The Cleaning Robot That Knows When a Bathroom Needs It
Public restrooms have, for the longest time, been a design afterthought. They get built, they get scheduled for cleaning twice a day, and everything that…
Bathrooms
Roca’s New Bathtub and Basin Turn Recycled PET Bottles Into Sculptural Bathroom Design
The plastic bottles in your recycling bin have a surprisingly glamorous potential future. Roca’s Stonex material comes from recycled PET resin, and the expanded Ohtake…
People Are Putting This $3,000 Toilet on Their Wedding Registry
The toilet is one of those objects we use every single day, and yet it has somehow remained completely untouched by the design revolution sweeping…
Dental Floss Finally Got the Premium EDC Upgrade It Always Deserved
Everyday carry culture has done something interesting to the way we think about the small objects in our pockets. Lighters, pens, and multi-tools have long…
Kohler’s Smart Shower Purifies and Recirculates up to 80% of Water per Shower
For a decade, the smart shower category was essentially a thermostatic valve with an app stapled to it. Not particularly useful unless you consider “Hey…
This AI Bathtub Concept Figures Out Your Tension Points, Then Runs Itself
The bathroom is probably the last space in the home where smart technology has made any real dent. AI assistants have crept into living rooms,…
QPearl Just Replaced Your Shampoo Bottle With One Pearl
When a product wins a design award, the first instinct is to assume it looks incredible. That’s usually the point: sleek lines, a bold color…
This Blue Light Toothbrush Whitens Teeth 2.7x Brighter in 14 Days
Most bathroom counters tell a story of good intentions. There’s the electric toothbrush, the whitening strips half-squeezed out of their foil, maybe a tray or…
Dinoosh Dispenses Dino Paw Print Soap, Changes Color When Done
Kids explore everything with their hands, but rarely wash them long enough, even when adults remind them. The recommended 20 seconds feels like forever to…
LuneUp Ceramic Basins Can Double as Barbecue Grills
Italian bathroom brand Terzofoco has launched LuneUp, a versatile system of hand-thrown ceramic pedestals that challenges conventional thinking about bathroom design. Created by designer Emanuel…
This 15-Minute Human Washing Machine Finally Solved Shower Time
Remember when the future promised us flying cars and automated everything? Well, Japan just delivered on part of that promise with something wonderfully bizarre: a…
This $599 Camera From Kohler Sits on Your Toilet to Track Your Health
Let me be honest: when I first heard about a camera for your toilet, my initial reaction was less “wow, innovative” and more “absolutely not.”…