The Cook’s Kitchen

Here’s another step forward in the way appliances and tools in the kitchen are becoming more design and art savvy and stepping away from the practical ‘it looks like what it does’ type of appearance. The toaster below won first prize in a design competition. Who knows when or if we’ll see it available for the mass public.

I’ll let the designers speak for themselves:

designer’s own words:
There has been little development of the toaster since the start of the century, whilst other appliances have developed and improved incorporating new technologies and thinking, toaster have remained relatively untouched. When the toaster was first invented eating toast was a social activity that took place on the breakfast table, these days toasters have been relegated to cheap plastic objects hidden away in the kitchen landscape. This toaster is designed to engage the user, re-invigorating the social context of toasting by questioning everything about what we toast with today. I was also keen to make playful object to be proud of having on your breakfast table. Slip moulded bone china allowed me create this intricate and sculptural form, but also provided the material longevity that I required. This is a toaster that brings life and joy to a stagnant domestic appliance, and iconic object for the home.

Fore more information: http://www.designboom.com/competitions.html