Fellow Apartment Therapy writer Anna Hoffman tipped me off to an amazing feature over at New York Magazine that details sixteen cool advances in products for the home according to four renowned industrial designers. We've selected our top three favorites…
Before the jump is an image describing how the Triplette chair by French designer Paul Menand works - one chair breaks up into three without requiring any extra storage space.
There's no longer a need for so many different heating appliances in a kitchen with minimal square footage. The Miele MasterChef Speed Oven, $3,099, combines microwave and conventional ovens into one powerful machine.
Give access to your home using a smartphone with the Lockitron, $315, a doorknob that is controlled by the touch of a button. It could function as a backup for trusted visitors, or it could replace your own keys completely.
If any of these brilliant inventions have caught your eye, be sure to see what else is on the list at New York Magazine.
Images: New York Magazine
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Comments (7)
WOW! LOVE the chair(s)
Me too, the chair(s) are fantastic for the space-challenged!
I'm confused about what's so revolutionary about the oven with built in microwave, these have been around for ages, haven't they? Our top oven has a built in Microwave.
Also, the high chair that grows with your child? Tripp Trapp's have been doing this for almost 40 years!
I like that lock. I've never seen that before.
I am also confused by the oven/microwave. I thought I have at least seen microwaves combined with convection ovens before, and that thing is huge and not space-saving at all. o.O Especially if you can go with the oven below the stovetop and the microwave above the stovetop/vent. I imagine that setup would be less than $3k, usually.
We are having the electronic locks added to the doors in my building. We have 16 outside doors instead of a lobby. The code is only good for 2 hours then you have to get a new one and this that way delivery companys and workers can get access to the building and we don't have to give them a key. Who has access is managed from a website the building manager logs into. It's very cool!
The Triplette chair actually looks useable! Pure genius.