Routine Enhanced

Shake-ups with shower design illustrate the novelty associated with innovating

Implications - Who knew shower time could be this much fun? Especially when you have tile décor with mock clumps of hair and functional tiles that pull out of the shower wall for additional storage. The inflatable shower chair gives bathers the option to sit while they wash. And for high-tech types, UV-powered showers that act as personal tanning beds, a reverse shower that shoots water from the bottom up and the rain sky shower – a high-end amenity seen both in affluent households and luxury hotels.

Even everyday practices of personal hygiene can be turned into a unique experience.

Trend Themes

  1. Multi-functional Shower — Shower functionality has been reinvented with products like inflatable shower chairs and reverse showers, presenting disruptive innovation opportunities for businesses that cater to the need of households and affluent users.
  2. Smart Water Tech — CSIRO's air pellet shower reduces water usage by 30% by injecting air into the stream and can be installed by households under AUD$20, opening disruptive innovation opportunities in creating water-saving solutions for the household & building industry.
  3. Wellness-centric Showering Experience — Trends like Chromotherapy-equipped showers and Tan-while-you-shower products provide a wellness-centric showering experience, presenting a disruptive opportunity for cosmetic, health & wellness industries.

Industry Implications

  1. Building & Household — The building & household industry can benefit from creating smart water tech products, focusing on showering, reducing water usage and providing multi-functional products.
  2. Cosmetic — Cosmetic brands can create wellness-centric showering experience products by collaborating with shower product brands focusing on chromotherapy, caffeine body wash, sun shower, and more.
  3. Luxury & Hospitality — Luxury and hospitality industries can attract affluent customers by providing a unique and luxury shower products with innovative functionalities, such as inflatable shower chairs, reverse showers, and the RainSky Waterfall shower.
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Featured Examples

RainSky Waterfall Shower
RainSky Waterfall Shower
The Pleasure of Rain in Your Bathroom
The new design trend is a fusion of nature and technology, take a look at the innovative shower concepts at Dornbracht, "Clear, pure, flowing water. The point of departure of our company's activities.… MORE
Sun Shower
Sun Shower
Tan While You Shower
The sun shower lets you tan while you shower. The installation looks a little bit hardcore, but overall a tan in the shower would be pretty cool. Note that the promo film was banned in America, but it… MORE
Inflatable Shower Chair
Inflatable Shower Chair
Douchaise, designed by Daniel Harper, is a shower and a chair in one. What? The chair actually unfolds and becomes a fully functional shower with air supported walls. The base of the chair contains a blower,… MORE
Shower Cubby Holes
Shower Cubby Holes
Function Tiles by Droog Design
Function Tiles is an oldie but a goodie. It’s a tile system from 1997 by Droog Designers Peter van der Jagt, Erik-Jan Kwakkel, and Arnout Visser that makes the tiles work more functionally, thus the name… MORE
Caffeinated Body Wash
Caffeinated Body Wash
'Shower Shock' Wakes You Up
Many people need caffeine in coffee to wake them up in the morning, but if you don’t have time why don’t you try Shower Shock Body Wash? With the glowing green color and the citrus scent, Shower Shock… MORE
Gross Bathroom Decorating With Fallen Hair Tile Designs
Gross Bathroom Decorating With Fallen Hair Tile Designs
Saara Kaatra has designed bathroom tiles decorated with images of fallen hair. You know the kind of hair that gets left behind after a good shower? Well, these tiles give your entire bathroom floor a fallen-hair… MORE
Chromotherapy-Equipped Shower
Chromotherapy-Equipped Shower
Now you can shower with chromotherapy! MORE
Air Pellet Shower
Air Pellet Shower
CSIRO Cuts Water Use by 30%
Stay clean and use less water! Neat. CSIRO is a new showerhead that inserts small air pockets into the water coming down on your body in the shower. As the surface area impacting your body, the feel of… MORE