Design
The Toilet of the Future Folds Up Like a Cute Snail
The low-flow fixture curls into itself like a frightened gastropod.
For this edition of Toilet Wednesday (nothing sneaky going on here), there's this entry from the outer reaches of the bathroom-design nexus. Its name is the "Iota" toilet, it is water and space efficient, and it curls up into itself like a cute snail startled by a sudden movement.
The "Iota" is a project from two students at Britain's University of Huddersfield, Gareth Humphreys and Elliott Whiteley, who wanted to create a commode that didn't waste much water and could fit into a small bathroom. So they cranked out this smooth-looking design, which they claim has more than 50 percent of the water savings of a normal toilet.