Heritage Japanese brand TOTO entered the UK in 2009, disrupting a design market where it was little known at the time. Now, it is specified in some of the hottest hotels. Here is the brand’s latest award-winning design…
An expression of respect, Kaizen is a working philosophy and a methodological concept in Japan whereby improvement, optimisation and perfection are continuously strived for.
It is no surprise therefore that the Japanese bathroom brand TOTO has released an identical-looking version of its luxury WASHLET toilet (why fix it if it isn’t broken?), which has taken the bathroom and hospitality industry by storm with more than 60 million sold worldwide, but with advanced technologies for improved comfort and aesthetics.
TOTO NEOREST WX1 | Image credit: TOTO
Every principle in TOTO’s design philosophy is reflected in the WASHLET: NEOREST WX1’s harmonious, understated form and comfortable size. A debut for TOTO, the NEOREST WX1 model utilises a new ceramic material that “prevents the ceramic from warping as much during the firing process,” explained Kohei Tsuki, Director of Product Management for TOTO Europe. The result of which is finer, more elegant lines in the finished product.
Image credit: TOTO
With the growing trend of bathrooms becoming more restful, or spa-like spaces, for guests — you can’t have missed the term ‘spathroom‘ popping up all over the spot — it is brands such as TOTO with detailed technological and aesthetic enhancements that are improving moments in the bathroom and making our time spent in them a perfect break from everyday life.
Due to its major successes as a producer of high-quality products with ultimate hygiene and comfort technologies, TOTO WASHLETs are specified in some of the most luxury hotels across the globe, including the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, Emory, Marriott, Nobu and Rosewood properties to name a few. We have no doubt TOTO’s newest unveiling will be spotted alongside very soon.
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Main image credit: TOTO
