Hello,
Have you heard of DXV? If you haven’t, that’s OK as they are fairly new to the luxury kitchen and bath products market. They have only been in existence since 2014 but are part of the 140 year heritage of American Standard. DXV reimagines the most influential design movements during that time: Classic (1890-1920), Golden Era (1920-1950), Modern (1950-1990), and Contemporary (1990-Present). Each of the DXV movements include collections of kitchen and bath fixtures and faucets.
Every year since 2014, DXV has brought together a talented panel of designers who reinterpret the movements for today and create vignettes of kitchens or bathrooms using their upscale products. These vignettes are then used for marketing purposes at trade shows like KBIS and in print magazines like House Beautiful and Elle Decor. How cool is that? The 2016 Design Panel knocked it out of the park with their designs – four in total.
Susan Jamieson of Bridget Beari designed a bathroom representing the Classic Movement in Charleston from 1890 to 1920. I love the juxtaposition of the classical architectural elements from some of Charleston’s historic homes with the modern fixtures like their Fitzgerald Freestanding Soaking Tub. 
I love the Randall Widespread Faucet with Cross Handles in their new brass finish. I have this faucet with levers in chrome and I absolutely love it. Follow me on Instagram as I will be sharing a sneak peek of my powder room shortly. 🙂
Richard Anuszkiewicz’s kitchen design plays homage to glamourous New York in the 1920s Art Deco period. I especially love the Hillside stainless steel farmhouse sink which just shows that this type of sink (long thought of as country in style) works with any aesthetic, even one as glamourous as this.
Beth Dotolo and Carolina Gentry of Pulp Design Studios had the fun task of reinterpreting Palm Springs during the Modern Movement. Their design was fun, quirky and colourful and the Seagram Freestanding Soaking Tub with Deck took centre stage.
Genevieve Ghaleb of design firm XYContemporary created this beautiful, restful bathroom. She was inspired by the present-day Contemporary Movement in Miami to create this luxurious room for a busy gentleman. And again, the bathtub is the focus – this time it’s the simple yet elegant Lyndon Freestanding Soaking Tub.
I have highlighted only one product from each of the vignettes. Go here to read more about the designers, their room inspiration and the products from all three design panels from previous years.
A new 2017 Design Panel was announced at KBIS last month and they are already at work creating their #DXVTopSecret designs. Can’t wait to see how they top these!
New Introductions:
- At KBIS, DXV introduced the newest addition to the Lowell collection – console sinks with solid wood legs and leather details on the leg rails. Just a little bit different from your traditional pedestal sink, right? (Shown below in Graphite but also comes in Ash (light wood).)
2) DXV also introduced their new Modulus collection, a complete contemporary suite of bath fixtures and fittings, to be available later this year. It’s streamlined, modern and minimalist and products include sinks, wall hung vanities, a freestanding soaking tub, a floor mount tub filler and a high-efficiency wall-hung toilet. Everyone loved the solid surface tray that sits on the sink and then can be stored in the drawer to organize toiletries.
The sinks themselves come in solid surface, marble and concrete, the latter of which can be seen on the wall below. They come in widths of 21″, 36″ or a 55″ double bowl.
All photos via DXV except #8 and #9 taken by Felix O.B. from FX Photography.
Learn more at www.dxv.com, or follow them on facebook.com/dxv, twitter.com/DXV, youtube.com/DXVLuxury, pinterest.com/dxv, instagram.com/dxvluxury.
Thank you DXV/LIXIL for being a #BlogTourKBIS sponsor. You can read my post about the other LIXIL brands – American Standard and Grohe here. And thank you Modenus for inviting me on my second KBIS BlogTour. Look for the #designhounds and #BlogTourKBIS hashtags on Instagram to see more photos from all of us.
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What do you think?