A conceptual design submitted to this year’s James Dyson Award–a competition for young designers to come up with problem-solving inventions–would have cooks placing food in a spherical pod to be cut into custom segments using lasers. Andrey Kokorin, the concept’s author, wanted to solve for unsanitary kitchen knives as vectors for disease. Laser ...
In the future, when drinking water is scarce because sea levels have risen to engulf the land along with our reservoirs, or summer lasts for years, we’re going to need ways to conserve the precious liquid. Hosepipe bans may work, ...
"LYO EXPEDITION Freeze-dried food was conceived to withstand most harsh conditions that are a norm in demanding environments like Himalaya, North Pole, Atlantic Ocean, Iceland glaciers etc. These are the reasons why all meals and fruits are packed in simple aluminium reinforced doypacks - each hermetically sealed. No preservatives or artificial food-additives are ...
INTERFACE Bulli, is a project that began with the collaboration of Ikonic (Pere Gifre and Daniel Molina) and Ferran Adria with his restaurant elBulli. Initially the project was based on a charge of Ferran Adrià to design its new dishes, but then they realized that they can actually go further ...
Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion now exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through March 25th, highlights the architects product design within a unique atmosphere. Creating for the first time in the states her own setting for an exhibit, the first female Pritzker Prize winning architect developed an ‘undulating ...
Barbecues can be as much fun as they are headaches. When the party’s over, the cleaning process and stowing away is always such a big problem. Inspired by the retro video game cartridge, we have here the Cartridge Grill Concept, a seamless combination of heater and grill-plate. It promises to ...
This cooking device is still at a conceptual stage but what a cool tool for all our chefs out there! A combination of a sensor and timer that monitors food as it cooks. When the meat turns from raw to rare the sensor changes color, indicating that the desired temperature ...
To celebrate 100 years of the Whirlpool brand, it brought together a panel of experts in the Whirlpool Living Lab: a laboratory for futuristic ideas. Spanish designer Martí Guixé imagined ‘Fireplace,’ a dining table where food can be cooked in the center. It is a multi-functional table with a hood that can be personalized, height-adjusted ...
In a status-driven world where we are free to make our own choices, have access to infinite knowledge and information, and where anything is seemingly possible, we constantly seek out new ways to communicate our uniqueness and express individuality. Amid ...
Stéphane Bureaux, a pioneer of culinary design has come up with one of the most advanced food design concept to date: Cell Design support. Adventurers will think of an interplanetary journey, a round trip between Earth and Mars for example - to which it is impossible to carry groceries or vegetables ...
The final of the Electrolux Design Lab competition will form a key part of the Room Home Intelligence conference in London on September 7th 2011. Room will offer expert trend prediction, future consumer behavioural insight and global market intelligence specifically tailored for home product buyers, designers and retailers. It might ...
RFID tags are already used to trace everything from poker chips to hotel towels, but what if these little pellets were embedded directly within your lunch, providing everything you'd ever wanna know about that ham sandwich you're about to eat?...
Electrolux is known for sponsoring conceptual design contests that encourage a minimal basis in reality and a corresponding maximal amount of creativity. This latest round of concepts features very wild ideas shown at the 2011 Electrolux Design Competition which ends next month....
I can garanty you that I would have never thought I would talking about Poo on this blog. Synthetic biology is all about re-engineering living organisms to make them do stuff we would find useful. E. chromi is a collaboration between designers and scientists in the new field of synthetic biology. Seven ...
SENSE! consists of four tableware objects conceived to tantalize the secondary senses. Fun and magical, they turn an ordinary meal into an extraordinary experience. The materials play a key role in the function of the objects, reflecting their elegance. Scent Flowers: Do we need to swallow the food to have ...
Last year Arzak and Philips Design introduced three bone china concepts which are designed to light-up when food is placed on the plate or liquid is poured into the bowl. This year during Madridfusion Arzak and Philips Design launched a new generation of tableware which touched the senses not only ...
Lotus set is a dynamic and flexible mobile and wireless cooking system. It offers an elegant alternative to the conventional static hob. Each piece is completely mobile and can be placed anywhere on the work surface. Lotus components are powered using resonant inductive coils hidden beneath the counter top. Providing ...
Standard induction cooktops have induction coils in close proximity to electronic circuits, which requires a good isolation layer between them. Designed by Goran Bjelajac ...
EPOS-lite is a concept that was designed by Stephen Allport. ...
How far are we prepared to go? The Teaser is an innovative cookbook concept that has been designed to reduce food waste by allowing the user to taste a recipe before it is cooked. This ultra-portable digital device features a touchscreen ...
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