Dezeen promotion: during this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, bathroom brand Toto will present its latest products alongside an exhibition that explores design in the contemporary Japanese household.
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the Japanese brand, The Art of Everyday will take place in the Toto showroom from 23 to 25 May, and is curated by industrial designer David Tonge.
Toto will showcase its latest products in an exhibition for Clerkenwell Design Week
Visitors to Toto's Clerkenwell concept store will find photographs that have been personally annotated by Tonge, each presenting different domestic activities, including bathing, sleeping, cooking and eating.
A talk at the space on the 23 May will see a panel of experts discuss Japanese design and its influence on British culture. The panel will include Tonge, London designer David Keech, Royal College of Art professor Sarah Teasley and design commentator Max Fraser. New pieces on show will include the Floatation bathtub
"It is the everyday things there that constantly surprise and delight, be it the objects, architecture, packaging, food, craftsmanship, rituals or their faultless hospitality," said Fraser, a self-confessed Japan addict.
Toto will also present its latest bathroom collections during Clerkenwell Design Week.
Also on show will be bestselling products including the Washlet toilets
Among the new pieces will be the Floatation bathtub, which the company has spent 10 years researchi...