I love this highly interactive kitchen. There are a few design philosophies for the kitchen that drew my attention -mainly those who believe in a holistic environmental approach, where you include the entire kitchen culture, moving from one surface to another; and secondly a belief that kitchen cooking chores could be done within a compact product thats saves working space. (as in the Philips multifunctional rice cooker that I just stumbled upon recently)
I haven't seen incorporated concept where traditional tools are incorporated into a highly advanced IT interface, which often puzzles me. Perhaps its due cultural differences as these products are usually design in Europe. Asians prefer a touch of tradition when it comes to cooking especially to soups and certain dishes. Philips' concept for the HD4777 puts in 30 presets for consumers to make different dishes from baking, stewing and down to making your own yogurt. Its great space saving idea.
Concept, style, interface and finish often incorporating green technolgies and computed interfaces are now the in-trend as a global culture for cooking. What most products appear to neglect are subtle or even obvious individual differences between cultures. I often wonder why.
