Dragonfly vertical farm is a concept urban farm specially designed for the Roosevelt Island of New York City which will reduce the problems associated with food shortage, mileage and connection between the producers and consumers. Because of the densely packed city civilization, this farm has been designed vertically, spanning 132 floors and 28 different agricultural fields for accommodating dragonflies aiming to produce fruit, grains, vegetables, meat and dairy. This Dragonfly wing shaped superstructure features wind and solar power producing capability and includes housing, offices, research labs and communal areas separated from farms, orchards and production rooms. Throughout the glass and steel set of wings, animal and plant farming is arranged as well as soil nutrient levels are maintained properly.
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The latest coffee maker design from the house of Saeco seems to be a winner, right from the word “go”. It is in continuation with the last revamping that was done for the entire line of coffee machines along with the design arm of the BMW group. It has been dubbed as Saeco Xsmall, and is the smallest of its model. Overall the product has design elements of its previous products i.e. Primea, Talea & Odea. The interface of the product is quite user friendly, with a centralized knob. Also the color combination that has been incorporated by the designers is quite contemporary and surely will find many takers.
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Contemporary kitchen designs by Cancio surely will take kitchen furniture to the next level. How many times has it happened that we miss the breakfast just because we need that early start? The Spanish designer range includes Radia, Duo and Wall which has been designed so that it can just be kept inside the kitchen. The adjustable furniture can accommodate up to three people so that you can have a nice chat with your family while cooking dinner. So if you are alone for tea or having dinner, just adjust the furniture as per your needs and see how you can just control space with this new kitchen design.
Radia has a unique opening system with it that can be easily enlarged or retracted when needed. For only a cup of tea, the smaller is the better one, but if you need more space than you must open the bigger part.
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The Roots Cooking System was designed to not only give Chinese-Americans a better, more specialized way to prepare traditional Chinese dishes. This system includes cooking elements better specialized for the needs of Chinese cuisine. The Roots System imitates both traditional and contemporary Chinese design in order to provide aesthetics that parents as well as kids can find interesting. While having modern aesthetics with traditional undertones, the Roots System also gives parents a vehicle for passing on traditional dishes and methods to their American-born children.
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Designed by Alex Bradley, SPC is a smart cooker for people who are living alone and hate to prepare their own meals, they prefer junk food. This compact cooker goal is to encourage people in bedsits and bachelor pads to prepare healthier meals. Combination of a hob, chopping board, utensils and a WiFi-enabled screen (futuristic cooker, huh?) to make users easier to access recipes from the internet. As one of Concept Product Competition Finalists, hopefully this Single Person Cooker prototype can win the competition.
The Intended user is primarily the single person and or commuter, where time is precious and preparing a meal is more of a chore than an experience to be savoured. Families, with busy schedules could benefit, together with wider ranging demographics.
Taking styling cues from current trends the concept aims to deliver a contemporary take on kitchen appliances and remove those initial semantic values associated with kitchen appliances, to give an air of ?what is that??
Looks like we have more choices for our kitchen in the future, modular kitchen by Fevzi Karaman is still a concept, hopefully this compact cooker by Alex Bradley can be mass produced.
Designer : Alex Bradley via Dezeen
