2022 has seen so many amazing new products introduced in the New Zealand bathware market, from stylish Italian tapware to intelligent E-Bidets from Germany. We asked our experienced Design team for their top picks for best products of the year.

Here is our Design team's Top 10 favourite products in the market right now!

#1 Zucchetti Helm Basin Mixer in Stainless Steel

Helm is the first line of steel taps launched by Zucchetti, both in single-lever and three hole versions. The design has been enriched by the introduction of colours, textures, vertical ridges and knurling to expand and diversify the aesthetics of the product.

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#2 Zucchetti Medameda Basin Mixer in Chrome

Medameda, the duo of designers Alberto and Franceso Meda, chooses a reassuring, composed style: "We try to design objects with a simple, unified image, products that don't shout out" say the designers.The value of this partnership becomes symbolic, evoking the eritage of a company with a great family tradition, in which the designers have found an ideal counterpart in terms of design sensibility and readiness and technical ability to accept the develop the project.

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#3 Helm Thermostat Mixer in Stainless Steel with weave knurling

Zucchetti's Helm makes its second appearance (this time with their Thermostactic Mixer) in our design team's top 10 for good reason. Helm, signed by Lopez Quincoces, could be called an 'absolute", iconic object that takes the classical archetype of the tap with cross handles and turns it into cylindrical volumnes that have been deconstructed then reconstructed, with carefully-designed proportions.

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#4 Grohe Sensia Arena Wall Mounted Toilet

The Sensia Arena stands for intelligent care, backed by visonary ideas from Grohe. Enjoy innovative functions that are tailored to your personal needs. More comfortable, hygienic and soothing than using paper, with the GroheSensia Arena you can experience a new standard of personal hygiene.

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#5 Zucchetti Gill 3TH Basin Mixer in Black

The Gill line from Zucchetti is composed of single-lever mixers and other items that are characterised by their simplicity and adaptability, ideal for contract projects and bathrooms both large and small. The body, spout and lever are defined by varied circular sections with delicate, original curves.

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#6 Nobili Pop Kitchen Mixer in London Grey

Pop re-invents the story of art and offers a wonderful encounter of classic lines, curved edges & refined elegance.

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#7 Zucchetti Rise Vessel Basin

In the Rise basin collection, designed by the Italian studio Zaven, the idea started by visualizing a flat element that crosses through a cylindrical volume, attempting to obtain the greatest possible number of results with a simple intersection of parts.‎ The intersection of forms characterizes the style and research of Zaven; their idiom, as Enrica Cavarzan e Marco Zavagno tell “it must be coherent but also in continuous evolution, following the fascination for simple geometric shapes, volumes and very graphic signs, looking for the way to make them coexist and interpenetrate to give life to new forms”.‎

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#8 Splash Lux Slide Shower in Gun Metal

Splash Lux offers a spa like experience with the 3 spray hand piece and large overhead shower for complete showering indulgence. This slide shower also comes with handy features such as a shelf to hold your toiletries, eliminating the need to install shelves in your showers enclosure or proving additonal storage if you already do. 

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#9 Zucchetti Beam Basin

The Beam project curiously combines archetypes of product design and architecture, in a contemporary idiom redefining the idea of the bathroom.

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#10 Zucchetti Isy22 Basin Mixer in Mediterranean Blue

Isy22 is the new collection of taps designed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the iconic Isy with a unique, essential, innovative, and cutting-edge new system, enriched by unexpected contemporary finishes.