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This year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair bore witness to several designs by Cate Hoegdahl and Nelson Ruiz-Acal from cate&nelson. Among these was a gorgeous sideboard named Tacto. Eye-catching and lavish are two words that come closest to describing…

Each time I looked at an apple withered up because I missed eating it, or at a banana all squashy because it had been left untouched for a day, I wondered whether technology couldn’t do anything to help. It seems my prayers have been answered. BLUE…

Have you ever thought how cool it would be to stay away from the heat of the grill while food is being cooked just before your eyes so that it’s not overcooked? Technology is all about making the seemingly impossible task possible and this is exactly.

The single-cup coffee expert Tassimo has joined hands with Bosch in creating an all-new coffee brewer that you will love to make a part of your kitchen. The Tassimo Disc (T-disc) consists of an exact measure of ingredients (coffee, chocolate, tea,…

Any chef will agree that while cooking, the knobs of the cooking stove need to be turned every now and then to regulate the heat that is transmitted to the utensil sitting on it. Otherwise, there is a fair chance of the food getting burnt. You will…

The Eiko Egg Boilers and Spoons to make the simple task of boiling an egg even easier for you, and stylish too! The boilers are available in sets of four, so you can boil up to four eggs at a time. All you need to do is, fill a pot with water and…

Aurélien Barbry has a notable calling, working seven years as a designer for the French celebrity architect Jean Nouvel on different projects like the new concert hall for the Danish Radio in Copenhagen and Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. Now,…

I am sure East Anglian designer Kazmierz Szmauz was super-impressed with the good deeds of Superman, Spiderman and Batman and decided to design some men who would extend help to people in their own way by holding large numbers of their household…

Nothing can be as refreshing as a cup of hot tea when you are really tired and to make a good cup of tea you need the all important assistance of a good kettle. So here’s a good Samaritan from OXO called the Pick Me Up Tea Kettle that is going to…

There’s nothing like getting a little mechanical help in the kitchen to make life better for you after a long day at work. This kitchen concept created by Emanuel Gargano and Marco Fagioli is inspired by craftsmen and workshops and features a large…