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Bradley’s Elvari® Washroom Accessories Collection Wins Prestigious GOOD DESIGN® Award

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Bradley’s Elvari® Washroom Accessories Collection Wins Prestigious GOOD DESIGN® Award
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Bradley’s Elvari® Washroom Accessories Collection Wins Prestigious GOOD DESIGN® Award

2025-01-14 20:45 Last Updated At:21:00

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 14, 2025--

The Elvari ® Washroom Accessories Collection by Bradley Company, innovator of commercial restroom products for more than 100 years, has received the prominent 2024 GOOD DESIGN® Award. The internationally recognized award is presented by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The Elvari Accessories Collection earned a winning designation in GOOD DESIGN’s Bath/Accessories category.

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Elvari Washroom Accessories elevate the look of today’s commercial washrooms by creating an elegant and unified aesthetic while maximizing user functionality. Offering the widest selection of washroom accessories available, such as soap and paper towel dispensers, grab bars, mirrors and more, Elvari accessories feature a common euro style pill-shaped design with smooth curves and soft edges. When specified throughout a washroom, the Elvari collection delivers the perfect blend of symmetry and harmony to integrate spaces.

GOOD DESIGN is renowned as the world's most prestigious and oldest product design award program. Founded in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann Jr., GOOD DESIGN recognizes outstanding product design, innovation and sustainability among new consumer products designed and manufactured in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.

“Bradley is thrilled to have won the prestigious 2024 GOOD DESIGN Award for Elvari Washroom Accessories,” said Jon Dommisse, vice president, business development & strategy, Bradley Company. “Two hallmarks of good restroom design are high aesthetic appeal and functionality. The cohesive collection of Elvari accessories scores high on both counts.”

“Elvari’s minimalist and harmonious design will enhance any commercial setting, such as boutique hotels, high-end retail stores, upscale restaurants or corporate offices. Designers no longer have to settle for industrial and institutional looking washroom accessories.”

Design features enhance maintenance and usability

To expand designers’ visions for restroom design and increase flexibility, Elvari accessories are available in multiple brushed finishes, including Black, Nickel, Stainless, Brass, Bronze and Satin Stainless. These resilient finishes are easy to clean and fingerprint- and corrosion-resistant for long-lasting beauty.

Additional maintenance enhancing technology, such as reliable touch-free operation, refill indicators, and anti-jam features keep Elvari accessories running smoothly and ensure they are well-stocked for continuous usage. Models are available in many sizes, capacities and mounting styles to fit the needs of any restroom.

In addition to GOOD DESIGN, the Elvari Collection has been recognized with seven other product design awards.

For more information, visit https://www.bradleycorp.com/elvari-washroom-accessories and https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/.

For more than 100 years, Bradley has been known as the leader in advanced commercial washrooms and comprehensive emergency safety solutions that make public environments hygienic and safe. Bradley introduced the WashBar, the industry’s first and most specified multi-function touchless handwashing and drying fixture. Washroom accessories, partitions, HDPE and phenolic lockers, as well as emergency safety fixtures and electric tankless heaters round out its product range. Based in Menomonee Falls, WI, Bradley Company, a subsidiary of Watts Water Technologies, serves commercial, institutional and industrial building markets worldwide. www.bradleycorp.com.

Bradley's Elvari® Washroom Collection, winner of the prestigious 2024 Good Design Award, includes a wide selection of accessories with a sleek and curvilinear shape in a variety of beautiful finishes that resist fingerprints. From dispensers to grab bars to mirrors, Elvari helps designers create an elevated, stunning and unified aesthetic in bathroom spaces, while enhancing user functionality. (Photo: Business Wire)

Bradley's Elvari® Washroom Collection, winner of the prestigious 2024 Good Design Award, includes a wide selection of accessories with a sleek and curvilinear shape in a variety of beautiful finishes that resist fingerprints. From dispensers to grab bars to mirrors, Elvari helps designers create an elevated, stunning and unified aesthetic in bathroom spaces, while enhancing user functionality. (Photo: Business Wire)

A man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train in Germany, police said. Several people were slightly injured when firecrackers were set off.

The train was en route from Cologne to Frankfurt on Thursday evening. It was evacuated in Siegburg, not far from Cologne, and federal police said the man was restrained and arrested, German news agency dpa reported. They said he had a knife in his backpack.

The man had shut himself in a bathroom on the train, according to police. German newspaper Bild reported that the firecrackers were thrown into an aisle. Police said several people sustained superficial flesh wounds.

There was no immediate information on the suspect.

Police officers stand on a platform at Siegburg station, where a Deutsche Bahn ICE train is parked, in Siegburg, Germany, early Friday, April 3, 2026, after a man was arrested Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)

Police officers stand on a platform at Siegburg station, where a Deutsche Bahn ICE train is parked, in Siegburg, Germany, early Friday, April 3, 2026, after a man was arrested Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)

A police officer stands on a platform at Siegburg station where a Deutsche Bahn ICE train is parked, in Siegburg, Germany, early Friday, April 3, 2026, after a man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)

A police officer stands on a platform at Siegburg station where a Deutsche Bahn ICE train is parked, in Siegburg, Germany, early Friday, April 3, 2026, after a man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)

A policewoman stands on a platform at Siegburg station, where a Deutsche Bahn ICE train is parked, in Siegburg, Germany, early Friday, April 3, 2026, after a man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)

A policewoman stands on a platform at Siegburg station, where a Deutsche Bahn ICE train is parked, in Siegburg, Germany, early Friday, April 3, 2026, after a man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)

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