On June 7, the 2023 China Smart Sanitary Ware Industry Trend Salon with the theme of "Smart, Clean, Beautiful and Cozy Space" was held in Shanghai. Industry experts, well-known scholars, brand representatives, professional designers, fashion home media, Little Red Riding Book experts and related media gathered together to talk about new opportunities in the sanitary ware industry and draw a new blueprint for the development of the industry.

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As the most private space in the life scene, the change of bathroom space is the most obvious. From iron washstand, old-fashioned squatting toilet, rope flushing, to intelligent washbasin and intelligent toilet, from "dry and wet separation" to "solitude space" to "color value revolution", consumers' demand for bathroom space is constantly changing, which also leads the direction of product reform in the bathroom industry.

Intelligence is the development trend of bathroom products has become a consensus in the industry. From the intelligent induction lamp entering the door to the automatic opening of the toilet cover, automatic heating, automatic flushing and automatic ventilation, the whole process of getting up at night does not need to touch the dark to find the switch, does not need to worry about soiling hands, and realizes the whole process without feeling. "Intelligent" intervention, so that bathroom products in addition to the traditional tool attributes, with more development space and acceleration.

China Household Electrical Appliances Association Smart Sanitary Ware Committee Gao Dianmei believes that smart bathroom products make our lives more harmonious and comfortable. Wang Wenqi, chief design officer of Wrigley Home Group, said that good bathroom products must combine function and aesthetics to serve users' experience needs in space or single items. In the view of CTO Liu Xiang of Panasonic Sanitary Ware, intelligence is not simply stacking technology on products, but solving the real pain points of consumers' needs, thus improving product comfort. Zhang Jie, director of the design department of Jiumu bathroom cabinet, said that the current level of intelligence in the bathroom space still needs to be improved, and the entire bathroom industry needs to work together.

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In addition to the infinite convenience brought by intelligence, the upgrade of the color value of the bathroom space has also become another major demand for consumers to relax themselves and soothe their hearts.

Qiu Song, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, said that the connotation of aesthetics is rich. In addition to the appearance, it really reflects more interaction and experience in the process of use. "The sound and taste of bathroom products will produce aesthetic feeling to users." In his view, the ultimate trend of future home aesthetics is to connect people, environment, and equipment together through aesthetics to form a comprehensive feeling. Guo Jun, a special designer of the mansion villa, believes that it is the trend to achieve our relatively comfortable living environment through humanized and intelligent products.

In short, from the aesthetic intervention of bathroom space, so that bathroom products become an important part of the home space set, is likely to be an important trend in the development of home appliances in the future.