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36 P E R S P E C T I V E | S E P T E M B E R / O C TO B E R 2 0 1 6 DXV Design Panel - Reinventing the Classics Through Bath and Kitchen Vignettes Each year, a panel of talented designers are selected and challenged to create a bath or kitchen design concept that draws on the DXV portfolio of products around a given theme. In 2015, the DXV Design Panelists were given the premise of Reinventing the Classics, which tasked each designer with formulating a visual translation of a well- known piece of literature. As with film sets, each designer sought to express the moods, themes and essences of characters through color, texture, lighting, fixtures and detailed accessories. Here are the stunning results of their efforts: Designer Lisa Mende was inspired by the iconic character of Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany 's. To symbolize Holly's simple roots and high class goals, Mende blended retro elements like rough-hewn floors and brick walls, with zebra prints and the sleek DXV Pop lavatory and Rem vessel faucet, adding an upscale, modern feeling to the set. The unmistakable Tiffany shade of blue and the striking DXV St. George