Latest Stories in Kitchen Design - Page 2
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Portable Kitchen Can Store In A Drawer
Clever idea uses "memory alloys" to take up less space.
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Just What We Needed Dept: A Banana Slicer
It is truly one of life's mysteries: Why someone would invent such a thing, and why someone would buy it.
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The Works In A Drawer: Dining Table and Seating Pull Out Of Kitchen
What a clever idea: just pull them out and sit down for dinner.
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Nissan Thermal Cooker is a Crockpot Without a Cord
Another lesson from the past: A clever idea for home or camping. We need more thinking like this.
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Saving Food From The Fridge: It Will Taste Better, May Even Last Longer And Reduce Your Energy Bills
A Korean designer shows how we can keep food fresh and good tasting without refrigeration, learning from people who didn't have the choice.
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Culinary Curio: Clever Jam Jar Shelf De-Clutters & Doubles Storage Space
This shelf of inverted glass jars solves the problem of visual clutter while maximizing space.
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A Moveable Feast: We Like Ike's Partio Portable Kitchen and Barbeque
President Eisenhower called his rolling kitchen "the most fantastic thing you ever saw."
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Philippe Starck Designs Tower Kitchen
Another "loose fit" kitchen design that can float in a room. Does this idea have legs?
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Clever Teacup Design Means One Less Thing To Clean
If you are trying to live with less, this clever design can help.
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5 Green Kitchen Renovation Tips for the Design-Savvy
Greener is easier in the kitchen, with high-tech hoods, skinny tiles, gorgeous recycled glass countertops, and more.
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Just What We Needed Dept.: The Carson Portable Rotisserie Grill
It is so James Bond-like cool, its like having "a licence to grill"
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Crazy Steampunk Philips Concept Kitchen is Powered by Poop Gas (Slideshow)
The European kitchen and appliance designers, like Philips and Electrolux, often try to woo their customers with wild experimentation. At Philips, they are called "Design Probes" -- a research initiative that tracks trends and
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Crazy Steampunk Philips Concept Kitchen is Powered by Poop Gas
The apppliance manufacturer's innovative home includes bees, bioluminescent bacteria, and electricity from poop gas.
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Smart Kitchen Space-Saver: Dish Drying Closet Above The Sink
This Finnish innovation is a great alternative for drying your dishes if you're short on counter space.
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Dumb-Bell Cutlery Lets You "Eat Yourself Skinny"
TreeHugger is always promoting a healthy diet and lots of exercise, so how could we pass on this simple way of combining the two. Dumb-Bell Cutlery gives you a work-out while you eat, with 1kg (2.2 lbs) knifes and 2 kg. dessert
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"Loose Fit" May Work For Jeans, But Does It Make Sense For Kitchens?
The fitted "continuous kitchen", with base cabinets separate from wall cabinets and a continuous horizontal plane between for counter, range and sink, has been the standard since the mid thirties. No matter that 36" counters might work
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A New Spin On The Dishwasher: A Rotating Sink/Washer Combo
Dishwashers are a real design problem; they have to adapt to all sizes and shapes of cutlery, dishes and glassware and never quite get it right. For single people or couples they are often oversized, wasting a lot of energy
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Compact Kitchen Folds Up And Hides When Not Needed
Almost every kitchen you see, no matter how big or how small, seems to have the same form, an upper cabinet a foot deep, a lower cabinet two feet deep, and a counter in the middle. Really, little has changed since
