Latest Stories in Kitchen Design - Page 4
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A Place For Everything in The Minimalist Magdelena Gravity Kitchen
Taking minimalism to the limit, designer Burkhard Schäller has reduced the kitchen to bent wire with a place for everything. And if somebody gives you a weenie roaster you can give it right back, because if it isn't in the design there is nowhere to
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Just What We Needed Dept: More Useless Kitchen Accessories and NSFW Yet
You don't need a lot of stuff to be a good cook; Mark Bittman says ""A stove, a sink, a refrigerator, some pots and pans, a knife and some serving spoons," I answered. "All
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IKEA Kitchen Of The Future Looks Pretty Much Like The Present
They just don't do kitchens of the future like they used to. IKEA in the UK commissioned a study by The Future Laboratory, who claim "is recognised internationally for its innovative approach to trend forecasting, consumer insight and brand strategy."
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Just What We Needed Dept.: The Smoking Gun
New York Times food writer Mark Bittman, when asked what one needs in a kitchen, responded "A stove, a sink, a refrigerator, some pots and pans, a knife and some serving spoons," I answered. "All else is optional." Clearly he never heard of the Smoking
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Vintage Kitchen Wares For the Eclectic Gourmand
I've never been a fan of most wedding registries because I cannot stand the idea of having what everyone else has, or giving whatever everyone else gives for that matter. In addition, the sheer consumption of it all is quite a turn
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Reinventing the Dish and the Drainboard to Make Dishwashing Easier
Collin is convinced that dishwashers are greener than handwashing, but I am not so sure; one or two people can take a long time to fill one up, and his calculations don't take into account the embodied energy making the dishwasher, the space it takes
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Electrolux Design Competition Finalists are Just Weird This Year
Every year the Electrolux Design Competition introduces some fascinating concepts into the world of food; sometimes they are even green; this year most of them are just bizarre. Perhaps the prize should be a copy of Michael Pollan's Food Rules; these
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Lessons From Apartment Therapy's Small, Cool Kitchen Competition
Apartment Therapy runs the small, cool contests every year, including one for kitchens; cleverly, they break it into categories including owning (American kitchens where people go nuts) renting (where people have more limited options) and international
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Smart Fridge is Not Such a Dumb Idea
When first looking at Ashley Legg's proposed Smart Fridge on Yanko I thought it was another bar code scanner thing and was going to repeat "a green sustainable diet doesn't have bar codes." But it serves a different purpose: it is "for those who have
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Whirlpool's GreenKitchen Not a Very Inspiring Vision
Kitchens of the Future sure aren't what they used to be, and Whirlpool's new version presented in Milan isn't even what their own vision was two years ago. It does have some nice features, such as a drawer fridge (we have promoted these because the
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Ekokook: The Kitchen of the Future That Produces, Prepares and Disposes
Kitchens today are designed around bringing stuff in from the store and throwing out what we don't eat. Inhabitat shows us the Ekokook from Faltazi Lab, which "turns everyday waste into a new reusable source of energy, where each drop of
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Rüegg Brings the Wood Stove Back Into the Kitchen
Wood fired stoves were very common houses a hundred years ago; the (Canadian) thanksgiving dinner I had a few weeks ago was cooked on one, in a house in the country where it heated both the room and the food.
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It Slices! It Dices! It Cleans Up After Itself! Introducing Panasonic's Robot Kitchen
The Fantastic Four used to have one of these in the comics, everybody's dream of a robot that really does cook, clean and load the dishwasher. The video below the fold shows it handling cookware like Emeril, then emptying glasses and putting them in
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Living with Less: Rubika Kitchen by Lodovico Bernardi
We love showing furniture and fittings that let you do more in less space; Italian designer Lodovico Bernardi has designed the RuBIKA kitchen that pushes and pulls into a number of different forms, and even flips out to become a dining room table as
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GreenCookingPots Offer Le Creuset Designer Style Without the Designer Price Tag
Thanks to the folks at Daily Candy for this awesome tip! With the holidays coming up, and that inevitable office party or family gathering, maybe it's time to freshen up your kitchen
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Native Trails Copper Sinks Are Classy and Kill Germs Too
Image via: Native Trails Native Trails constructs handmade sinks (for kitchen or bathroom) from recycled copper and they look great!! While that hammered copper sink adds a bit of texture and life to your kitchen, that copper provides other (health)
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The Kitchen of the Future Today
For LifeEdited, Graham describes his needs in the kitchen: The kitchen should have an induction cook-top, a combination microwave/oven, a small fridge (could be a drawer fridge), a dishwasher, an espresso machine, a juicer, a smart system for storing
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Just What We Needed Dept: WowBacon
Mark Bittman, Food columnist for the New York Times, describes what he needs in a kitchen: "A stove, a sink, a refrigerator, some pots and pans, a knife and some serving spoons,All else is optional." Yet people keep producing single-function thingies
