Gizmodo
We showed you the modular kitchen. Here's a modular fridge. You know what's smart about its design? When you open up the door to get your beer, you don't let the cold air out in more than one itty bitty compartment. Also, things don't get buried under packs of old bologna, since each box is a shelf. But are you ever going to be able to store the Thanksgiving turkey inside just one cube?
If I were in the market, and this went into production, I'd try it, though. I've always dreamed of having a sushi bar fridge in my home, and this would give me a similar transparent casing, and potentially, the same landscape form. But it's still my second choice, next to the invisible fridge.
[via Yanko]
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As a chef, I find the concept intriguing. There are many benefits to a large, open-shelved fridge. However, these little cubes would be excellent for the storage of smaller, often-used items. I am picturing this inside a production kitchen, with each cube storing a specific component.
For the home cook, this probably isn't exactly practical, unless you don't cook and are simply storing take-out leftovers or two bottles of ketchup.
Coming soon the rubix cube fridge!
> techmuse: For the home cook, this probably isn't exactly practical, unless you don't cook and are simply storing take-out leftovers or two bottles of ketchup.
Typically, when cooking, I'd be removing several items from the fridge. Which would equate to opening up a lot of these little boxes.
/how many boxes do I need to get up to 25 cubic feet?
/how many cans of soda can I fit in one box?
I suppose my only complaint would be that they are opening up a whole lot of non-insulated surface area to the heat in the room. It's not going to be nearly as efficient as a normal refrigerator. Other than that, looks awesome, especially the little LCD screens to show temperature or whatever.
Sadly, we actually did this already for a cheaper solution to the dual temperature wine fridge. You can get one that has 2 temperature zones (reds and whites typically) but it's a lot pricier than buying two smallers versions (that together can fit more than the 1 dual zone model) with an adjustable control. Back to the original purpose of these compartments--you may realize if not actually use--the fridge in your own home probably has several temperature and humidity compartments that get poorly utilized and probably abused severely (partly because really, do you actually put the lettuce where it's supposed to go? Do you even BUY lettuce?) and so this does highlight how food does have optimal storage environments. Unless all you eat is Ramen. Then it really doesn't matter.
Sometimes it's enough just to enjoy the concept without over-analyzing it. This is very cool.
Of course, they appear to be levitating, there's no visual means of support...but anyway, just a cool concept.
What, are they screwed right into the drywall? Or floating on magnets? I can think of plenty of stuff that would look cool flying through space like some kind of Star Wars transport...let's see this in a small kitchen when you're trying to bend over and get something out of the lowest pod! No ergonomics! No energy efficiency! What were these guys smoking!
But anyway...pretty cool.
will this fit under a countertop? I don't understand how this fits with current kitchen design. Can I stand it vertical?
If something spoils, it won't affect everything else in the fridge...thats good.
I guess you'd be less likely to have stuff go bad in there, cause everyone would see it.
LOL! hamsandwich, I guess you are right.
It *does* look cool.
Well, it might be good for when I get my starship. :-)
Transformers energy cubes.
These would suck power like Paris Hilton sucks...
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