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ANN SACKS
Founded in 1981, now part of Kohler Co and available in the UK at West One Bathrooms, this US brand offers an impressive and versatile selection of luxury tiles and mosaics in porcelain, glass, ceramic, stone and concrete, plus collaborations with top designers, such as Kelly Wearstler, Barbara Barry and Martyn Lawrence Bullard.
AXOR
The design-led brand of German brassware giant Hansgrohe, Axor offers a range of showers, mixers and accessories produced in collaboration with some of the greatest contemporary names in design, including Philippe Starck, Antonio Citterio, Barber Osgerby and Jean-Marie Massaud.
BALINEUM
Founder Sarah Watson has an eye for the details that can elevate a bathroom design to something special, offering a small but elegant collection of lighting, mirrors, cabinets, washstands, tiles, linens and accessories.
BC DESIGNS
Bath specialist BC Designs, named after its founder Barrie Cutchie, who set up the company in 1999, produces a wide range of models in acrylic, solid surface, copper, nickel and tin, and offers a paint-to-order service on its traditional roll-top tubs. It now also supplies basins, brassware and a new range of Victrion furniture.
