Snowtone Wastebasket

Like it or not, reading material is something many of us turn to in the bathroom. Usually racks for storing our second office reading collection are made for the toilet tank or combined with the paper roll, but this idea is truly unique — reading stand-slash-trash can cover. If reading in the bathroom grosses you out, you're certainly not going to be interested in this.

Marginally better would be if we used the wastebasket for recyclables only, or for storing additional magazines. Our favorite part about it is the curve of the top edge, that mimics the natural fall of a magazine cover.

The snowtone is a design by Stephan Hauser, an industrial designer out of Tokyo.

Comments (10)

Reading in the bathroom only freaks me out a little bit. What freaks me out even more is picking up a magazine that's been sitting atop trash.

posted by spaceagemouse on March 4th 2008 at 11:57am
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Agreed spaceagemouse! I'm okay with reading in the bathroom, but on the garbage can? Come on now!

posted by Mimi on March 4th 2008 at 12:00pm
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ew!

posted by my little apartment on March 4th 2008 at 12:26pm
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Brilliant.

posted by reiskid on March 4th 2008 at 1:33pm
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That's gross!

posted by Comicgeek on March 4th 2008 at 2:15pm
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A perfect example of art imitating life.

posted by nazrd on March 4th 2008 at 7:00pm
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Though I do not read in the bathroom, personally. I know it's a fact that many people do and have come to grips with it.

Very witty! Love the clean, subtle design of it.

posted by PlanItGirl on March 5th 2008 at 7:05am
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Spaceagemouse said it best.

posted by Gwen on March 5th 2008 at 8:46am
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That's disgusting. I don't even like to touch my bathroom wastebasket when I empty it. I couldn't imagine wanting to place a book or magazine on it, one that other people will want to pick up and read as well.

As a matter of fact, the whole idea of reading materials in the bathroom is disgusting to me. When I go to someone's home and they have reading materials nicely displayed in the restroom, I cringe.

posted by orangejuce on March 6th 2008 at 9:21am
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I too suggest using the wastebasket exclusively to store magazines in the bathroom as long as it is not next to the toilet or the actual trash can. Whether you like it or not, many people do read when they go to the toilet. Therefore, the top acts as a neat place to deposit the magazine; a lot better than the floor, the counter or the tank top.

posted by At Home with kim vallee on March 9th 2008 at 11:37am
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