An espresso machine is a challenging object to design, on the one hand you have to innovate and appeal to the eye, and on the other hand it has to be pragmatic and intuitive to use as is the original design of an espresso machine.
Designer: Adam Zerbib
Far far away in a land where home seems distant and the drive feels long is a place we call the office. The standard 9-5 job seems to be disappearing fast and many people are finding themselves eating lunch and dinner in office. It’s not exactly a healthy practice since desks are usually infested with more bacteria than the kitchen. So designers Simon Kingston and James Rennick decided to make that their challenge when German kitchen and appliance manufacturer Miele asked them to come up with an idea for the kitchen of the future.
Designer: Simon Kingston & James Rennick [ Via: Core 77 ]
Since space comes as a premium, we need to design for a flexible lifestyle. Case in point is the kitchen. This design by Wiwat Pitakpongsanit takes multidisciplinary worktops to the extreme. This kitchen counter top is a place to cook, serve, meet, party, eat, and work. By reconfiguring the different sections, you can create a work surface to meet your needs.
Designer: Wiwat Pitakpongsanit
A porcelain teapot is put in its associated holding device where it can be swayed forward well, directed so that the tea can be easily poured into a cup without having to lift the teapot. Furthermore the holding device is able to boil up the liquid in the teapot and to keep it warm precisely on different temperatures.
Designer: Lotte Alpert
Hurly Burly is a fume hood both for smaller and spacious kitchens. It only needs four screws to be attached to the wall and does show similarities to a common office desk lamp. Even though a fume outlet is not necessary – Hurly Burly relies on the air circulation in the room – it is perfectly smell safe due to its activated-carbon filter.
Designer: Inseq Design Studio
The Toasty Single Serving Toaster not only makes your morning toast, it does it in the most kickin’ way possible: cassette-deck style. Every morning your toast will pop out just like that Le Freak mix tape you loved so dearly. Providing the nostalgia of 1980s technology while adopting the sturdy materials and manufacturing practices of the 1950s, Toasty is a mash-up of decades that fits in any modern kitchen.
Designer: Arthur Wu
This spring, Gorenje will surprise the European markets with a new range of household appliances, called the Gorenje Ora-Ito Collection. This trendy range of technologically perfected household appliances from Gorenje is signed by the world-famous designer of the younger generation, Ora-Ito.
Designed to improve the mentality of a kitchen both physically and mentally. Every function a traditional kitchen has is hidden behind the kitchen wall allowing easier clear up of the kitchen. The form of hiding saves the room of the house, which exhibits a sense of freedom and comfort.
Designer: June He
Knead Helper is a bowl designed to help those with hand ailments such as arthritis knead dough without a bulky electric mixer. After mixing all the dough ingredients, tip the dough out of the silicone insert and place on the base of the unfolded bowl. Next, use the sides of the bowl to knead the dough, preventing finger and wrist pain.
Designer: Nate Braxton
The Mele Cultivate System uses hydroponics to provide the freshest fruit and vegetables daily. Once a Mele pod is bought and plugged into the system the plant inside can be left to grow. When the plant is ready for harvest, compost the used complastic pod and replace with another of your choice.
Designer: Eoin McNally & Ian Walton
The Vapor – Steamer Insert is a folding cookware accessory for steaming food in a standard saucepan. Its removable, push-down/twist-off handle keeps a cook’s hands from heat and allows the steamer to remain in a covered pan. The perforated silicone membrane, molded over a steel skeleton, is easy to clean and collapses like an umbrella to fit in a kitchen utensil drawer.
Designer: Jonathan Mello
As a barrier-free, mobile and flexible kitchen, the Ideal Kitchen, with its L-shaped countertop, offers a high degree of design freedom and a very high level of design, in the opinion of the jurors. The countertop is suspended from the wall, so that it can be set at any height.
Designer: Holm Giessler & Sandra Leufgen
“IKX” is a cooking hob that employs the advantages of induction technology in a new and easy-to-use way. Thanks to the direct transfer of heat to the cooking vessel, the IKX turns the hob into a multifunctional working platform. Food can be heated, chopped or even prepared elsewhere on a transportable tray.
Designer: Ute Kempter & Gerd Falk
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