I just love that whole different take. Check out the site for more photos and a "How it works"
designer’s own words:
There has been little development of the toaster since the start of the century, whilst other appliances have developed and improved incorporating new technologies and thinking, toaster have remained relatively untouched. When the toaster was first invented eating toast was a social activity that took place on the breakfast table, these days toasters have been relegated to cheap plastic objects hidden away in the kitchen landscape. This toaster is designed to engage the user, re-invigorating the social context of toasting by questioning everything about what we toast with today…Read more here: Designer Toaster
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Tags: Ceramics for Breaksfast, Toaster, New Design, Product Design
Maris wrote,
Great Toaster! I must get one
Link | January 16th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Xerius wrote,
Looks nice
I like toasty’s
Link | January 16th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Momus wrote,
Can’t toast my bagel! Input element needs to be adjustable–like a clamshell that shuts over the bread (muffin, whatever)
Link | January 16th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Niko* wrote,
Hmm, nice looking but the opening looks narrow.
Good luck putting anything but store-sliced bread through it. And forget about bagel halves.
Ah well.
Link | January 16th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Aegir wrote,
Well it’s an interesting idea, but I prefer my toast to be hot when I butter it. By the looks of this, the leading part of the toast is going to be cold by the time the back edge is done.
Link | January 16th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Hubern wrote,
Sux. Looks like it won’t toast anything that isn’t perfectly sized. Style over substance.
Link | January 16th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
zanngo wrote,
Looks cool, but my guess is that the toasted end will be all cold and hard before the back end even gets through the toaster…
Link | January 16th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Vicomte Raf wrote,
Has anyone wondered how long it takes to have a toast ready with that thing ? Because if the answer is “more than one minute” (and I don’t believe it could be less) then one end of your toast will be cold while you will get burned by the other.
And what if you want to toast a thicker slice of bread… on half a croissant ? (yes, I’m french)
Link | January 16th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
yonett wrote,
I like the design. It should accommodate toast of various widths. Perhaps a zipper like tapered teeth formation can spread apart but guard against little fingers.
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Brian wrote,
I like it. I’d buy it if it was reasonably priced. Some will gripe that it only does one slice at a time, and that it only accommodates sliced bread (boo hoo, I can’t toast my bagel!). Some design tweaks and you could have two slots - one for bagels & one for sliced bread.
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 12:19 am
wayne wrote,
where can we buy them from?
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 12:51 am
laurel wrote,
I like it but where do we buy it?
I love how it looks easy to clean up, hate how dirty toasters get.
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 12:51 am
Roid wrote,
This is an awesome design. Thanks for the ingenuity.
Does it have a thickness adjustment and is it capable of toasting on one side only? Even if it doesn’t I am tempted to buy one.
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 1:03 am
Terra wrote,
i love this new toaster! Design perfect in every way!
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 1:10 am
nick wrote,
what about items of different sizes wishing to be toasted, such as bagels or poptarts
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 2:46 am
JM wrote,
“This toaster is designed to engage the user, re-invigorating the social context of toasting by questioning everything about what we toast with today…”
Sounds like a pretentious way to look at toast. How about questioning how I can make thick sliced toast or a bagel?
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 3:48 am
MirrorError wrote,
Cool Concept, does it work with Bagels, English Muffins or just a certain size of bread? It would be cool if he could work some way to have it spread peanut butter or jelly on it too…
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 4:29 am
Martin wrote,
Bad idea though. By the time the last of the toast is toasted, the leading edge will have cooled down. You want to toast the whole thing at once so you get hot buttered toast not crispy dried bread.
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 4:48 am
heya wrote,
and like every other toaster it still scatters crumbs everywhere!
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 5:33 am
Luke wrote,
The only problem is that it won’t accept many differnt sizes of bread.
personally I prefer a “Wide Format” toaster so I can toast nice big chunks of Sourdough….
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 6:44 am
Tamyu wrote,
My main concern with this would be how long it takes. I wouldn`t want to eat a piece of toast that is hot on one end and cold on the other…
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 7:06 am
Diane wrote,
What about the bagels?
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 7:17 am
Brian "DoctaBu" Moore wrote,
There are two issues I see with this toaster:
1. Because normal toasters heat the entire slice of bread at once, when it’s done, the entire thing is warm from the process. With this, as the top part comes out from the toasting area, it begins to cool down. Once the entire piece of bread is ejected from the toaster, the top will be lukewarm, while the bottom piping hot.
2. Again, as the toaster toasts the entire piece of bread at once, it can finish toasting relatively quickly. With this device, the toaster will have to spend at least double the time toasting. The argument “well it can just be hotter” doesn’t work because there’s a reason regular toasters don’t do it– if it’s a lot hotter, it will burn the surface and the inside will still be relatively cool.
I really love the design; I’m just wondering if it’s worth it. Maybe one that feeds through the width of the entire slice would work better.
Beautiful art, though!
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 9:01 am
Paul wrote,
Style over substance? They should call it the iToaster.
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Stan wrote,
Okay, it’s cool looking, but the idea is basically just a re-upped version of the 1935 toast-o-lator: http://www.jitterbuzz.com/indtol.html
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Nichrome wrote,
Not much new under the sun:
1940s Toast-O-Lator
http://toaster.org/cards/toastolator.jpg
http://toaster.org/cards/toastolator2.jpg
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
redundancy wrote,
YES!
Can’t handle anything but “standard” storebought foam, er, ‘bread’.
The leading end will be cold before the trailing end has toasted.
Thank you sheeple, we’ve read that, over and over, please stop posting the same criticisms!
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Mark in CA wrote,
Typical case of form over function. For all the reasons already stated above, this is a poor toaster.
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Boobsie wrote,
And if you want three pieces of toast? How long does that take?
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
peter wrote,
Fantastic design,who gives a damn if it cant handle store bought, cut the crust off.
Can you advise me where we “down under dwellers” can purchase such a knockout toaster ?
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
UofABlog wrote,
Wow! Thats the prettiest thing that would ever be in my kitchen!
Link | January 17th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
mehdi wrote,
Hum, et pour toaster des demi-baguettes ? (hell, so a french can’t buy it!)
Link | January 18th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Matt wrote,
Oh great! The wife saw that picture and wants one now.
Link | January 27th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Zlurp! » Stylish Toaster wrote,
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Link | March 8th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
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Link | March 30th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
ses wrote,
I happen to like the creation! It’s unique, ellegant, and handy. I love the sleek design!! Although some people have complained about the absence of being able to taost other various things such as poptarts, or bagels, or croissants I could really care less. I don’t like any of those items so I would buy one and I’m sure there are many more who would too…Nice product!!!
Link | April 25th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Michael wrote,
Wonderful, this toaster is really too space saving equipment.
I wonder where i can get this toaster. The sleek design
serves a modern trend. I want to get this!!
Link | June 22nd, 2007 at 9:47 pm
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Link | September 26th, 2007 at 4:48 pm