Alight Kitchen
Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 04:04PMAwarded at the 2007 Incheon International Design Competition, this innovative kitchen concept dubbed ‘Alight Kitchen’ was designed by Altera Design Studio, as a project whose main focus is dealing with global shortages of clean water, food and resources in general. The kitchen is designed to minimize waste materials, and also make you aware of how much food you eat.
Here is how it works:
- “Only ready-made food and beverages are consumed in sheet-metal packaging so people will be conscious about what and how much they eat.
- Food and beverages packs will be kept inside the cooling unit of the system. It only allows storage of 3 days’ worth of food.
- A Smart oven warms up the food in groups to minimize how often it’s used. It arranges the ideal time and temperature for the packs by reading their barcodes.
- There are 4 hollow plates located on the main dining table. Each of them can rotate on its center-axis so you can eat on the either side of the plate. The center of the table houses a small flatware station.
- The integrated dishwasher conserves water by filtering and reusing previous wash water.
- All plates are stored underneath in their own compartments.” via
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