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Bathtope lets you set up a removable bathtub in your bathroom

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One of my favorite parts about hotel stays is if there is a bathtub. I put in my favorite soaks and just while my worries away if only for a few minutes and if only for a day. My bathroom in my apartment does not have a space for it of course, so it is a luxury I can afford on staycations. It would be nice to have a removable bathtub that I can use every once in a while of course.

Designer: LIXIL Corporation

To celebrate their 100th anniversary, Japanese plumbing and tile company LIXIL Corporation is launching Bathtope, a bathroom space with a removable bathtub. Basically it’s a fabric that you can fill up with hot or cold (or lukewarm) water and it will serve as your bathtub. When you’re done using it, you can fold it up and hang it and that space becomes your shower area.

Bathtope is made from a single sheet of fabric and the design is inspired by both kimono and origami. They used just one cut to lessen the possibility of water leaks. To set up the fabric baththub, you need to attach hooks on the walls with which to suspend the cloth from. It is able to adjust its zie and form to the space that you decide to set it up in.

Thus unique bathroom space will be available for consumers by November this year but it will be on display at DesignArt Tokyo 2024 this month. Even though I still don’t have space in my current bathroom, it’s an interesting option for those who want to have their own bathtub without going through the hassles of installing one.

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Japanese-inspired furniture line is made from recyclable, colorful fabric

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There are pieces of furniture that serve their purpose in your living space even if they’re not always that well-designed. Then there are those that you don’t really understand what they’re for but they’re just so pretty or fits into your aesthetic that you just know you need to have them. Of course if those pieces are also sustainable and eco-friendly, that’s a great bonus. Well, it would also be great if they can actually do what they’re supposed to do while looking pretty and saving the earth.

Designer: Nendo for Paola Lenti

Italian furniture brand Paola Lenti unveiled their collaboration with Japanese design firm Nendo at the Milan Design Week. The Hanara-shi series of furnishings and complements look like art pieces at first glance. Their shapes and designs are inspired by Japanese culture of course, specifically the cherry trees that are starting to be in full bloom in Japan right now. There’s also some inspiration from ancient samurai armours if you look closely at the fabrics and patterns.

While their colors are really attractive and eye-catching, I couldn’t figure out at first what they were supposed to be. But upon closer inspection (of the photos and the website), there are suspended lamps, baskets, floor lamps, armchairs, and poufs/ottomans included in the collection. The fabric used is Maris mesh which is recyclable and made from 100% polypropylene waterproof material. Unlike other furniture which starts from the design, this one started from showing the fabric that they will be designing and that’s when the ideas started to flow.

Since the material is rigid, marbled in colour but textured, flexible, and malleable, they were able to fold and wrap them on themselves to create this line of products. There are of course welded elements to put them all together but the main star of this Hanara-shi series is definitely the fabric and how they designed it to create these pieces of furniture. The upholstery and inlays used are also recovered cutoffs from previous processes so you can say that not only are they beautiful but they’re also friendly to the earth.

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