Caroma’s recently launched Urbane Universal Accessories range is a prime example of how form and function can come together to deliver a timeless bathroom experience that welcomes change with readiness, grace and optimism.
“The Caroma Urbane Universal Accessories are a considered extension to the popular Urbane Collection, providing practical support, comfort and convenience as well as unique customisation options to enhance the function, safety and design of your bathroom for all stages of life,” explains Dr Peter Sweatman, Caroma’s Accessibility Design Expert.
Spearheaded by Dr Sweatman’s expertise, Caroma’s innovative work in the bathroom design space enables Australian designers and specifiers to reimagine the potential of bathroom spaces with a proactive, inclusive approach that celebrates the human experience in all its stages – be it recovering from an injury, getting pregnant or ensuring that elderly visitors can use their host's bathroom safely and with confidence.
And with a quarter of the Australian population soon to be over the age of 65, there is an increasing need to ensure Australian bathrooms are safe and comfortable to use. “Most people want to be safe and independent in their own home for as long as possible, so it's important to make the right design choices to enable this,” Dr Sweatman points out.
Beyond accessibility: Design for all
Through this thoughtful fusion, Caroma’s proactive design ethos reinforces the potential of any bathroom to be both beautiful and desirable, as well as universally inclusive and functional.
“With premium aesthetics and colour finishes, the accessories are designed to be installed as part of a complete bathroom that enables ease of use for everyone. For instance, used around the bath they help people get in and out as well as being helpful when bathing children,” Dr Sweatman explains. “When installed next to the toilet, they complement the comfortable taller height of an Urbane suite by providing extra stability and durable toilet paper storage. In the shower, the flexibility of an adjustable rail hand shower is enhanced by being a secure hand hold while washing feet or shaving legs.”
In combining beautiful design, cutting-edge technology and consideration for the many intricate accessibility needs, Caroma’s product range celebrates the diversity of human experiences and normalises the idea that ageing, or shifting life circumstances, don't necessitate a sacrifice of personal style.
That, in turn, opens up an opportunity to create bathrooms where the presence of safety features provides a welcome, aesthetically pleasing reassurance, rather than a visual declaration of limitation. In contrast to the traditionally medicalised design of bathroom elements that prioritise safety and accessibility, Caroma’s sleek rails offer quiet support rather than dictate movement, and storage seamlessly accommodates changing needs without drawing attention. As a result, the user experiences the space as an environment tailored to promote their comfort, independence and self-confidence across all ages, abilities and circumstances.
Plus, from a purely financial point of view, employing principles of proactive design – in Caroma’s case also backed by a 20-year replacement warranty – are bound to help minimise those avoidable renovation costs.
The Urbane Universal Accessories collection reinforces the idea that the future of bathroom design isn’t about reactivity – it’s about integration. Coming in August 2024. Click here for more information.
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