Dornbracht

Dornbracht is an internationally active, family-run manufacturer of high-quality design fittings and accessories for the bathroom and the kitchen. Founded in 1950 by Aloys F. Dornbracht and his son Helmut in Iserlohn, Germany, today Dornbracht is a global market leader for premium fittings. From the very beginning, the secret behind the family-owned company's success, and its driving force, has been an entrepreneurial spirit, and a risk-taking attitude. At Dornbracht, change is considered as an opportunity: the first invention, a kitchen fitting with extendable outlet, was followed by numerous other innovations that have allowed Dornbracht over the years to establish the company internationally for its ability to anticipate trends and future innovations. Today, Helmut Dornbracht's sons, Andreas and Matthias Dornbracht, head up this company, which is now in its third generation.

Dornbracht has received numerous international design awards for its products and, since 1996, the company has distinguished itself for its long-term commitment to cultural endeavours. The encounter and exchange with contemporary art and culture form the foundation for an ongoing research in the bathroom and the kitchen environments - an attitude reflected in the current brand claim: 'Culturing Life'. This stands for a philosophy in which life is made simpler through individualised product and system solutions, forever evolving the end results in the process.

Focusing on 'Culturing Life', the company foundations of competence lie in the areas of design and water: technological progress, with a focus on in inter-connectivity, and a keen attention to health and well-being, increasingly characterize the brand orientation and its product developments. As demands for unique and bespoke products grow, Dornbracht continues to design and develop products that can be adapted to this individualised approach to life, and is forever designing with its users in mind. Now, thanks to a unified design across all of its products, Dornbracht allows for a multidesign, multi-series interplay on a modular basis.

Products from different series can be combined with one another and used universally. Referred to as the 'sampling' approach, this configuration service allows individual needs to dictate the design and functional possibilities in each bathroom.

Alongside conventional, mechanical controls, many applications can also be operated using new, digital controls, Smart Tools. Water temperature and flow can be precision-controlled; useful pre-set settings and complex choreographies can be activated at the press of a button, replacing the need for manual control settings. The language of design behind the controls is timelessly discreet, whether mechanical or digital, with control dials and display switches in paired-back forms to fit seamlessly in an individual bathroom design.

Dornbracht's Smart Water concept ensures a very high degree of freedom for planning as it allows for the individual positioning of control elements and outlet points. Digitalisation has opened up entirely new forms of experiences in the bathroom. By breaking down the basic functions of a fitting, and by developing the ability to recompose those functions, Dornbracht has achieved a more comfortable and individual reinterpretation of the bathing experience, switching the focus on the user and allowing for a greater flexibility and tailored experience