114eoe_MODERNISM + THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CLEAN WHITE BATHROOM 1:

That which is not present is not necessarily that not wanted. Take the humble bidet for example. As a fitting, the bidet is today not commonly present in most modern bathrooms. Does the bidet’s absence from the British bathroom landscape, mean that standards of hygiene have regressed from Victorian times or has the humble bar of soap (via Ecosoapia dispensers) taken over? Visibility does not always equate to desire. The bidet’s disappearance probably has more to do with the spatial economics of bathroom real estate than any societal improvement in personal cleansing.

In Asia personal hygiene includes a separation of hand tasks: left = kitchen, right = bathroom…

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