14 DAY TRIAL // Electrolux, the renowned Swedish home appliance manufacturer, proposes a new concept for the kitchens of the future. The company is an advocate of innovation in this field, and has recently showcased its new approach at the Stockholm international meeting of designers DesignBoost. The Swedish are basically saying that future people working in the kitchen shouldn't have to deal with the large volume of pots and pans that today literally litter every kitchen. Doing away with these cooking instruments could make cooking easier, and maybe more attractive to people.
The appeal kitchens have is a fundamental part of general health status, although this may not seem apparent at first. Many people would rather go out to diner at a fast-food restaurant, than spend an entire evening cooking a meal at home for an entire family. As most of you who work for the entire duration of the day can understand, the last thing people need upon returning home very tired from their jobs is to spend what little time they have left handling all the utensils in the kitchen. Therefore, they are more tempted to eat unhealthy food, which additionally contributes to their deteriorating health in the long run, LiveScience reports.
The "Heart of the Home" kitchen is a concept that aims to combine a lot of the centers of interest in a regular kitchen into a single, highly-customizable device. The shape-shifting machine would combine the functions of kitchen tables, cooking surfaces and bars into a single center, in an approach that underlines the creation of a “intelligent, amorphous, interchangeable cooking surface that adapts to users needs,” the manufacturer says. The result, presented in a video available online here, shows something that could indeed be labeled as revolutionary.
The surface of the kitchen tool would be touch-sensitive, allowing for it to recognize what is being placed on it. Users would then press on the surface to create a depression that would act as a pan, and place the foods within. Depending on the ingredients placed on the table, the instrument displays all possible recipes that combine all of them. “The appliances of the future will need to be integrated and adjustable. We won’t have room for a whole host of products each with their own specific function,” says Electrolux Design division Senior Vice-President, Henrik Otto.