Would you like to transform your client’s outdoor space into an exclusive wellness spa? COVID-19 dramatically increased anxiety and stress levels, depriving many of much needed spa and wellness retreats while lockdowns limited people's options to spend time outdoors. Aquatica, an award-winning designer and manufacturer of therapeutic bathtubs recently introduced the perfect spa solution for luxury homes, a beautiful 4-seater hydromassage hot tub. The Downtown Spa series feature a compact exterior combined with a spacious interior, allowing four adults to comfortably soak in style in ergonomically designed lounge chair seating with soft built-in headrests. Easy to install and use, the Downtown Spa is one of the best modern hot tubs for luxury homeowners. 

World-Class Spa & Wellness Technology 

Your clients will definitely appreciate the opportunity to enjoy a therapeutic wellness treatment anytime in their private hydromassage hot tub. This life-changing spa product offers numerous healing benefits, such as relieving stress, anxiety, insomnia, inflammation and muscle pain. 

The Downtown Spa is equipped with 32 hydro-massage jets, 12 air massage jets and back massage with Air Assist Turbo Massage (AATM™). These high-tech wellness features deliver a powerful whirlpool massage along the entire back, from cervical to lumbar. Aquatica’s integrated Chromotherapy LED-powered lighting system creates the most relaxing ambiance, allowing bathers to completely switch off and forget about their worries. Chromotherapy can also reduce swelling, relieve pain, decrease inflammation, and accelerate open wound healing. Each color in the program has different characteristics, and bathers can select a specific light show to suit their mood.
 

Choose The Best Hot Tub Exterior To Match Your Outdoor Space

All Aquatica spas are equipped with world-class wellness technology, a robust stainless-steel structure with a 25 year warranty, and a durable DurateX™ tub shell with a warranty of up to 10 years. Clients can choose from five different styles of Downtown Hot Tubs to fulfill your design needs. Let’s take a look at the options:

⦁    Inground Spa
If you're looking for an easily accessible outdoor spa, then take a look at the Downtown Inground Spa, one of the best 4-person hot tubs on the market for accessibility and versatility. The Downtown Inground Spa is easy to get in and out of, making it a popular hot tub choice for older people, families or individuals who struggle with mobility. This built-in spa pool can perfectly complement almost any outdoor setting, permanently enhancing the value and overall appearance of the outdoor space. It also includes more jets and high-tech features than most other inground spas on the market, which tend to lack hydrotherapy technology and can only integrate a small amount of jets. 

⦁    DurateX™
If you're designing an outdoor space for a contemporary home, you should consider The Downtown Hot Tub with the DurateX™ one piece cabinet, a proprietary light-weight glass-carbon composite. This durable material is easy-to-clean and will maintain its natural surface shine and original color for many years. Combining DurateX™ technology with state-of-the-art marine grade gelcoats, enables us to guarantee against micro-cracking or other surface defects for 10 years of intensive use. DurateX™ boasts exceptional UV, blush, chemical & blister resistance (bromine and chlorine water) and  is also capable of withstanding air and water temperature variations. 

⦁    Thermory Natural Wooden Siding
Are you working on a project in the countryside? The Aquatica Downtown Spa With Thermory Wooden Siding is the best choice for a lakeside or forest setting. Featuring a stunning cabinet made of real solid wood, the hot tub's wooden aesthetics complements the natural beauty of the great outdoors. This is one of the best spa hot tubs for nature lovers and eco-conscious consumers, as the thermally treated wood is sourced only from sustainable forests. The wood undergoes a special chemical-free modification with steam, making sure it is completely non-toxic, and does not need to be handled as hazardous waste. 

⦁    Maridur® 
If you're designing an outdoor space for a yacht or seaside property, you should consider the Downtown Spa with Maridur siding, a premium moisture-resistant material. Made in Germany, this radiant white cabinet provides outstanding outdoor protection all year-round. Developed specifically for marine indoor and outdoor applications, it features high-edge stability that is both swell free and rot free. This low-maintenance material does not gather dust or dirt and is extremely easy to clean. Maridur is easy to paint and varnish, offering plenty of design opportunities, if you need a specific color to match the outdoor decor. Aquatica’s master craftsmen lacquered these beautiful contemporary panels, following processing with high gloss UV resistant polyurethane enamel. This not only provides a beautiful high-gloss appearance, but it is also guaranteed to last for years to come.

⦁    Infinity 
Are you searching for that wow-factor to impress your clients? The Downtown Infinity Hot Tub with a magical vanishing edge is guaranteed to do the trick! This innovative infinity system is designed to overflow continuously, while simultaneously heating the water to the perfect temperature. An integrated surge tank allows the overflow of the Downtown Infinity hot tub spas to operate in a closed circuit. The surge tank collects displaced water when additional bathers enter the hot tub. The water overflows into the decorative channel surrounding the rim of the infinity hot tub. If a person leaves the spa, the water from the balancing tank flows back inside. 

Hot Tub Accessories- A Luxury All-Weather Synthetic Leather Cover 

The Aquatica Downtown Hot Tub Cover is a smart and stylish accessory, making sure the hot tub is fully protected in all temperatures, even in the sun and snow. This high-performance product features exceptional durability combined with abrasion and stain resistance. Made of Lederplast BIOCOTE®, an innovative antimicrobial synthetic leather, this low-maintenance material is hygienic and easy-to-clean. The material’s integrated BioCote ® antimicrobial technology prevents the growth of bacteria, mold and microbes by 99.99%. This protects the cover against degradation such as staining and discoloration. This fashionable hot tub accessory is available to buy in white, black, grey and brown.

Create The Ultimate Home Spa Experience

Transform your client’s outdoor space into a world-class spa by adding extra features.

⦁    Integrated Bluetooth - Aquatica’s state-of-the-art Integrated Bluetooth Audio System sets the perfect mood for hydromassage therapy, with powerful Class D amplifier technology, weather-resistant pop-up speakers, and an integrated subwoofer. The system can be connected to a phone or computer via Bluetooth from any music app.

⦁    Auxiliary Water Chiller-Heater - The Auxiliary Water Chiller-Heater allows homeowners to use the spa anytime of the year, easily adjusting the temperature to suit your needs and the weather outside. The eco-efficient MODBUS protocol based air pump offers a wide range of between -23°F to 109.4°F (-5°C to 43°C) .

⦁    The Aromatherapy Package - The soothing perfume canister is plumbed into the air blower system, heating the air and releasing relaxing fragrances from specially-infused beads. Aromatherapy treats a wide array of mental and physical issues from stress and anxiety, to headaches and digestive issues. 

⦁    Electrical System For Yachts - The Downtown Spa can be installed on a yacht or luxury cruise liner. The hot tub can be permanently plumbed in and equipped with automatic electronic filling and super-fast draining.

⦁    Pneumatic Bathtub and Spa Elevator - This cleverly designed elevator provides fast and easy access to all internal electrical and plumbing parts. The Pneumatic Bathtub & Spa Elevator makes servicing and maintenance a simple and stress-free experience. 

⦁    Aquatica Professional Services -  We can dispatch one of our experienced engineers or technicians to your project location to train your plumber, and oversee the installation process. This provides peace of mind, by ensuring the hot tub is installed correctly. 

Explore Aquatica’s entire collection of luxury hydromassage outdoor spas and freestanding solid surface bathtubs. Discover the Aquatica Professional Trade Program with great deals and discounts for builders, designers, architects, home stagers, contractors & plumbers. 

Horm presents WIN YOUR DESIGN, a contest for architects and interior designer who are asked to submit by December 20, 2021 an interior design project (real or conceptual) of a residential or commercial environment.

The brand is offering a shopping voucher worth € 30,000 (excluding VAT) to be used for the purchase of its products,
The projects will be evaluated by a jury of experts in architecture and interior design composed by

• Fabio Novembre
• Roberto Palomba
• Karim Rashid

The decision to hold this competition represents an opportunity not only for designers but also for Horm, a brand curious to explore the visions of new environments created by architects and interior designers from around the world. 

The artistic direction of the brand wants to identify talents, enrich the dimension of the product and collaborate with a community whose creativity has always been a source of inspiration in creating new harmonies of living.

To start designing immediately, the price list and CAD files of the products are available on the dedicated website https://winyourdesign.horm.it/.

Designers can enter the competition by sending a ZIP file through the form in the "upload" section of the Win Your Design website, also attaching a brief explanation of the concept and functional choices. In addition to the graphics, the zip file must also contain the list of Horm products used in the project and their relative cost.

The deadline for entering the contest is December 20, 2021.

The brand
HORM offers a “contemporary design” style where mediterranean, japanese, scandinavian and North American influences cohabit, as reinterpreted through the culture, passion and craftmanship of Made in Italy.
The collection is addressed to the Residential market, but undoubtedly extendible to Soft Contract. It is dedicated to an adult, educated and conscious audience, looking for and exclusive and refined marking for its ambiances, matching functionality, harmony in shape and fine materials.

Discover more
 

15 December 2018

New B&B Italia Designs 2018

B&B ATOLL
design by Antonio Citterio
«B&B Atoll is a versatile collection that reinterprets traditional elements, like the bolster, associating them with a sleek, refined structure that fits smoothly into the contemporary language. It is versatile because it can be used in a wide range of settings, from the most formal, when partnered with the armchairs, to informal situations, thanks to the possibility of creating an L-shaped configuration with the daybed as end element.»

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Antonio Citterio

Named after the coral formation B&B Atoll, the new modular seating system by Antonio Citterio, is a refined expression of a balanced aesthetic form and a decisive contemporary style that is also extremely elegant. The system is built on three basic platforms - 190 cm and 240 cm, both with 90 cm depth, and 130 cm with 140 cm deep - that are complemented by armrest and backrest elements to form various types of seats: sofas, dormeuses, corner-end modules, single or modular elements with chaise longue and pouf. The frames have light, slender lines and are applied on high die-cast supports with metal profile emphasising the line between the structure and upholstery. Two finishes are available, pewter and black chrome. The pieces are given even more character by a supporting element to be placed wherever desired, a bolster in two sizes - 65 and 90 cm - attached by leather straps to a die-cast structure. This accessory can be inserted between the seat cushion and the base structure to provide an additional support or become an armrest or backrest at will. B&B Atoll is a dynamic project with a constantly fresh ability to adapt to different compositions and create different seating types, from informal relax versions to most formal, also made possible by the use of complementary back cushions.

BULL
design by Naoto Fukasawa
«As its name expresses, Bull is a table with 4 toned legs that stand firm on the ground. I designed this very firm looking table together with an elegant chair as a pair. Together they look if they were truly “The Beauty and the Beast”. The beast, after all, is a great looking table.»

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Naoto Fukasawa

The aim of Naoto Fukasawa’s Bull table is to communicate the immediate impression of a very solid yet extremely refined object. A stylistic formula that forms part of the designer’s distinctive language and which, in the case of Bull, uses a subtle structural tension among the elements: the legs with an ample round section, which although slightly inclined seem to be solidly “planted in the ground”, and in contrast a slim top that seems simply to be resting lightly on the frame. Available in two sizes - 240 and 280 cm - Bull can be entirely in oak in light, grey, black and smoked versions, or with an oak structure and top in black Marquinia or white Carrara statuarietto marble, both with matt finish.

BELLE
design by Naoto Fukasawa
«The character of this elegant chair is expressed by the back support and the armrests, and highlighted by the obtuse angle line around the elbow area. All four legs are slightly curved outwards at the bottom to give a classic feel as well. The chair is named “Belle” after the story of “The Beauty and the Beast”.»

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Naoto Fukasawa

With a clever play of literary and stylistic references, the Belle chair is the delicate, feminine counterpart to the Bull table. With rounded lines and padded seat with leather upholstery, it reinterprets the detail of the rounded section of the table legs, and as it develops downwards adds a small element of curvature that creates a graceful touch. Towards the top, the legs join the chair back with elegant, elbow-shaped arms. Two solutions are offered for the backrest, oak wood in the same finishes as available for the frame - light, grey, black and smoked - or leather upholstery matching the seat, obtained thanks to a special manufacturing technology.

HARBOR
design by Naoto Fukasawa
“When I was working on the Papilio family project, I realized that the iconic strength of B&B Italia is in working with polyurethane foam as a mass. Hence the idea for this design to sculpt a form out of this material as if I was making a sculpture out of Carrara marble blocks. It is true to me that B&B Italia is a brand that creates sculptures in polyurethane. The name Harbor comes from a feeling of having a place to come back to. I also wanted this seat to have a feeling of wrapping around our body”.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Naoto Fukasawa

The Harbor series of armchairs and pouf, presented with success in 2017, is enhanced by a new, equally contemporary and sinuous sofa. A range extention in the sign of design continuity, result of Fukasawa’s research into seating in the shape of upside-down truncated cone. The sofa reflects in particular the architectural, ergonomic shape of the conversation armchair, compounding its welcoming appeal by hosting two people. In fabric or leather, it has a visible metal zip on the rear of the backrest that acts as a decorative element and also allows the cover to be removed.

COLOSSEO
design by Naoto Fukasawa
«Like the Harbor armchairs that are carved out from an upside down conical mass, these small tables were originally made by the same process. However they looked rather too solid and heavy so I shaved off some of the mass, then its arches resembled the Roman arches of Colosseum.»

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Naoto Fukasawa

Colosseo fits smoothly into the highly successful product category of accessories, furnishing elements that change function according to occasion and need, and for Colosseo this means transforming from coffee table to pouf. When designing this new product, Fukasawa arrived at the shape he was searching for by considering a solid in the form of an upside-down truncated cone, lightened by arch-shaped grooves that define the surface, creating an assonance with the structure of the famous Roman arena it is named after. Made of hard polyurethane painted in sixteen glossy colours, Colosseo is available in two sizes: 40 cm diameter x 45 cm height and 50 cm diameter x 55 cm height.

EDA-MAME
design by Piero Lissoni
«It’s as if it were a surface, a Möbius strip. Eda-Mame is strangely full of curves, it welcomes you and, if you want, it lets you drink an aperitif, almost as if it were an upholstered table.»

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Piero Lissoni

Shaped by an organic development inspired by the form of a soy bean, the typical ingredient in Oriental cuisine, Eda-Mame is a furnishing element with a strong impact created by a sculptural design that can give great incisiveness to a space. A single object that is a fusion of three types of seating - high-back chair, easy chair and pouf. Its threefold nature lends Eda-Mame extreme versatility in both residential and public settings, and can also highlight areas for co-working, passage and short stays, like hotel lobbies. Made of moulded foam, Eda-Mame is upholstered in a stretch fabric with a light stitching. The support base is made of crosspieces with rounded steel feet connected to each other by a bar, all in pewter painted finish.

JACK
design by Michael Anastassiades
«This bookcase system started as a stacking exercise of an assembly of rods of the same diameter. The selected design is a reduced configuration, providing the optimum structure and modularity to address a diverse range of interior spaces. The technical solutions are discreet, allowing for arrangements that feel specifically fitted to a particular room. Its discipline lies in the structural rules used to build from one form to the next, assembling to make a cohesive composition.»

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Michael Anastassiades

Jack is the result of the first collaboration between B&B Italia and Michael Anastassiades. Known for his skills in working with light, the Cypriot designer has designed a modular bookcase system with a striking degree of technological perfection. In its search for the creation of an innovative language, this design challenge revisits and modernises a design classic, the 1950’s room centre bookcase, transforming it into a complement with a clean, essential yet architectural structure. The genius of the piece lies in concealing the engineered supports, including those holding up the laminated shelves, inside the vertical elements with a rounded section made of extruded aluminium and integrated by an exclusive, totally-invisible, floor-ceiling telescopic adjustment system. The system is available in 14 heights, ranging from 219 to 323 cm and taking in all measurements in-between, while the shelves are in two lengths, 75 and 90 cm, both 30 cm deep. Two are the finishes provided for the vertical elements and shelves for single-colour solutions, chalk white and black, both matt.

ALANDA ’18
design by Paolo Piva
The Alanda coffee table, an iconic piece that ushered in the 1980s, is now revisited in homage to Paolo Piva, the great architect and designer who passed away last year. A highly successful classic and sought-after vintage furnishing complements, Alanda is one of the most typical design objects of a period with a wealth of strong, daring stylistic signs, often in a dialogue with architecture, reproducing its most attractive, characteristic elements in miniature. The Alanda’s structure, serving as both pedestal and support, recalls a group of upturned pyramids, a geodetic frame that has always characterized it as if it was a magical object, entrapping and amplifying cosmic energy. Alanda ‘18 is offered in two sizes - 120 x 120 cm
and 120 x 180 cm - with structure in glossy black painted steel and top in extralight or smoked glass.

New Maxalto Designs 2018

NIDUS
design by Antonio Citterio
«Nidus is a curved sofa with no arms for formal use as a conversation seat. I felt that this type of product was lacking in my interior design projects, intended for large interiors where there is the need to create lounges with different groups of seating. It’s part of the experimentation in creating high-backed sofas, which provide a degree of comfort to seating designed for socialising.»

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Antonio Citterio

The Nidus collection of upholstered furniture was inspired by the precise need to create a series of formal proposals with a relaxed feel, for moments of socialising and conversation in a harmonious, relaxed setting. Antonio Citterio has achieved this objective by paying great attention to structural details like the embracing shape of the curved sofas, available in two sizes. Together with the absence of arms and the high back, this solution makes it possible to bring people together in a fresh, relaxed and unusual way. This extrovert approach is also embodied by the armchairs, offered in three versions, only one of which with arms, intended as items to be arranged freely. All the Nidus pieces can be complemented by a comfy removable headrest, and have feet upholstered in the same fabric or leather as the seats, with the addition of a small metal detail at the base that is decorative and also guarantees protection against impacts.

CARATOS
design by Antonio Citterio
«After 25 years of presenting products that use artisanal materials and processes, I felt the need to offer a “moulded” piece, a chair with a fusion structure, thanks to a significant industrial investment by the company. At the same time, I wanted it be part of the Maxalto collection. Caratos is absolutely contemporary, but recalls some twentieth century objects, echoing the idea of bronze, through a “full” opaque finishing that absorbs light,
and the great quality of the leather upholstery, giving it a “saddlery” look.»

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Antonio Citterio

Chairs in two versions, armchairs, poufs and coffee tables are the new proposals that extend the Caratos series launched last year. These new items both reflect and strengthen the original designs’ essential features while softening them by introducing embracing shapes. The light die-cast graphite or amber painted aluminium structure is retained, while padded backrests contribute to the formation of the armrests, creating seating with no postural restrictions at all, encouraging conversation and relations between neighbours. The poufs and coffee tables echo the design of the frames and are ideal complements to the seats to create conversation areas and social settings.

New B&B Italia Outdoor Collection 2018

BAY
design by Doshi Levien
Bay is a collection of sculptural and monolithic yet visually light outdoor seats comprising of a sofa in two sizes, an armchair and a high-backed armchair. Their enveloping volumes are marked by a double polypropylene fibre interlacing that creates “air pockets”, granting transparency and lightness to the furniture. The frame accommodates padded solid seats and soft cushions for added comfort. The colours combinations are extremely refined, with tortora and anthracite for the interlacing, paired with elegant block colour and patterned fabrics for the seats and cushions.

TABOUR OUTDOOR
design by Doshi Levien
Tabour, the collection of indoor ottomans introduced in 2016, now features a new outdoor version. Oblong oval and square in shape, they resemble primeval marine creatures or large unicellular animals, associating the sensuality of the organic shapes with highly technological materials. The fabric is stretched over the padded frame by a sort of oversized “button” that serves as a tray, painted white, tortora or anthracite.

FIORE
design by Naoto Fukasawa
Fiore is a new series of outdoor tables, round and square available in two heights, in white or greige cement. “Many years ago, I called my chairs “Papilio” because their silhouettes reminded me of butterflies,” says Naoto Fukasawa. “Now I have called my latest project “Fiore”, meaning flower in Italian, because the Papilio chairs sit around these tables like butterflies flying around a flower. The combination of a Fiore table with the Papilio chairs creates a pleasant outdoor environment for a coffee or a quick meal.” An outdoor solution that offers utmost flexibility, suitable both in residential and public settings.

TOBI-ISHI OUTDOOR
design by Barber & Osgerby
The iconic Tobi-Ishi table - whose inspiration from the East is clear even in the name, which refers to the ornamental stones used in traditional Japanese gardens - is now presented in a low, cement version that emphasizes its sculptural, textural aspect. Available in two finishes: grey and anthracite.

Edoardo Croci

Venice, April 22, 2021. At the 17th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Grosso Legnoarchitettura supports a work in the America Pavilion of the 2021 Biennale that explores the typical wooden construction system of American buildings. The Italian company, which has been a specialist in woodworking since 1968, was chosen by the architects and curators of the exhibition Paul Preissner and Paul Andersen for its expertise and experience in the creation of special custom-made wooden constructions. "A perfect synthesis of the company's values ​​- explains Stefano Grosso, CEO of Grosso Legnoarchitettura - which are summarized in our constant support for the passion for wood, for special constructions, creativity and research in absolute quality and taste. . We are honored to be able to contribute to the realization of this architectural work and to be able to bring to the field our skills and the Italian construction technology that allowed the construction site to proceed quickly, orderly and precisely thanks to the executive design and the pre-cutting performed at our factories ". Paul Preissner and Paul Andersen are the two architects who, after winning the open call for the pavilion with this idea, oversaw the project and commissioned the various builders, including Grosso Legnoarchitettura, to create the architectural work. In designing the USA pavilion, the two wanted to give wood the leading role. Visitors will enter the exhibition space through an installation that reproduces the structure of the wood frame house. With a development of three floors, leaning against the facade of the pavilion, the work in turn serves as an exhibition space. Inside, visitors will be able to move between the different levels, observing the rough skeleton, touching the lamellar beams and breathing in the smell of wood. "In the realization of this work - says Stefano Grosso - the curators of the exhibition wanted to give importance, in great style, to a construction method that has always been known in America and that in Europe has only recently developed thanks to the passion that we Italian builders of wooden houses and structures have always had: determination and entrepreneurial vision have pushed us over the years to adapt to the evolution of modern construction, grow, renew ourselves and make sure that wood becomes an increasingly appreciated and used material in construction ".

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