My Next Coffee Machine
I am totally smitten by this simple exploration of basic shapes like rectangle, cylinder and hole. The resulting coffee machine is a stunning design that is bare-minimal and intuitive. The only thing different is the operations; the brew is made by pressing the cylinder inside. Hope Nespresso likes the concept too!
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Posted: July 11th, 2011
at 8:01am by Radhika Seth
Topics: Appliances, Coffee, Danna Kazir, Kitchen, Machine, Product Design, by
Bag That Iron
Irons are either streamline and sleek or compact and portable. A handful are retro but the Ironbag goes one further and borrows from a woman’s handbag. It’s not the latest Balenciaga but the curious bag-like shape ingeniously tucks everything into one fashionable unit. It’s up to you to decide whether or not it’s sexist. Irons, women’s handbags? Hmm…
Designer: Damjan Jovancic
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Yanko Design
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Posted: December 8th, 2010
at 9:00am by Radhika Seth
Topics: Appliances, Damjan Jovancic, Ironbag, Product Design, concept, iron
Maytag Bravos Steam Dryer Tells You When Your Clothes Are Actually Dry, Not Just When The Timer’s Done
By Andrew Liszewski
How many times have you gone to fetch a load of laundry from the dryer only to find it’s still damp? In the grand scheme of things it’s not exactly something to get upset over, but it’s still one of those small daily annoyances we could all do without. So hopefully Maytag has put an end to that inconvenience with the Intellidry Sensor technology built in to their Bravos Steam dryer. It can basically tell if the clothes tumbling around inside are dry or not, probably based on the amount of steam still being removed, and will try to give you an ETA estimate on when everything will actually be dry. It’s also got a steam refresh mode for removing wrinkles, an epic 150 minute wrinkle prevent drying mode and for those who are mesmerized by the site of tumbling, spinning laundry, an interior light to make it easier to enjoy the show. $1199 available in 4 different colors.
[ Maytag Bravos Dryer ] VIA [ Luxury Housing Trends ]
Never Singe Another Garment
As a new bride, it was expected from me to know how to manage all the household chores. The spoilt brat that I was, I didn’t even know how to iron clothes. Yes, the expected happened I burned many of my husband’s shirts, mainly because a telephone call or a whistling pressure cooker would grab my attention. I’d leave the iron right on the garment and come back to a gaping burnt hole! The Roly Poly Iron would have saved me a lot of clothes thanks to a built-in weight mechanism.
What the added weight to the handle does, is that it rocks the iron back to a standing position, when not pressed down.
Gripping the handle triggers off the surface sensors to roll the weight within, forward. And when you release your grip from the handle, the weight gently rolls back, moving the iron to a standing position.
Roly Poly Iron…way to go!
Designer: Wonkook Lee
Posted: March 4th, 2010
at 9:00am by Radhika Seth
Topics: Appliances, Clothes, Product Design, Roly Poly Iron, Wonkook Lee, iron, press, pressing
Moshi Clock is a Gadget that Does What It’s Told
You know how you hate the sound of the alarm clock in the morning? Maybe you sullenly get out of bed and begin you morning routine, maybe you mumble things so foul it would make Lisa Lampanelli blush. if you’re the owner of the Moshi Voice Control Travel Clock, you might want to watch what you say, you might just hurt its feelings.
Okay, it’s only a machine so it doesn’t have feelings, but it does understand what you’re saying to a certain degree. Instead of fumbling to set the alarm or engaging in a knock out, drag out fight to turn it off in the morning, you simply utter a key phrase and the Mochi clock hears and obeys thanks to the advanced voice recognition technology. Through the combination of “Neural Net and Hidden Markov Modeling (HMM) Phonetic Speaker Independent (SI) Recognition Software”, the clock can understand over 1,000 different recorded voices. I wonder how this works when you have laryngitis? Commands include:Time, Set Time, Set Alarm, Turn off the Alarm, and Snooze.
Even though it’s marketed as a travel clock, I see no reason why this couldn’t be your main clock. It’s got a cute rounded body and at 3.75″ x 2.75″ x 1″ it doesn’t take up much space. There are three alarm sounds to choose from and is powered by three AAA batteries. And for $24.99, it’s a steal.
Interested in owning a Moshi? You can purchase one on their site or just check out the video for more information.
Via Gearlog
