Understated Presence
Our wish is to provide,
as an integral part of everyday life, enrichment to every person.
Our goal is to design products
with integrity and longevity,
to which people form an attachment over time.
Weaving together spaces that are beautiful and comfortable,
and experiences that are pleasant.
This is the TOTO design.
Users play the leading role and design plays a supporting role.
This is our concept of “Understated Presence.”
The essence of “ Understated Presence ” is our concept of users in the leading role,
with design playing a supporting role. We are committed to designing products that can be used comfortably every day,
in consideration of our users and their lifestyles.
Episodes that unravel Understated Presence
A beauty that resides
in easy-to-use tools
Many excellent tools have supported our lives since ancient times.
Those tools are easily used without conscious thought
and have an unobtrusive beauty that becomes a part of daily life
through the graceful form of their use.
This is a concept that we value and pursue when designing our products.
Consider the rice bowl. Its base makes it easy to hold without burning your hand. It also naturally makes the way you hold it beautiful.
This is a traditional iron kettle. The pattern on the surface increases the surface area to improve heat retention, but it is also decorative and pleasing to the eye.
A Japanese kitchen knife looks simple, but its form is necessary to enhance the knife's sharpness and to best match certain ingredients and cooking styles. The more you use it, the better it fits your hand, creating a feeling of attachment.
Designs that harmonize with
and complement your home
Living spaces are decorated and
finished by the people who live there according to their own tastes.
We want our products, which constitute spaces
as a construction material,
to be designed to complement, not hinder,
the daily lives of many kinds of people.
As construction materials, our products enhance unique lifestyles while harmonizing with the space surrounded by users' favorite furniture, accessories, plants, and other items.
We provide environments that facilitate and enhance our users' unique decorations and arrangements.
Our designs allow the feeling that gently blends with a richness of time with seasonal decorations of flowers, plants, and trees.
The three design elements
The three design elements that realize “Understated Presence”
“A part of everyday life”
“Offers peace of mind”
“Gentle to the human body”
Our designs allow unconscious use with comfortable movements and postures.
They are beautifully designed to provide comfortable daily experiences.
“Harmonizes with space”
“Pleasant interface between people and objects”
“Beautiful appliance”
We create spaces that blend by eliminating unnecessary elements and allowing room for residents to create arrangements. Through design, we create forms that blend with architectural spaces, touch the human body, and feel comfortable.
“A part of everyday life”
“Offers peace of mind”
“Gentle to the human body”
Our designs allow unconscious use with comfortable movements and postures.
They are beautifully designed to provide comfortable daily experiences.
Products created under the TOTO
design philosophy have won prestigious international design awards.
Award Winning Products
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An internationally renowned design award since 1953.
It is held at iF International Forum Design GmbH in Hannover, Germany.
Products whose aesthetics, functionality, and innovativeness have been strictly examined
and recognized by design experts.
Award Winning Products
2023
2022
Overhead Shower ROUND
Overhead Shower SQUARE
Shower Column
2021
TLE27/TLE30 series
TLE28/TLE31 series
CE series ROUND
CE series SQUARE
2020
2019
GM series
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2009
RENESSE
Awarded to especially exceptional products among iF awardees, with a less than 2% chance of winning.
An internationally renowned design award since 1955.
Held at Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany.
Products that have been strictly examined and recognized
by design experts against standards of innovativeness, functionality, quality, and so forth.
Award Winning Products
2023
2022
2021
TLE23 series
TLE24 series
TLE25 series
TLE26 series
2020
GB series
GF series
2019
ZA series
GE series
GC series
GM series
2018
GA series
GS series
2017
GR series
GO series
2016
2015
2014
2013
2011
NYMPHEAS*
2010
2009
Awarded to especially exceptional products among Red Dot awardees, with a less than 2% chance of winning.
TLE24 series
GO series
An internationally renowned sustainable design award since 2009.
Hosted by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum Architecture and Design in United States,
and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies in Ireland.
Product that has been strictly examined and approved by experts for sustainable
performance such as CO2 reduction and energy saving.
Award Winning Technology for sustainability
2023
(Suction type)
2021
2020
with Built-in Sensor
2018
2016
• “WASHLET” and “WASHLET logo” are trademark or registered trademark of TOTO LTD.
• Products marked with * at the end are discontinued products.
