Germophobic, Minimalist Sink Faucet/Lever and Partially Inflatable Bathtub

Wu Chi-Hua and Wang Li-Hsin, have designed the Easy Clean faucet.

The concept is that you turn the water on by depressing the water spout itself, which acts as a lever to trigger waterflow. Thus your filthy, filthy germs from the initial contact are rinsed away by the flow of water. While I find germophobia silly, and I realize motion sensors can do the same trick, I love the look of the minimalist, no-handles-necessary spout.

Another innovation comes from design Su Pin Chia, whose Inflatable Bathtub is intended to ease entry for the elderly.

Get the water running to the right temperature, then step over the low threshold, have a seat in the raised, molded area at the rear of the tub, then hit a button and the front portion of the tub inflates.