Overflowing With Luxurious Modern Design: KÄSCH Tubs & Whirlpools

above: Oriental Overflow whirlpool tub by Kasch

KÄSCH (or Kaesch as it's called in the US) is an internationally renowned manufacturer of exclusive acrylic bathtubs and whirlpools, largely for upscale hotels. Their products feature timeless, elegant design combined with uncompromising quality in materials and workmanship. They carry three lines of tubs; Freestanding, Overflow and Takiyu.

Their Overflow and Takiyua whirlpool tubs in particular are truly lust-worthy. And those are the ones I've chosen to share with you today.

The Overflow collection's name describes the product feature that makes it so desirable - the water flows back into the basin in a seemingly endless cycle as it spills over the edge that is so neatly flush with the floor. The whirlpool tubs can can be outfitted with color changing lights and music making it a complete soothing sensory experience. The Overflow line comes in six styles:

ORIENTAL:

POND:


WISH:



CHI:


FLOAT:



LAKE:






Along with bathing in mineral springs, bathing in the pool of a waterfall - TAKIYU - has a long tradition in Japan. Even in earliest times in Asia, waterfalls in hidden mountain areas were pilgrimage places for individual bathing rituals. The TAKIYU concept is based on the combination of a waterfall with the massaging effects of air-water jets, enhanced by colored lighting. This model supports physical and psychological regeneration. Water continually flows in a closed cycle from beneath a decorative covering, falling gently into the tub.

There are ten models in the Takiyu line:

SQ180:


RT200/RT220:


RT190:


RT912/RT915:


CS200:


OV190:


RO170:


CN160:



KÄSCH GmbH
Dorfstraße 2
85737 Ismaning b. München
Germany
telephone +49 (0) 89 92 98 98 82
fax +49 (0) 89 961 27 41
info-europe@kaesch.biz
web: www.kaesch.biz

Kaesch USA, Inc.
Sarasota Fl. 34232
info@kaesch-usa.com
telephone (941) 554-6852
fax (941) 343-1059

The Melody Tub - A Wet Homage to Aalto.

I'm a big fan of Finnish designer Alvar Aalto. Especially his now iconic Savoy vase. The shape has inspired many other designers as well and when I came across this tub, the Melody Tub from PoolSpa, I immediately thought of him. The organically shaped tub is very close to Aalto's Savoy vase shape.




Visit PoolSpa here to learn more.

The Savoy Vase by Alvar Aalto (shown in white):

The Alvar Aalto tray in smoky gray:


If you like Alvar Aalto's work, be sure to see some wonderful products inspired by his famous vase here.

Modern Mosaic Art For Interiors, Tubs, Lamps & Rugs: SICIS - The Art Factory

With showrooms in Milan and New York, SICIS The Art Factory does things with mosaics for both residential and commercial spaces that are contemporary, fun, elegant, functional and frankly, unmatched.

Lucite & Stainless Steel Luxury Tub: The Rossovivo

I'm not sure if I like this tub or hate it, but admittedly it's an original design and certainly functional. I suppose if you had a modern loft or cement floors, it could be very cool and appropriate.




Rossovivo is made of Lucite IceTM, a semi-transparent material that is pleasant to the touch, available in Ice Red, Ice Blue and Ice White. The unusual and exclusive frame – that makes a definite statement – is in stainless steel.14 Airpool jets, that can be activated by the remote control, provide a gentle massage to the whole body and can be mixed, if desidered with ozone.
The inspection panel gives immediate access to the mechanical and hydraulic components beneath the tub. Two soft headrests in Technogel complete the equipment.

The tub is also available without hydromassage system.



1. Gentle, all-over massage with ozone
2. Ergonomic headrests Technogel
3. Remote control
4. Steel frames
5. Bathtub in Lucite™ transparent material
Read more about it here.

Anyone Seen An 18k Gold Bathtub Wandering Around?

Japanese Hotel Loses $1.2 Million Gold Bathtub



On May 30th, A glittering bathtub made of gold, worth Y120 million ($A1.21 million) was stolen from a resort hotel near Tokyo.

A worker at Kominato Hotel Mikazuki in Kamogawa, south of Tokyo, notified police the fancy tub was missing from the hotel's guest bathroom on the 10th floor of its building, according to a local police official.

The round tub, 1.21 metres in diameter and 71 centimetres tall, was made of 18-karat gold weighing 80 kilograms, the official said.

The tub, flanked by two crane statues, has been a main feature of the hotel's shared bathroom.

Visitors can take a dip in the tub, but it is only available a few hours a day "for security reasons," the hotel's website said.

Someone apparently cut the chain attached to the door of a small section of the bathroom where the bathtub was placed, but not riveted, and made off with the tub, the police official said.

The cranes were left untouched.

"We have no witness information and there are no video cameras," the official said.

Direct from tokyo:


TOKYO, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - A gold bath worth an estimated $1 million has been stolen from a luxury hotel in the Japanese town of Kamogawa, near Tokyo, local police said.

They said a hotel employee discovered the theft during a routine check Wednesday, but when the theft took place remains a mystery.

According to investigators, it most likely happened early Wednesday morning.


An image from the hotel's website touting the 18k gold bathtub

The tub weighing 80 kilograms (approximately 176 pounds), stolen from a gentlemen's bathroom on the tenth floor, was one of three gold baths in the hotel chain. When not in use, this bathroom is normally locked.

Anyone seeing a gold bathtub being lugged around the streets of Tokyo, is urged to contact local authorities immediately...;-)