Check out these salt and pepper shakers in the shape of magic wands to go with your quirky unicorn chopsticks! Sprinkle a little magic over your next meal and make it look like you're granting a wish. They're a little impractical when it comes to storing them and keeping them upright, but they'll be a huge hit among little ones at Christmas time.
If you know someone who uses chopsticks for most of their meals, then these quirky little unicorn utensils will make a functional gift this Christmas. Yes they look a little bit silly and unnecessary, but we're all for jazzing up our mealtimes and adding a little bit of fairy-tale magic into our daily routine!
We love this new coffee and tea making appliance from kitchen experts Bodum, which looks a little bit like a crazy science experiment, right?!
Basically you put your water and coffee or tea leaves into the first small glass reservoir, you then attach it to the device to start the brewing process and it'll then trickle down into the cute glass tumblers below. The glass reservoir, which looks a little like a bubble, has an integrated beverage filter and as Yanko Design points out, that makes any kind of drink you're making completely spill-proof the whole time.
The device looks pretty unique anyway, but also comes in a range of colors including cherry red, lime green, black and white.
A cute and quirky little idea that kids will love! Fill the tray full of water for 11 UFO ice cubes or jello for lots of multi-coloured martian desserts.
We love this label idea from Scott Amron, which acts as a regular sticker you'd find on your favourite fruit, but it also turns into soap when you wash it off. This is handy for making sure you're eating a clean apple and also means you don't have to mess around picking off the tacky residue you'd usually find after removing a label.
We love this fridge design from Fabian Kreuzer and Markus Lorenz Schilling which was featured on Yanko Design last week.
It's part of a new project called In My Fridge, which aims to simplify the process of food management by using RFID technology to collect data about quantity of food, expiration dates and even recipes. All of the information is displayed on a handy touchscreen, which also allows the owner to see what's inside without opening the door.
It's an innovative idea which we're convinced could not only help reduce the amount of food we all throw away each year, but could also help us to be more aware when it comes to what we're putting into our bodies.
We've heard of near field communication or NFC technology being used to make mobile payments (go check out Google Wallet if you haven't already), but a student from the University of Sydney has integrated this kind of simple, transactional technology into tables at restaurants so that customers can quickly and easily order food.
Basically, stickers are placed on a table and then people can use their devices to tap them, pull up a menu on the screen, place an order AND make a payment all in one go without them even having to move. It's convenient, innovative, but possibly a little lazy!
Watch the video above to see how the new NFC project dubbed Brand Table works.
We've written about our love for the innovative gadget and invention site Quirky.com a few times in the past, but while browsing through some of the new products today we came across something that really caught out eye.
The Boil Buoy is basically a small device for your kitchen which you add to water and when it's boiled it'll make a ringing sound! It's an interesting and clever little device which we're sure will be ideal for busy people who don't have much time to cook.
Check out the video of the Boil buoy in action above.
Unfortunately it's still in the development phase, but you can pre-order one from Quirky for $14.99.
If you're travelling it's always a good idea to take something with you to purify your water. You'd usually have to settle for some kind of water purification tablets, but the SteriPEN UV Freedom Water Purifier is a really compact and easy-to-use solution, it runs off a battery and charges via USB allowing you to destroy 99% of bacteria in under a minute!
We love seeing rubbish being put to good use and not just thrown into a landfill. So we were excited to see lots of old coffee cups and spoons being made into giant light features that were created by Swiss designer Christian DuCharme and are currently being displayed at the Layafette Espresso Bar and Market in New York.
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