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New Designers 2008
There was a real buzz about New Designers this year – a sense of excitement and
energy that many shows can only imagine. Designer was there to meet some of the
most exciting up-and-coming designers in the UK
ACCESS ALL HOME GROWN A COOKING COMPANION
AREAS TABLE Martin Fleckenstein’s interactive CookBook is a combination of
different mediums used in cooking: cook books, TV, Internet and –
Originally from Poland, Magdalena Musial Home Grown is a design inspired by the
where many students are concerned – phoning your mum.
recently graduated from De Montfort countryside and the British love of the
Easily wiped clean, it can be programmed with recipes, but also
University. Her final degree project was a vegetable patch. Designed by Adele Bird of
has Internet access so the database can be constantly updated. The
height-adjustable washbasin that has been University College of the Creative Arts in
Internet access also enables the use of YouTube, where celebrity chefs
specifically designed to suit the needs of as Rochester, the table is described as an ode
often upload videos detailing how to cook their recipes.
many users as possible. to the English farm table and allows the user
A useful feature is the ability to type in the ingredients you
It is user-friendly for everyone from to grow fruit, vegetables and plants within
have in the cupboard, upon which CookBook will supply a list of
small children to the frail and elderly. The a limited space, whilst still having an area to
recipes that you can make with those ingredients. A video then gives
vertical movement (min 50cm to max prepare food and store equipment.
instructions on how to make the chosen recipe. CookBook has a touch
130cm from floor level) and the rotation of It can be used in a countryside setting
screen display but can also be voice-activated with simple commands
the bowl means it can be used simply for or a city environment, but the main aim of
such as ‘play’ and ‘pause’ for when you need both hands free.
washing hands but can also be adapted for the product is to encourage people to grow
You can also use the Internet to send an online shopping list to
washing other areas or indeed the whole their own produce at home. With food prices
a supermarket. Conversely, you can connect to CookBook via your
body, thereby helping to conserve water by starting to soar this might just be an idea
mobile phone from the supermarket and have the ingredients list for
reducing the need for showers. that will catch on.
a recipe sent to you via text.
Magdalena Musial: Adele Bird:
Martin Fleckenstein:
magdamusial@wp.pl info@adelebird.co.uk
martin.fleckenstein@gmail.com
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