NeoLithic by Matthias Kaeding
New York designer Matthias Kaeding has designed a pair of ceramic cooking knives inspired by Stone Age tools. The NeoLithic project is the result of Kaeding's research into archaic forms and low-tech...
View ArticleElevate by Gillian Westley for Joseph Joseph
Designer Gillian Westley has created a range of cooking utensils that don't leave a mess on worktops. The Elevate range, produced by kitchenware brand Joseph Joseph, consists of six implements with...
View ArticleCopper house summer kitchen by Muru & Pere
Estonian architects Muru & Pere have designed an outdoor kitchen in Tabasalu, near Tallinn in Estonia. The shelter consists of two large disk-like roofs supported next to a tool shed on two...
View ArticleBread spoons by Niels Datema
These five measuring spoons give the correct quantities of flour, water, yeast, sugar and oil to bake the perfect loaf of bread. Dutch student Niels Datema created the Bread Spoons while studying at...
View ArticlePaco Roncero's workshop by Carmen Baselga Taller de Proyectos
Test tubes of olive oil line one wall of this high-tech workshop designed for Michelin-starred chef Paco Roncero by Spanish studio Carmen Baselga Taller de Proyectos. Located in the nineteenth century...
View ArticleDruida barbecue by Mermeladaestudio
This barbecue by Barcelona designers Mermeladaestudio will char your food with geometric patterns. The stainless-steel grill is waterjet-cut with a criss-crossing grid rather than the usual bars....
View ArticleKaroto by Avichai Tadmor for Monkey Business
Jerusalem designer Avichai Tadmor created this scaled-up pencil sharpener for shaving curls of carrot onto salads. Called Karoto (carrot in ancient Greek), the device for Israeli company Monkey...
View ArticleGood Morning moka pot and Tuamotu hob by Anderssen & Voll
Product news: Oslo designers Andersson & Voll paired a bright yellow moka pot with a cooking hob sculpted from a slab of marble for an exhibition of Norwegian design at the Design Tide Tokyo trade...
View ArticleUna's Kitchen by Nordic Bros Design Community
Translucent polycarbonate sheets screen off the kitchen and office of this baking school in Seoul (+ slideshow). Una's Kitchen is a baking studio in Chungdamdong, Seoul, that offers classes taught by...
View ArticleProhibition Kit by Francesco Morackini
This liquor-distilling kit by Vienna designer Francesco Morackini breaks down into four perfectly innocent household objects. The Prohibition Kit comprises a fully-functioning cooking pot, fondue...
View ArticleBaker Cookstove by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has come up with a stove for the developing world that uses two-thirds less wood than a traditional cooking fire (+ movies + slideshow). The Baker Cookstove...
View ArticleFood Machine by PJADAD encourages collaborative cooking
Chefs can collaborate remotely on recipes then get them prepared and cooked by this food machine created by Stockholm studio PJADAD (+ movie). Developed with designer Christian Isberg, technologist...
View ArticleMediumwave by Jake Rich is a pod-shaped microwave on wheels
Kingston University graduate Jake Rich has redesigned the common household microwave – adding wheels, a domed removable lid and a light that changes intensity with the power (+ slideshow). The shape of...
View ArticleMoritz Putzier designs Cooking Table for collaborative meal preparation
Graduate designer Moritz Putzier has integrated gas burners into the centre of a multi-purpose wooden dining table to bring the kitchen into the heart of the home (+ slideshow). When designing the...
View ArticleMinimal cookbook presents Japanese sweet ingredients as colour swatches
Ingredients are displayed like fabric samples to help western readers recreate traditional Japanese sweets with common foods, in this cookbook by designer Moé Takemura. Moé Takemura created Foreign...
View ArticlePer Finne's Umami Santoku knife combines Norwegian and Japanese design
Norwegian designer Per Finne has created a utensil based on traditional Japanese knives that he says offers enough flexibility to be the only knife needed in a home cook's kitchen (+ slideshow). Per...
View ArticleSatellite Architects adds a new cookery school to the River Cottage headquarters
A cookery school is housed behind the glazed facade of this contemporary shed, recently completed by Satellite Architects at the headquarters of British TV programme River Cottage (+ slideshow)....
View ArticleGuide to Cannibalism suggests ways to eat humans
Graduate shows 2015: intended to promote eating humans, the Guide to Cannibalism provides recipes for cooking meat, and also comes with kitchenware embedded with real hair (+ slideshow). Hairy Bowl –...
View ArticleMay Kukula's Aroma set produces homemade room fragrances
German design student May Kukula has created a Moroccan-inspired pot and a set of tools that enable users to "cook" their own bespoke scents. To create smells using Kukula's Aroma set, a mixture of...
View ArticleSolar cooking set by Lanzavecchia + Wai uses the sun's rays to barbecue
Design duo Lanzavecchia + Wai has incorporated a lens into an outdoor furniture set to concentrate sunlight onto a grilling plate for cooking food. Italian designer Francesca Lanzavecchia and Hunn Wai...
View ArticleBodin Hon develops Solari portable solar-powered cooker at IED – Istituto...
Dezeen promotion: Bodin Hon, a student at the IED – Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, has designed a lightweight portable cooker that powers itself with solar energy (+ slideshow). Driven by his...
View ArticleNaoto Fukasawa designs minimal kitchen appliances for Muji
Design brand Muji is releasing a pop-up toaster and an electric kettle by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa at stores in the UK, USA and Europe (+ slideshow). Toaster Following success in Japan,...
View ArticleTools and furniture hook onto a plywood wall in Paris cookery classroom by...
A plywood storage wall stores and displays furniture, ingredients and cooking apparatus at this Paris culinary workshop by architecture studio Septembre (+ slideshow). Designed for French culinary...
View ArticleJoseph Joseph aims to reinvent microwave cooking with M-Cuisine collection
London kitchenware brand Joseph Joseph has developed a collection of containers for microwave cooking that can be used to prepare full meals rather than just heating up leftovers (+ slideshow). The...
View ArticleDana Douiev's Injera collection brings traditional Ethiopian cooking rituals...
Graduate shows 2015: these utensils by Bezalel Academy of Art and Design graduate Dana Douiev enable the ceremonial preparation of traditional Ethiopian injera bread in a contemporary city kitchen (+...
View ArticleBlacksheep bases experiential cooking library in Seoul on European factory...
London design studio Blacksheep has completed an immersive cookery environment in Seoul's Yeongdeungpo neighbourhood that includes a deli, cafe, library and kitchen featuring industrial materials and...
View ArticleKosher cookery school in Mexico City features board-marked concrete walls
Californian studio Belzberg Architects has built a concrete culinary school in Mexico City, offering a range of facilities to the local Jewish community, including rooftop yoga and art galleries. The...
View ArticleAmalia Shem Tov designs "ancient" cooking utensils for the modern kitchen
Shenkar College graduate Amalia Shem Tov has produced a series of ancient-looking cooking utensils, to help people rediscover their primal culinary roots. Shem Tov's Roots collection comprises a...
View ArticleSwift Creatives' cooking concept makes sous vide meals as easy as microwaving
Design studio Swift Creatives has come up with a smart cooking system called Sous Swift, that uses a sous-vide water bath to prepare restaurant-quality food with minimal effort. The sous-vide technique...
View Article"Human-powered bakery" by Studio Micat requires workout to make bread
London-based practice Studio Micat has built an outdoor bakery in a forest in New England, which uses a bicycle to grind up flour for making loaves of sourdough. Studio Micat designers Michael Garnett...
View ArticleThree sustainable recipes from Space10's futuristic cookbook
IKEA's research lab Space10 has released Future Food Today, a cookbook filled with foods of the future, from mealworm burgers to algae hotdogs. In a Dezeen exclusive, we bring you three of the best...
View ArticleMaho Nabé cooking pot integrates vacuum technology to keep food hot
This stainless-steel cooking pot based on a traditional Japanese design uses a double-wall construction to create a vacuum that insulates the contents to retain heat for long periods. The Maho Nabé pot...
View ArticleNoori stove "breaks the limitations of a standard barbecue"
Brazilian brand Noori aims to transport users to a time when "cooking with fire was at the core of our rituals" with its multipurpose stove, which can be used as a barbecue, a pizza oven or a fire pit....
View ArticleStar Wars kitchenware range with Le Creuset cookware includes Darth Vader...
A Han Solo pan and a Dutch oven with Darth Vader's mask on the lid feature in a kitchenware collaboration between Star Wars and Le Creuset. The film franchise collaborated with the French cookware...
View ArticleLive foraging in Finland with chef Sami Tallberg for VDF x Stockholm Design Week
Finnish chef Sami Tallberg takes Virtual Design Festival viewers on a live foraging tour of the forest surrounding his home as part of our collaboration with Stockholm Design Week. Tallberg is a chef...
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