Burners as Hotplates – Sovrappensiero

(TrendHunter.com) Ever wanted to serve your food fresh, piping hot food straight from the stove? Well then this is what you need. The stove designed by Sovrappensiero is unique in that you can actually remove its modular burner units and use them as hot plates while serving the food. Each of the modular units has a r…

Spoon Scales – Digital Measurement in a Scoop

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re an obsessive cook who needs to get the exact measurements according to the recepie, this Spoon Scale gives you an instant reading of whatever you scoop. It also will come in handy if you are a drug dealer and want to do business on the move…

The built-in digital scale is accurate to 0.1…

Fun Pasta Gadgets – Twirling Spaghetti Fork (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I can see this causing a whole lot of trouble at the dinner table. Twirling spaghetti is a time honored tradition and now you can do it by just pressing a button on your motorized fork. Supposedly there’s no mess. That would depend on who’s eating with you.

The Twirling Spaghetti Fork is available …

Numbered Furniture – Horde by Numbers for Organizational Freaks

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Pietro Arosio for EmmeBi has definitely hit the spot with Horde by Numbers, his line of numbered furniture.

Next time your wife asks you where you put the bottle opener, you wont have to answer, “Second from the top, third from the bottom.” Instead, you could just say, “Cabinet number 10.”…

Edible Dishes – Biodegradable Picnic Ware

(TrendHunter.com) The perfect cutlery for nature lovers, this four-piece set is made from 100% biodegradable cassava. The set comprises cassava plates, bowls and cups plus wooden spoons, forks and knives. The crockery is re-usable if washed with care, but will disintegrate within a week if left standing in water, or …

Drinkable Cigarettes – Schnaider Brand

(TrendHunter.com) “Excuse me, waiter. There is a cigarette in my tea.” Not quite. That cigarette IS the tea. Schnaiders has introduced tea packs and rolls to resemble cigarettes. And get this, the “filter” acts as a float to keep the tea-stick upright for stirring.

Electronic Interface Sinks – High-Tech Trough Sink (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Anne Kitzmiller, in collaboration with plumbing and appliances giant Kohler, developed this trough prep sink. The sink is a high-tech device with an electronic interface and garbage disposal synchronization. It also has a controlled rinse cycle with color coded alert buttons.

I have mixed…

Intelligent Refrigerators – Touch Screen Fridge With RFID Tag Reader

(TrendHunter.com) This fridge knows exactly what it has inside. It’s wired so it can send messages to your phone reminding you to get the vinagrette for tonight’s mixed salad. This is like a personal food assistant.

Designer Kim Otto took a Siemens refrigerator and replaced the existing flatscreen with a touch scre…

Bendable Sinks – Kohler Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The high-end Kohler Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet represents a complete departure from the conventional rigid faucet. This stainless steel Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet is designed to hold any pose and to bend and fold according to the needs of the user and to be tucked away when not in us…

Musical Furniture – Fumiaki Goto’s Dining Table (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Fumiaki Goto came up with the idea or concept of a musical dining table. I find this to be a strange concept.

This table, which is built like a marimba, creates different tones when struck enabling the hungry marimba player in you to eat and play music at the same time? I don’t quite get …

Coffee Maker Boomboxes – The Delizio’s Jukebox (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Jukebox was released by Swiss company Delizio. This slender, attractive machine allows you to listen to music while preparing coffee through a cable connected to your MP3 player. The Delizio Comfort II coffee maker comes in black, white, silver and red and even though I am not a coffee drinker I…

Flexible LCD Cutting Boards – Digital Cutting Board is Eco-Friendly (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Kitchen cutting boards have been receiving some design attention, but I did not expect such a high-tech makeover as Nardo Design’s new high-tech Digital Cutting Board with its built-in flexible LCD display that displays cooking instructions!

Designed by Marc Nardangeli, the cutting board has rub…

Swarovski Coffee Machines – Nespresso Crystal Edition

(TrendHunter.com) Now, I’ve seen various blinged gadgets over here at Trend Hunter, but I really did not expect this kitchen appliance to be the next victim. A Swarovski-bedazzled coffee machine!!!

The Nespresso Crystal Edition Coffee Machine is covered with 3100 Swarovski crystals sells for £1,995 (about $4,000).

Ergonomic Coffee Cups – Antispill Mug

(TrendHunter.com) Designers have a lot of fun with coffee cups and mugs, weird shapes and handles – but none really try to improve the utility of the mug. Here’s a design that takes into account that lips are used in the drinking of coffee. This design has a small indentation around the rim of the cup to prevent spil…

Footwear Coasters – Carrie and Company Drinkwear (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These are really cute items! These coasters are colorful, useful and they are sure to delight your guests; I particularly like the platform shoes variety but I would be cautious with those! These “Drinkwear” by tableware designer Carrie and Company, come in the form of different kinds of footwear a…

Color Coded Chopping Boards – For OCD Chefs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is a very smart concept for cutting boards. The plastic base resembles a folder file that contains four cutting boards of different colors each one representing a specific food group. The green board is to be used for vegetables, the blue one for fish, the red for meat and the white for cooked …

Tubular Microwaves – Bagetty Microwave

(TrendHunter.com) If you are a fan of quick, hot, tubular food, Martin Zampach is your guy. He made the concept Bagetty microwave that is not a box. If you only microwave hot dogs, weinies, sausage, this is much more convenient and space conscience than the bigger traditional microwave. This could spawn a whole new p…

Coffee for One – The WMF 1 Coffee Maker (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is perfect for coffee lovers who are not expecting company. This coffee maker called the WMF 1 from German appliance giant WMF, brews coffee in a pod-like container with enough coffee and water for one person. The WMF 1 comes in green, yellow, red and grey and even though I dislike coffee, my …

Edible Tableware – Rice Design Plates and Bowls You Can Eat (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sick of wasted paper, a Japanese chef specializes in making edible menus and tableware. We’ve featured these menus before. This is somewhat different, but the premise is similar.

Instead of using plastic bowls, plates and chopsticks, the tableware is made of hardtack which is a biscuit dough made …

Digital Cookbooks – Kitchen Sync by Noah Balmer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) All good cooks have their favorite recipes. The organized ones have them on file cards, the really organized ones have them on a laptop. But this Kitchen Sync takes the idea to the logical conclusion: the electronic recipe book. The Kitchen Sync is a concept appliance gadget from designer Noah Balm…