RainSky by Dornbracht is a stunning shower that comes in a variety of downward pours with names like RainSky, BigRain and JustRain.
The showers are integrated right into the ceiling so that there is no protruding showerhead.
While the website has a red letter warning about how "the showers are not yet able to meet any USA or Canadian building codes, product approvals or applicable law for use as a plumbing device...", it has to be only a matter of time, because let's face it, we Americans love our shower! Check them out. They look amazing!
When I first saw pictures of this shower a few weeks back, I thought immediately of the 1967 Mario Bava comic-to-screen spy thriller "Danger: Diabolik" (starring John Phillip Law in the title role). There is a scene in which Diabolik and his partner-in-crime (and in bed) Eva enter his underground lair.
It's a prolonged sequence that is all about the set design. Each area of the lair looks like Verner Panton on steroids--boldly striped carport/turnatable with an overhead light fixture with a photo print of the surface of the moon, rotating multi-level round bed, geometric light installations, slick surfaces and finishes. And the his-and-her showers? Each of them is equipped with a similar rainfall water shower feature. Each shower room is encased in glass, with a floating translucent plexiglass circle or square positioned at torso-level for peek-a-boo modesty. And the entire sequence is accompanied by a breathy Ennio Morricone composition called "Deep, Deep Down". Fab! [Footnote: Roman Coppola has an homage to this sequence--including the shower--in his film-within-a-film movie "CQ".
This cult movie was just released on DVD in July and is a must-see for fans of late 60s modern design.