Culture & Lifestyle
11/03/2025
The TOTO London team has hosted a series of events recently in the Clerkenwell showroom including one centered around the art of Ikebana. The team lead by our UK General Manager, Kazuki Osugi, invited influential architects and interior designers to learn all about this art form. It was also an opportunity to get real life experience of this famous Japanese craft and understand the philosophy behind the design - the seven principles of the Ikebana flower arrangement: silence, minimalism, shape and line, form, humanity, aesthetics, and structure. We were ably guided through the whole process by our teacher; leading Ikebana expert Toshiko Lizuki a highly skilled and well-known practitioner
Brand & Interesting Facts
27/11/2024
TOTO will showcase its world famous WASHLET within a specially designed 45 sq metre stand created by world class architects Squire & Partners. Incorporated into the design, is a foyer reception, a sensory zone and Tea House. The experiential area takes you on a journey into a shadowy space illuminated only by the glow of the WASHLET. The exhibition is inspired by the essay In Praise of Shadows published in 1933 and written by Junichirō Tanizaki. Over 90 years since its original publication and many reprints later this book has become standard reading for many architects.
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