The 11th edition of the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) in Las Vegas last week was buzzing with excitement, with over 600 exhibitors showcasing everything from tiles, bath tubs, and fixtures alongside every conceivable kitchen appliance known to humankind. The show stretched across a total of 450,000 square feet of exhibition halls with bright colors, induction technology, and sustainability as an extension of luxury. We can’t say we saw everything – but we sure tried – walking literal miles in search of the most inspiring and innovative kitchen and bath products coming this year. The following were earmarked as some of our favorites from KBIS 2024:
Kast
1. Holm Collection by Kast
Terrazzo’s immense popularity and ubiquity in home furnishings, wall treatments, and surfaces continues, but Kast’s nice new spin on the speckled composite material caught our eye. Using terrazzo as an insert surface across their new Holm Collection, the flecks of umber, clay, and green operate as the inverted icing to their colorful trio of concrete basin sink cakes, and we’d definitely like more than a slice!
Kast
Kast
Bora
2. Bora
Germany-based Bora tempted hungry KBIS attendees with caveman-sized tomahawk steaks. Cooking across one of their numerous induction cooktops, the brand showcased the proficiency of their extractor’s ability to suck fumes into a filter-lined air inlet stationed on the cooking surface rather than positioned above. We can’t be alone liking the idea of a kitchen liberated from the bulky presence of a hood.
Bora
TOTO
3. TOTO NEOREST WX2
At nearly $22,000, this is probably as close as we’ll ever get to the iF and Red Dot award-winning TOTO NEOREST WX2, a self-cleaning, auto-flushing, air-deodorizing, heated seat throne fit – and priced – for a king.
Karran
4. Karran Diamond SQS400 Quartz 28″ Bathroom Vessel Sink
The moody, fascinating, and faceted Karran Diamond SQS400 Quartz 28″ Bathroom Vessel Sink not only drew in countless show attendees to inspect its color-changing jeweled surface up close – almost all who compulsively traced their fingers across its silky matte surface – but in doing so, proved how fingerprint-proof the faceted quartz composite is.
LG
5. LG Styling Board
Ironing boards hardly elicit a “WANT!” response, but maybe that’s because, until this year, we’ve never seen anything quite like the LG Styling Board. The all-in-one collapsible ironing board is outfitted with a near-industrial grade pressure of steam, a specification LG says is 5x more powerful than a conventional steamer. The Styling Board is admittedly large, but the lockable wheels make it effortlessly mobile while a vertical fold-up mode allows for easy storage – ironing out the kinks in removing wrinkles.
LG
Concretti
6. Concretti
It took every bit of willpower not to climb into one of Concretti’s delightfully PEZ candy-colored, free-standing concrete tubs (each named after a Hawaiian island), including this new soaker featuring an inviting seat within its depths. All of Concretti’s vessels – including their IG-renown Bucket Sink Collection – are made from cement, sand, aggregate, and pigments sourced just outside of Las Vegas.
Concretti
Daltile
7. Daltile
A small crowd was perpetually hovering around the Daltile booth, drawn by the kitchen and bath surface maker’s wall-mounted arrangements, inspiring numerous people to point and shoot the combinations for future personal reference – a literal inspiration board.
Marazzi
8. Rhyme and Reason Tile by Marazzi
We like our wall tiles like our donuts: gently glazed. And similarly, we’re keen to Marazzi’s Rhyme and Reason hexagonal ceramic wall tiles for their random mix-and-match assortment of textures and five different colors.
JennAir
9. JennAir
JennAir kept their newest Cuts Collection of luxe leather column refrigerator panels hidden in an invitation-only upstairs showcase, allowing small groups to “ooh” and “ahh” over Mystic up close – an opalescent azure green leather surface that confidently leans into the maximalist kitchen trend.
JennAir
As impressed as we were with the super exclusive, leather-wrapped treatment (JennAir is making just 30 of the oceanic-inspired leather panels), it was the brand’s upcoming 30-inch SlimTech™ Insulation Column refrigerator that really piqued our interest. Instead of standard polyurethane foam, the appliance manufacturer is filling their fridge doors with a new proprietary highly porous powder blend for insulation, resulting in walls up to 66% thinner and 50% more energy efficient. The Mystic hue may have pleased the heart, but the SlimTech material innovation impressed our mind.
Laufen
10. ILBAGNOALESSI Wall-Hung Rimless Toilet by Laufen
It’s hard to pin down why Laufen’s ILBAGNOALESSI wall-hung rimless toilet in Caffè matt paired with a matching ceramic toilet roll holder made such a lasting impression, but we weren’t the only looky-loo that doubled back for a closer look at the gently bulbous bathroom designs of Stefano Giovannoni.
Kraus
11. Kraus
This prototype from kitchen and bathroom fixtures brand Kraus is a non-functional concept at the moment, but if they successfully figure out how to combines a garbage disposal with a compost-material producing system, count us “waste not, want not” gardeners in.
Monogram
12. Monogram
It was elbow-to-elbow traffic within the Richard Anuszkiewicz-designed showcase where the celestially-themed Diamonds Are Created Under Pressure installation placed the Forge Heated Ice Press ice maker front and center. A few feet away, Anuszkiewicz’s multi-tiered arrangement of glass planes integrated Monogram’s gas recessed cooktop [below] as an artful element. Kudos to the Monogram team for taking the extra effort to exhibit their line of luxury kitchen appliances with a differentiating degree of panache.
Monogram
Monogram
Viking
13. Viking
Viking is one of those brands people often covet for their pro-grade features and reputation for professional cooking at home. What they’ve never been associated with is color… that is until 2024 with the launch of the Viking Color Collection featuring a palette of 20 new designer colors that pop!
Viking
Kohler
14. Kohler
Last but not least: Kohler. The brand’s footprint at KBIS ran wide and deep with a 15,000-square-foot exhibition booth that flowed, showered, bubbled, and glowed in every corner. Innovative designs such as the Daniel Arsham inspired Rista 3D printed sink [below] definitely wowed us with its mesmerizing topographic intricacy.
Kohler
Just look at the subtle colors and topographic texturing of the Rista 3D-printed sink. Based upon a concept designed in collaboration with Daniel Arsham, Kohler has fine tuned their blue skies design into a 3D-printed vitreous china sink that retains its art-like aesthetics, but is manufacturable at scale.
Kohler
But what most impressed us from Kohler fell under their more experimental efforts assuming the WasteLAB moniker. Transforming manufacturing waste into beautifully functional pieces for the home such as the Transcendence Collection by Kohler WasteLAB x Nada Debs [above] or the dark terrazzo WasteLAB Vox Bathroom Sink [below] made with 70% recycled materials, Kohler WasteLAB proves there are countless opportunities for innovation beyond style or even function.
Kohler
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