These high-quality towels bring the Japanese design spirit to your bath and home

It’s too easy to ordinary everyday objects take for granted precisely because they are mundane and common. It is, however, where great product design shines the most. It isn’t enough for something to work as advertised; it also has to make the user feel great about it, both in body and in mind. Bath and hand towels seem to be odd objects to fuss over, but it’s also the perfect example of how low-quality materials and poor design can ruin what should have been a relaxing bath. Premium towels, however, don’t need to cost an arm and a leg, and neither do they have to look extravagant. In Japanese culture and design, simple, understated solutions are often the best, and these Japarcana Imabari towels prove that point.

Designer: Taisei

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After taking a bath or even after heavy exercises, our skins tend to be more sensitive than usual. Our minds are also often put into a state where we become more attuned to the things around us, especially what we put near or on our bodies. A soft, absorbent, and durable towel is the perfect complement to a soothing bath and the perfect cap for an exhausting workout, but most towels you buy off the rack aren’t made to be that way, especially after even just a few months.

The imabari Towel Brand Mark – Only given to towels that have passed quality standards in Japan’s largest towel producing area, Imabari.

The Japanese towel industry based in Imabari has long solved this problem, and Japarcana wants to bring that to the rest of the world. Simple and time-proven weaving techniques, high-quality cotton, and strict quality standards all come together to create a towel with excellent water absorption, soft texture, and long-lasting durability. These towels have the imabari towel stamp of approval, something that isn’t just given out to any towel brand.

Yudono – A highly absorbent and durable towel.

Japarcana towels come in two flavors. Yudono, which means “to bathe” in Japanese, is designed to be light, thin, and perfect for almost everyone. Make no mistake, it is also made to be very durable, solving one of the biggest problems with cheap towels. Its softness feels great on the skin after a bath, and its loop pile weaving lets it absorb water with a single swipe, no scrubbing necessary. And to further cement its Japanese roots, the towel’s label utilizes an ukiyo-e illustration depicting traditional Japanese baths, clearly pointing to the towel’s primary function.

Wipes Dry With Excellent Water Absorption – This towel will absorb all liquids with just a simple wipe.

Smooth, Velvety Touch – Has a soft, smooth, and elegant feel to it. It has a moderate thickness and softness that you can enjoy.

Omiyage – Increased volume and softness increased.

For those who want a bit more heft and softness to their bath towels, the Omiyage line is a perfect choice. It uses 100% high-quality Superior Pima Cotton and untwisted yarn to produce a thicker towel that retains its water absorption qualities and even increases its fluffiness. It delivers a more luxurious and premium-feeling towel, befitting the feudal lord or “tono-sama” ukiyo-e illustration on the towel’s label. And just like its name, which means “souvenir,” the Omiyage is like a gift that you give to yourself, one that you’ll treasure for a long time.

Using Untwisted Yarn, Increasing Softness – The yarn in ordinary towels are twisted to give them a durable toughness, but untwisted yarns make the surface fluffy and extremely soft.

It’s a good thing, then, that these towels are made for keeps. Unlike regular towels that thin and wear out after just a few months, these Japarcana towels will last far longer and retain their softness and water absorption long after other towels have given up. It’s like buying the equivalent of three or more towels that you’ll just throw away after a short period of time, making the price of a Japarcana Imabari Towel feel more like a long-term investment than a simple one-off purchase.

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The 7 key features needed to design the best bath towel ever

Take it from the guys at Casamera to figure out how to make the best damn towel on the planet. Over the past year, they’ve focused all their efforts on designing bathrobes so comfortable people prefer working-from-home in them, so if I had to entrust a company with making the most innovative and functional towel, it would probably be these guys.

Casamera claims that there are 7 key features to making a great towel. Its absorbency, weight, texture, size, odor-resistance, ability to dry out, and finally its price. These aren’t details I made up… they’re features listed in Casamera’s ‘Bath Towel Reimagined’, a towel that’s seen over 3 years of research and development. What immediately sets Casamera’s Bath Towel apart is its unique waffle texture – a feature also found in their bathrobe from last year. The texture makes the Bath Towel feel thick, but still remain lightweight, while also increasing the towel’s surface area to aid absorption. The towel isn’t soft too (most soft towels use heavy chemicals and softeners), but it isn’t too hard either. In fact, made from OEKO-TEX certified high-grade Egyptian cotton, the towel feels gentle to the touch, but also has the ability to lightly exfoliate your skin when you massage yourself with it. The Egyptian cotton, combined with the Bath Towel’s waffle texture helps it rapidly absorb water as well as release it, so not only does it help you dry off quickly after your bath, but it self-dries fast too, so you’re never greeted with a musty towel.

Size and shape also play a pretty large role in how good your towel is. The Casamera Bath Towel’s ‘generously oversized’ design makes it easier to use, and even to wear. The towel comes with minimal borders, increasing its functional, absorbent surface, and is large enough to comfortably dry as well as cover your body. It even ships in three sizes, a Hybrid Towel size (a cross between a towel and face towel), the Bath Towel size (the standard), and the Bath Sheet (the largest). All of Casamera’s towels are sustainably produced using all-natural materials in one of Egypt’s oldest weaving factories, and they ship in a Self-Bag made from the same absorbent waffle-textured cotton cloth, eliminating the need for plastic in their packaging. They’re produced with minimal water wastage, minimal chemicals, and minimal emissions. The towels are naturally odor-resistant, and can easily be sanitized by washing at 60°C. While they’re perfect for using at home, their lightweight design makes them easy to travel with too!

Designer: Suliman E.

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Casamera –  Bath Towel Reimagined

A good towel is a dry towel. Casamera’s deep honey-comb like pockets helps it rapidly absorb water. This texture gives it more surface area and allows air to filter through, helping it to dry quicker.

Think waffle-weave only PLUSH.

Soaks up water – It doesn’t just push it around.

The unique, tasty texture feels pleasantly exfoliating on your skin.

Completely plastic and chemical-free.

Garment washed like those luxury apparel brands.

Wash at 60° worry-free (goodbye germs).

Bone-dry by lunchtime.

The Design

What makes their towel good at absorbing moisture is the deep honeycomb-like pockets.

Benefits

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Completely eliminating the need for plastic in the packaging, the self-bag will keep your towels clean and hygienic while making their journey to your door. This bag is completely re-usable, washable, and travel-friendly.

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Could a specially-woven fabric help reduce signs of aging?

This isn’t one of those yellow-makes-me-look-younger or vertical-stripes-make-me-look-thinner sort of deals. The designers behind the Sildior claim to be able to physically pause the signs of aging by relying on a specially engineered fabric with an anti-aging Sericin protein built into it. This is the Sildior, a towel woven from 100% Mulberry Silk, a high-grade silk obtained from the cocoon of the Bombyx mori silkworm. The silkworm is also responsible for producing a protein called Sericin, found in most cosmetics for its ability hydrate the skin and reduce the presence of wrinkles. Engineer the Sericin, a by-product of silk-weaving, back into the silk and you’ve got yourself a fabric that can literally make you look younger!

Partnering with expert silk-weavers in Portugal, designer Mark Reissi created the Sildior, a luxury towel that helps keep your skin hydrated and flawless. The towel comes made 100% from high-quality mulberry silk, and is designed to be hypoallergenic and super-absorbent. Fibers of the towel are infused with the Sericin protein that act upon the skin when you’re wiping yourself down with the towel. The Sildior towels come in a variety of colors and sizes, sporting a graphical representation of the mulberry silk balls that are unwound and woven into the fabric. Anti-aging fabric… what will they think of next?!

Designer: Mark Reissi

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Sildior – World’s Only 100% Mulberry Silk and Anti-aging Towel

Sildior silk towels aren’t just highly absorbent, but the protein “sericin” present in the silk prevents the skin from falling victim to the harmful bacteria that causes unnatural aging and wrinkles in your skin.

100% mulberry silk offers a smooth touch for your skin and does not lose integrity over time. With natural ingredients at their core, the silk towels tend to keep your skin fresh and youthful for a longer period of time.

Why Mulberry Silk

Mulberry silk is 100% natural, odorless, hypoallergenic, highly absorbent, smooth, and doesn’t or damage your soft skin as you dry yourself after a long relaxing hot bath. Every one of their hand, body, and face towels gives you a silky touch and anti-aging treatment of sericin, a natural protein found in mulberry silk.

Sericin, has been proven to prevent wrinkles, spots and age lines. Let the proteins in silk rejuvenate your body with beauty, energy and anti-aging elements so that you stay young and feel youthful for decades to come.

One of the best features of silk towels is that they don’t become corrosive or rough with usage. Silk threads will always stay silky smooth to offer a gentle caressing touch for the skin.

Below: 3 Sizes For Everyday Use

Sildior Towels’ Story

“We are proud to call ourselves the pioneers in the industry of silk towels. Our experts traveled across the globe in search of the top towel manufacturers. From the birthplace of towels, Turkey, to India and Pakistan (home to the largest towel manufacturers in the world), no manufacturer possessed the ability to create a silk towel from 100% silk yarn,” Mark Reissi tells YD.

“Our trip across the globe took us to Portugal, where we found an old and family owned production facility, which specializes in high end towel production. Our team shared our vision with them, and we soon became partners in creating an anti-aging gift for the world. It had never been done before, and we took it upon ourselves to introduce, engineer, and invent the world’s first 100% silk towel.”

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The Giant Tortilla Towel Is Perfect for Burrito Beach

If you’ve ever wanted to wrap yourself up in a blanket of flour, this $35 Tortilla Towel is what you’ve been looking for. Each side is printed with a different photo-realistic tortilla. Now you can be a beach burrito and bake in the sun.

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Check out the video which shows how you can lay in this thing and turn yourself into all sorts of tortilla related dishes. Some people say this looks like an old ratty towel with a bunch of stains as opposed to a tortilla, but they’re just jealous they can’t fold themselves within it’s awesomeness.

Actually, they may have a point. Unless you know what it is supposed to be, it kind of looks like like a dog peed all over it. Nevermind. Sorry I even brought it up.

[via Geekologie]

Light Side/Dark Side Bath Towel: Dry Your Bum with the Dark Side

I’ve never wondered how Darth Vader bathes; I would assume it would be in a dark room with dark towels since he was on the Dark Side of the Force.

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With this Light Side/Dark Side towel, you can decide each morning which side you will butter your toast on. You can dry your face with the Light Side and your bum with the dark side, or vice versa.

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It’s a 59″ x 31-1/2″ bath-size towel, made from 100% cotton. You can get yours at ThinkGeek for $29.99(USD). That seems like a lot of money, but I’d wager Star Wars fanatics would buy one, then hang it on the towel rack never to be used like Mom did with her “good” towels back in the day.

Gato is a Beach Towel and Game Board in One

What does Gato have that your average beach towel doesn’t? A game printed on it, that’s what. It’s handy for those times when everyone has had enough of the sun, sand, and sea and are in the mood for some board games.
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Clearly board games are too bulky to take to the beach, so Gato’s creators integrated the game to the towel– which is something you can’t go to the beach without. How’s that for clever? Four different games are available, and players can use sea shells or bottle caps for the tokens, so there are no extra accessories or game pieces needed.

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Gato is currently up for funding on Kickstarter, where a minimum pledge of $29(USD) will get you one of your very own.

Geeky Children’s Hooded Towels: Robeplaying

Bait your kids into taking a bath with these awesome hooded towels made by Etsy shop Middle Brained Canvas. They’re based on Star Wars, Harry Potter, Disney movies and of course dinosaurs.

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I want that white dinosaur towel so bad. Middle Brained Canvas sells the towels for $25 (USD) to $35 each.

[via Gizmodo]

Kitchen Towels Look Like Sushi Rolls

These kitchen towels that look like sushi when rolled up would be a cute addition to your decor. They are the creation of Jenny Pokryvailo, the designer who also brought us the Nessie ladle.

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I guess you could use them to dry yourself off, or better yet to wipe up spills of soy sauce and wasabi. No matter how you use them you are probably a fan of sushi if you have these around.

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Sadly, you can’t buy these yet, but you never know. Maybe they will be mass produced at some point since people would obviously love these in their home. How could these not become a reality?

[Behance via Foodiggity]

The Walking Dead Beach Towel Is Perfect for Vacations on Dead Island

The winter was long and cold in many parts of the country, but thankfully it’s almost over for most of us. If you are gearing up to hit the pool, lake, or beach sometime soon you may need a new towel to take with you. Fans of The Walking Dead will be hard pressed to find a cooler towel than this.

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This is a Walking Dead officially licensed towel that says “Don’t open, dead inside.” It has chained doors and zombie hands reaching through to eat the yummy meat sack on the other side.

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The towel is made from cotton and no walkers were harmed in its construction. It measures 59″ x 29.5″ and can be purchased for $19.99(USD).

I’ve always wondered why no one set up camp on a beach since you wouldn’t have to worry about Walkers sneaking up behind you. The beach is a good idea unless Walkers can swim or creepily walk across the bottom of the ocean and pop out unexpectedly.

His and Hers: Star Wars Han and Leia Hand Towels

Star Wars Han and Leia Bathroom Hand Towels

 

There’s nothing like love that transcends borders. Kind of like the one Princess Leia and Han Solo share. Back in 2005, Lucas confirmed that Leia and Han did, indeed, live happily ever after. That’s something everyone already assumed, but still, it was nice to get confirmation. Now you can be reminded of that fact every day with these Han and Leia Hand Towels that’ll add a little extra something in your bathroom.

These soft towels have silhouettes of Leia and Han on one side and the Rebel Alliance insignia on the other side. It isn’t complete without the Star Wars logo, so you’ll find that in the corner. You’ve always said it with roses; why not declare your love with towels this year?

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The Han and Leia Hand Towels are officially-licensed Star Wars merchandise and are available online for $19.99.

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