Connections is the official weekly electronic newsletter of the DPHA sent to our database of DPHA members. It conveys timely industry and Association news, summaries of successful sales and business practices, and industry research reports. Each week Connections delivers dynamic, highly readable and graphically appealing content that connects people with the information they need to become more productive, effective and professionally accomplished. Connections also features new products, news, personnel updates, member videos, new member spotlights, and other announcements from DPHA manufacturer members each week.
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Sailing is Fantini’s first collaboration with a North American design team and is being presented as the studio’s inaugural collection for the brand. The inspiration for the collection came from Fantini’s home on Lake Orta in Northern Italy. The New York and Toronto-based design... Continue Reading
MTI Baths celebrates iconic Art Deco style with their release of the sophisticated Magda freestanding tub. As an exquisite example of the brand’s luxurious Cosmopolitan Collection, Magda embodies this defining look which skyrocketed to popularity during the 1930s and remains a perennial... Continue Reading
Eat your way through Chicago with these restaurant recommendations compiled by Chicago-native, your Executive Director extraordinaire, Rebekah Covay. Pizza (if you must) Pequod's PizzaChicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co., home of the Pizza Pot PiePizzeria Uno & Pizzeria DuePizano's... Continue Reading
ThermaSol® announces three winners of its 65th Anniversary Design Contest. Contestants were required to submit a bathroom design featuring ThermaSol steam and shower products for a chance to win a trip to Austin, TX, including: a once-in-a-lifetime Formula One Grand Prix experience, getaway... Continue Reading
California Faucets presents the Descanso Works® Kitchen Series, an extension of its popular Descanso® Kitchen Collection. The new design series showcases evocative vintage-inspired Lever handles that offer designers and homeowners yet another way to personalize the kitchen. ... Continue Reading
Gessi conflates the worlds of fashion and home design into an extraordinary new collection of hardware for the bathroom known as Habito. Inspired by the concept of “private wellness tailoring,” Habito makes use of woven metal just as a tailor would use fabric for a suit, carefully... Continue Reading
Are you surprised to hear that Mountain Plumbing is the ONLY disposer manufacturer exclusive to the Wholesaler Industry? That’s right, Mountain Plumbing offers high-performing food waste disposers directly to our wholesale and showroom partners. Our competitors have their disposers... Continue Reading
New to the Venezia collection, two families of products, the filigree and two-tone handles, designed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez in collaboration with Venini, utilize distinctive techniques of ancient Murano glass making to create these striking pieces. The new filigree handles, crafted... Continue Reading
Keeler Brass Company’s Anthology Series has been recognized in the 2023 Best of Products Awards by The Architect’s Newspaper! Award winners were assessed by a panel of architects, designers, educators, curators, manufacturers, and AN editors. Their evaluation criteria encompassed... Continue Reading
Berenson is introducing a new finish to one of their most popular collections. The light brown finish, Toasted Bronze, features subtle brush marks and will be available in the Metro collection starting October 2023. “We’re really excited about this finish” said Pat Jarvis, Vice... Continue Reading
Infinity Drain announces the addition of Jen Dombkowski to the newly created role of Marketing Director. With a strong track record of strategic marketing leadership and a deep understanding of the architecture and interior design industry, Jen is set to drive Infinity Drain's marketing efforts to... Continue Reading
Icera is excited to announce the launch of villeroybochbathusa.com, a new website specific to the North American market. Icera is now the exclusive distributor of Villeroy & Boch's premium bathroom and wellness products in the United States and Canada. Villeroybochbathusa.com is now live and... Continue Reading
