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Issue #07
November 2009

• 'Tis the season...
  for a summer project!
• Instore
  Introducing the Caroma Pearl
• Eco
  The water saving season
• Trends
  Colour in the bathroom
• Getting Started
  A sensory spa experience
• Hot Products
  The Halo

Hot Products

Congratulations to the Halo Shower by Duncan Ward

We are excited to announce that the Halo Shower has been named the winner of the Home Beautiful Product of the Year Awards 2009. The Halo collected the Overall Best Product award and the award in the Bathroom Design Category.

The Home Beautiful Product of the Year Award is one of Australia’s best-regarded product design awards, recognising and rewarding innovative products that successfully encompass a strong design aesthetic and practical functionality.

Judged by Wendy Moore, Editor of Home Beautiful Magazine, and a team of leaders from the design industry, the award was open to products launched in the Australian market within the last 12-months.

The revolutionary Halo Shower was designed by young Australian designer, Duncan Ward. The Halo was the winner of the inaugural Reece Bathroom Innovation Award (BIA) in 2005, and is the first BIA winning design to be commercially produced by Reece, together with Phoenix Tapware.

Duncan’s unique design draws on the basic geometric shape and inspiration of the universal halo symbol. It increases the diameter of the droplet array by inverting the standard rain head shower design, giving the sensation of being immersed in water while still being water efficient, with a three star WELS rating. The Halo comes in three styles; ceiling mount, hi-rise and straight-arm.

We congratulate Duncan on this outstanding achievement. We also thank the team at Phoenix Tapware for their efforts in bringing the product to life.