A recent photo book from Lonely Planet presents these essential utilities in all their glory. “Toilets: A Spotter’s Guide” can’t redeem the president’s racist metaphor, but it offers a delightful tour of ingenuity around the world. Designed to look like the “boggly-eyes” of a giant crustacean, this pair of toilets was built in hopes of attracting tourists to the waterfront. Never scatological, always respectful and often impishly witty, “Toilets” is a breezy look at the most essential but often overlooked utility. Ron Charles is the editor of Book World and host of TotallyHipVideoBook Review.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2018 20:03 UTC