra, and designer Daniel Rybakken, was developed post two long years of R&D. What it essentially is an innocuous display that doesn’t demand attention, or space. Built with a transparent OLED screen integrated into the glass, the Vitrine combines art, design, and tech. Unlike most televisions that become a big black mass when switched off, the Vitrine oscillates between being a screen when switched on, and a clear case for the things behind it (books, toys, figurines, trophies, photographs) when off.

Panasonic hasn’t really outlined any solid use-cases for the Vitrine yet, but that’s probably because it exists as a single prototype with no launch-date. If paired with smart speakers, the Vitrine could deliver notifications, play visualizations while listening to music, or just display ambient artwork along with information like the time, calendar, or weather. The Vitrine is currently on display at Vitra’s stand (Booth B07/C12, Hall 20) at the Salone del Mobile in Milan until 14th April.

Designers: Panasonic, Vitra, and Daniel Rybakken

Panasonic Vitrine wants to make displays more invisible and ubiquitous in homes

Panasonic Vitrine wants to make displays more invisible and ubiquitous in homes

Panasonic Vitrine wants to make displays more invisible and ubiquitous in homes

Panasonic Vitrine wants to make displays more invisible and ubiquitous in homes