If you go bananas over Alessi's newest launch in its whimsical OrienTales collection of kitchen doodads that we adore, Banana Family, we wouldn't be surprised. The collabo between the Italian company's Stefano Giovannoni and Takeda Rumiko with the National Palace…
Continue Reading →Iconic French product designer Philippe Starck has made a living adding a modern slant to everyday items from watches to wireless speakers. You could say he's had a hand in innovating everything but the kitchen sink... until now. Continuing his…
Continue Reading →I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bit of a coffee fanatic. I've spent countless hours on the CoffeeGeek.com forums and invested in a bunch of home equipment, all with the goal of making the perfect cup of…
Continue Reading →A toothpick holder that becomes a spiny animal and salt and pepper shakers disguised as trees are just two of the freshly released items in the second series of Alessi's Orientales animated tableware collection. We first featured Giovannoni Stefano and…
Continue Reading →If you've ever had entire sink full of dishes, you know what a bother it is to maneuver your faucet around so that you have a suitable amount of space to apply hot soapy water. The horizontal nature of most…
Continue Reading →The work of Austrian designers Bernhard Bucheggar, Michael Denoth and Thomas Feichtner is incredibly intriguing. Dark and angular, yet warm and mysterious, and very James Bond, the group say they practice a counter strategy to an economically motivated concept of…
Continue Reading →Trivets are important. Not as important as, say, a workable plan for Palestinian statehood, but can lasting peace in the Middle East prevent our nice wooden table from scorch marks? Swedish home accessory masters Hetta offer two bendable cork pot…
Continue Reading →With its surreal moments, life can become quite cinematic at times, and depending on which side of the bed you wake up on and which happenstance you find yourself in as the day goes on, you could draw a parallel…
Continue Reading →If you're like us, you fancy yourself quite the kitchen magician. Even if your chef-ly creations aren't exactly culinary innovations, there's no reason your cooking tools can't be cutting edge. Thanks to NYC based product development studio Pollen Design's collaboration…
Continue Reading →Keeping tea warm is probably one of my biggest battles during winter, besides avoiding the flu. Oftentimes, when I'm ready for a refill, I come back to the stove only to find the water I boiled had turned tepid. Multiply…
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