Known for its fabulously fashionable and functional faucet designs, Italian company Fima Carlo Frattini introduces the latest technology for the kitchen – the Nomos faucet. This next-generation kitchen mixer boasts electronic mechanics that add comfort and convenience while throwing safety, efficiency and quality into the mix, so to speak. This mixer lets you precisely adjust water quantity, pressure and temperature, and it even alerts you in case of malfunction – a handy feature, you’ll agree, if you’ve ever had the misfortune of a leaky faucet and the resulting damage in your kitchen.

Comfort and convenience is literally at your fingertips with this touch-activated kitchen faucet. As seen splashed all over television and the Internet, the Delta Pilar Pull-Down faucet has become a popular kitchen essential. If you like Delta’s manual design, this touch-activated faucet boasts the same sleek style and contemporary chrome finish, but upgraded with added convenience that you’ll wonder how you ever did without. The Pilar Pull-Down faucet features a high-arc spout in a design inspired by the fusion of technology and nature. Using the ToucH2O technology, water can be turned on or off by touching anywhere on its arched spout.

The Progressive kitchen mixers by Gessi use photocells to function. These innovative kitchen mixers sport simple, slim-lined spouts with incorporated handles for a sleek, minimalist look. Toward the base of the mixer, an integrated temperature control lets you go from hot to cold with ease, while near the mouth of the spout a separate control lets you regulate the strength of the stream. A photocell, positioned for your convenience, works on a remote-control system. With the simple swipe of a hand – or your arm, or elbow, whatever appendage is unoccupied at the moment – you have hands-free operation on your mixer.

Looking for a “very manly, muscular man’s faucet”? Hansgrohe does it best with its new commercial style kitchen faucet, the Axor Citterio Prep Faucet. This stylish kitchen faucet has got brawn and beauty, packing quite the punch into a new, smaller frame. The faucet measures approximately 15 inches high, with a spout that extends seven inches from the base. “The new prep faucet’s smaller, stylish proportions help make food preparation easier in tighter kitchen spaces,” says Nicolas Grohe, Director of Product Development and Marketing for Hansgrohe in North America. A sleek spout and single-lever controls deliver simplicity and a strong, masculine presence to any style kitchen.

For a splash of style in your kitchen check out these new contemporary faucets by Grohe. The Veris kitchen faucet features sharp angles combined with softly curved edges and totally cool finishes for a truly unique, transitional edge to your modern culinary space. If you want something futuristic without going over the edge, these minimalist Grohe kitchen faucets bring it! With a focus on the “joystick-style” operating lever, the design incorporates ergonomics and elegance to a fully functional kitchen essential. For the more-traditional chefs, a polished chrome finish will appeal, but if you’re feeling a little more adventurous in the style department, the Frosted Titanium, Velvet Black or Moon White finish deliver sharp contrasts for an unusual yet inviting look.