Facility: a magazine about bathrooms Issue 1 by Erin Sheehy

Eating food and eliminating waste are fundamental to human experience. But while there is a robust culture around food, there’s virtually none around the toilet. Conversationally, architecturally, politically, artistically, we spend too little time celebrating or critiquing this space that we visit—and the things that we do there—every day. The bathroom has not been thoroughly plumbed. Facility’s rigorous study of toilets—toiletry, we might call it—explores the rich and multifarious sights, smells, textures, feelings, ideas, and routines behind the nicknames, beyond the placards.

This issue contains: An interview with plumbers, bath riots on the El Paso-Juárez border, the origins of sex-segregated bathrooms, urine drinking, a history of fluorescent lighting. Plus reviews of pills, ductwork, glycerin, and mirrors. And more!