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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)

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s parliament on Friday appointed right-wing populist politician Janez Jansa as the new prime minister, in a shift for the small European Union country that was previously run by a liberal government.

Lawmakers backed Jansa in a 51-36 vote in the 90-member assembly. The new prime minister will need to come back to Parliament within the next 15 days for another vote to confirm his future Cabinet.

Jansa's appointment concludes a postelection stalemate in Slovenia after a parliamentary ballot two months ago ended practically in a tie. Former liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob's Freedom Movement won by a thin margin but he was unable to muster a parliamentary majority.

Jansa and his populist Slovenian Democratic Party signed a coalition agreement this week with several right-wing groups. The new government also has the backing of a nonestablishment Truth party that first emerged as an anti-vaccination movement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new term in office will be the fourth for the veteran Slovenian politician. Jansa, 67, is an admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump and was a close ally of former populist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who was defeated in a landslide election last month.

Jansa in a speech listed the economy, fight against corruption and red tape, and decentralization as key goals of the future government. He has promised to lower taxes for the rich and support private education and healthcare.

Critical of the previous government's alleged “inefficiency," Jansa said the new government will turn Slovenia into “a country of opportunity, prosperity and justice, where each responsible citizen will feel safe and accepted."

Like Orban, Jansa was staunchly anti-immigrant during the huge migration wave to Europe in 2015. Also like Orban, Jansa has faced accusations of clamping down on democratic institutions and press freedoms during a previous term in 2020-2022. This led to protests at the time, and scrutiny from the European Union.

Golob in his speech described Jansa as “the greatest threat to Slovenia’s sovereignty and democracy."

Alleging that Jansa had threatened to arrest him, Golob said Jansa's "idea of democracy is that anyone who dares speak a word against you deserves only the worst.”

Jansa, a supporter of Israel, also has been a stern critic of the Golob government's 2024 recognition of a Palestinian state.

The vote on March 22 was marred by allegations of foreign influence and corruption. The around 2 million people in the Alpine nation are deeply divided between liberals and conservatives.

Janez Jansa, center, addresses the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)

Janez Jansa, center, addresses the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)

Janez Jansa arrives for a session of the Slovenian Parliament in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)

Janez Jansa arrives for a session of the Slovenian Parliament in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)

Janez Jansa addresses the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)

Janez Jansa addresses the Slovenian Parliament during a session in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Friday, May 22, 2026, before appointing him as prime minister, ending a political deadlock after tight elections in March. (AP Photo/Igor Kupljenik)

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