Founded in 1924 in Tokoname with the name INA SEITO,INAX was originally a manufacturer of tiles, ceramic pipes, and terra cotta. It began making sanitary ware in 1945. In 1968 it began producing prefab bathrooms and introduced the new concept of “Shower Toilet”. The company became INAX Corporation in 1985, marking its shift from a manufacturing company to a services company. INAX Corporation is now one of the world colossi in the bathroom fixtures market.

 

INAX has won 150 Good Design Awards, including 8 special prizes, for product design.

 

INAX CORPORATION

5-1, Koie-Honmachi, Tokoname, Aichi Pref.  + 479-8585 Japan

 

 

Satis is a simple, space-saving, tankless ceramic toilet. With its 650 mm depth, Satis is the world’s smallest toilet, designed to take up as little space as possible while ensuring user comfort. With its conservative 6-liter flush, Satis is environmentally friendly without cutting corners on design.

 

Designers: Yoshihiko Ando

 

Earth Ceramics are hydrothermically solidified clay tiles that derive from the traditional TATAKI* Japanese flooring. Thanks to their low-temperature treatment, straw or other organic additives may be incorporated to give the tiles greater wear resistance or an enhanced aesthetic effect. In home applications, Earth Ceramics create an extremely comfortable living environment.

 

TATAKI* : In Japan, the “TATAKI” work, one of the solidification technologies of soil at room temperature, has been used since long.  The TATAKI can be described as an extremely small resource and energy required manufacturing technology where there is no use of specific resource and consumption of considerable energy.  

 

Designer: Katsuo Nishiguchi