Current Trends Influencing Design of Private Domestic Bathroom Interiors

As culture, behaviours, desires and preferences of people change, so do their relationship with water. Consequently, bathroom designs, which have been earlier based, simply on concepts of hygiene and comfort are now changing in terms of water usage concepts of people in their daily lives. There are many studies, which give attention to the transformation of the utility spaces such as kitchens; however contemporary new trends and concepts regarding the design of the bathroom spaces have not been studied enough. This mixed methods study aims to shed light on the transformations of bathroom spaces during the last decades and through thus provide some insights to the contemporary changes as related to trends in interior design field too. It is designed as a “case study” research based on collection of data from seven selected trend setting international companies, which are involved in producing and marketing products for bathrooms. By making a detailed, in-depth analysis of the collected data, this study aims to provide a full description of the contemporary, movements, and themes and thus achieve an up-to-date overview about the design trends influencing the future of interior design, related to mainly private domestic bathroom interiors. Keywords: Private residential/domestic bathrooms, Trend, Design awards, Trend setting companies, Mixed method case study.