# Celebs turn loo seats into art for World Toilet Day - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/11/22/celebs-turn-loo-seats-into-art-for-world-toilet-day/ - Published: 2021-11-22T10:58:56+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **Artists, fashion designers and celebrities turned toilet seats into art as part of a project with WaterAid and the Rankin Agency for this month’s World Toilet Day.** World Toilet Day took place on Friday, 19 November, with [WaterAid](https://www.wateraid.org/uk/) and the Rankin Agency teaming up with 25 celebrities including Harry Hill, Dame Zandra Rhodes, Val Garland, Pam Hogg, Ozwald Boateng, Martin Parr and Boy George. Their ‘Best Seats in the House’ were photographed by the Rankin Agency and lift the lid on how toilets are a luxury out of reach for millions around the world. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) [The collection](https://www.wateraid.org/uk/toilet-art) includes a golden throne, punk art, seats decorated in beautiful fabric, and a lucky toilet seat. * ![Designer Ozwald Boateng's toilet seat design for the WaterAid x Rankin Best Seat in the House for World Toilet Day 2021](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/ 2021/11/MED259_037_©-RANKIN_WaterAid_-2021_3500-px-1024x768.jpg) * By designer Ozwald Boateng. ©RANKIN/WaterAid, 2021 * ![Artist Seema Mattu toilet seat design for WaterAid x Rankin Best Seat in the House for World Toilet Day 2021](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2021/11/ MED259_045_©-RANKIN_WaterAid_-2021_3500-px-1024x768.jpg) * By artist Seema Mattu. ©RANKIN/WaterAid, 2021 * ![Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes toilet seat design for WaterAid x Rankin's Best Seat in the House for World Toilet Day](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/ 2021/11/MED259_051_©-RANKIN_WaterAid_-2021_3500-px-1024x768.jpg) * By designer Dame Zandra Rhodes. ©RANKIN/WaterAid, 2021 * ![Comedian and presenter Harry Hill's toilet seat design for the WaterAid x Rankin Best Seat in the House for World Toilet Day 2021](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads. cloud/2021/11/MED259_018_©-RANKIN_WaterAid_-2021_3500-px-1024x768.jpg) * By comedian Harry Hill. ©RANKIN/WaterAid, 2021 * ![Fashion Designer Pam Hogg's toilet seat design for the WaterAid x Rankin Best Seat in the House for World Toilet Day 2021](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/ 2021/11/MED259_039_©-RANKIN_WaterAid_-2021_3500-px-1024x768.jpg) * By fashion designer Pam Hogg. ©RANKIN/WaterAid, 2021 * ![Artist Daisy Collingridge toilet seat design for WaterAid x Rankin Best Seat in the House for World Toilet Day 2021](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/ 2021/11/MED259_012_©-RANKIN_WaterAid_-2021_3500-px-1024x728.jpg) * By artist Daisy Collingridge. ©RANKIN/WaterAid, 2021 * ![Artist Chila Burman toilet seat design for WaterAid x Rankin Best Seat in the House for World Toilet Day 2021](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2021/11/ MED259_011_©-RANKIN_WaterAid_-2021_3500-px-1024x768.jpg) * By artist Chila Burman. ©RANKIN/WaterAid, 2021 Dame Zandra Rhodes said: > “A working toilet should be a basic human right for everyone, but almost two billion > people around the world don’t have access to something so important. I have turned > a conventional item into a piece of art. One of my archive prints ‘Chinese Water > Circles’ can be seen printed onto silk organza and draped over the seat to emulate > water. It has created perfect waves and golden swirls, to highlight that a toilet > and access to water is, unfortunately, in some countries, still a luxury.” Rankin commented: > “The toilet really is the Best Seat in the House, and that’s what we want to show > through this campaign. Toilets can make us feel a little uncomfortable. Using > the toilet seat as a canvas is an accessible and engaging way to put the spotlight > on toilets and get people talking about them. The designs are fun, but carry an > important message – that everyone everywhere needs a decent toilet. And by supporting > WaterAid, we can help get toilets into schools around the world.” With one in five people globally having no decent toilet at home, the charity has launched its Thirst for Knowledge appeal to help it deliver clean water and toilets to communities in Nepal and elsewhere around the world. The UK government is matching public donations made between 16 November and 15 February 2022 up to £2 million. * **[8 celebrities supporting charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/11/24/8-celebrities-supporting-charities/)**( 24 November 2021) * **[7 celebrities supporting UK good causes](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/01/28/7-celebrities-supporting-uk-good-causes/)**( 28 January 2022) * **[Gareth Thomas named Postcode Hero for HIV work, & other celeb news](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/05/19/gareth-thomas-named-postcode-hero-for-hiv-work-other-celeb-news/)**( 19 May 2022)