During a bathroom refresh or renovation, basins and taps are often among the first things to change. If you have decided to renew your bathroom and give it a different style, discover five of the latest tap and fitting trends here.
Bathroom taps can seem like small details or straightforward choices. Yet a thoughtful purchase adds more than style and beauty: it can benefit the budget, support environmental awareness and even reshape everyday bathroom habits. This is why manufacturers continue to innovate in function as well as form.Here are the directions and trends shaping bathroom taps for the 2022–23 season:
The global water crisis highlights the importance of choosing products that save water wherever we use it. As environmental awareness is now taught from primary-school age around the world, people are making more informed purchases when renewing kitchen and bathroom elements. Products in contact with water, especially taps and fittings that control consumption, are designed with smart systems to deliver substantial savings. For example:Kale Banyo’s Nova, Basics and Sempre tap and fitting series offer water savings of up to 50% through a smart flow system, while Cold Start technology also controls the transition between cold and hot water. When the lever is in the central position, Cold Start delivers cold rather than lukewarm water, so the home’s heating system does not run unnecessarily.
Sensor technology has become one of the most sought-after tap features in recent years. Tetra, one of Kale Banyo’s sensor-operated fittings offering touchless hygiene, is among the latest designs. Combining tap and soap-dispenser functions in one place, it meets different needs with four adjustable quantity settings and economical operation. Its sensor system supplies water only while hands are being washed, using just four litres per minute.
Meanwhile, honeycomb flow regulators in the basin and bath fittings of Kale Banyo models such as Artdeco, Basics, Idea, Nova and Zero provide 40% water savings. Sensor technology in Flat Dual, Inova Mono, Reno Mono and Sempre Mono taps can limit consumption to 1.9 litres per minute.
Having seen industrial interiors move towards rustic style, the design world is seeking to modernise them with a more minimal approach. In main living spaces, distressed wood, rust and brick textures give way to fresh, dynamic, clean-lined interiors. The same direction applies to bathrooms. Black outlines are becoming essential to minimal industrial schemes, particularly noticeable as they replace chrome. Welcome to the rise of black taps and fittings. Kale Banyo’s Arris fittings offer striking beauty through simple, angular design, with bath-tap options also available in the matt black series. For another black alternative, the Zero series includes matt black chrome options across many products, including hand-shower sets.
A distinctly retrospective breeze is blowing here. U-shaped taps, seen mainly in kitchens in recent years, return to bathrooms in the 2022–23 season wearing more expressive colours. With striking finishes such as matt gold, rose gold and copper, yet very simple forms, these fittings show that a bathroom can be both understated and alluring. Pay attention to the basin and tiles too, carrying the same modern luxury throughout.
Imagine a style that never grows old, continually changing like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. Art Deco is among the most joyful, alluring, stylish and wide-ranging period styles. Reaching from music and architecture to literature and stained glass, it has made its strongest presence felt in interiors. That impact continues through contemporary interpretations known as new Art Deco. Maintaining its rhythm across 2022–23 bathrooms, from tiles to mirrors, the style also shapes tap designs. Kale Banyo’s aptly named Artdeco fittings express it beautifully through domed curves, sculptural forms, chrome, gold and rose gold finishes, and ring details.
One important approach in recent bathroom decorating trends is the use of walls covered entirely in mirror. The main reason is the desire to make the increasingly compact bathrooms of new city apartments feel larger through reflected depth. Interior designers often extend mirrors to the ceiling, particularly behind basins, to enlarge the space visually. Wall-mounted taps consequently emerge through the mirrors and make a statement. Polished metal versions add even more visual impact: combining a mirror with a material such as gold or copper almost inevitably creates a bold bathroom atmosphere.
