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Desperate to check your email while in the shower, or do you need to check your facebook account for ‘other’ reasons? For now you will have to make do with your iPhone or laptop for those important urges, but other technology is finding its way in to your throne room.

While plasma screens, wireless appliances and Blu Ray DVDs are nothing new for the living room, dining room and even kitchen, bathroom manufacturers are beginning to discover ways and means to implement this latest technology in the shape of both accessories and sanitaryware into this serene space.

Erol Donmez, managing director for VitrA UK, says: “Interactive furniture will be the next product to dominate the bathroom market. Entertainment units comprising televisions, devices in which to plug your ipod and even DVD players will soon be common-place in the more luxurious of bathrooms.”

VitrA has already begun to enter this market with the Espace fridge. A tall unit with integrated fridge, this freestanding piece of furniture is designed for individuals who prefer the finer things in life; be it cooling bottles of champagne to sip while bathing or for keeping cosmetics fresh, the fridge epitomises a new generation in bathroom culture.

Sanitaryware

VitrA boasts association with some of the world’s most acclaimed and innovative designers. The Istanbul collection, designed by Ross Lovegrove, incorporates a clever option available on the WC pan - a cluster of LED lights with a sensor which activates upon movement, designed with those late night trips to the bathroom in mind. The lights will guide you directly to the pan, preventing any fumbling for the light switch in the dark, while adding a novelty to the room in daylight hours.

High Q+ is another designer collaboration between VitrA recently and German designers NOA. An innovative new line, the range combines technology, functionality and modern design while preventing hand-faucet contact, therefore maximising hygiene benefits. Users are able to control the flow and heat of water simply by moving their hands closer to icons on the basin, where the sensors under the ceramic body activate the faucet.

VitrA has also reversed the trend of using LED’s in brassware, instead installing them underneath glass washbasins to indicate cold with blue and hot with red and a medium temperature using amber. The High Q+ basin also has an ambient light option enabling the washbasin to emit a mixture of colour when not in use, introducing an attractive lighting effect into the room.