design

Wine

Screw-Cap Wines Are Screwed: Meet The Brand-New Helix Cork

Novel design is the best thing since the wine box

Jun 18, 2013 4:02 pm

Portuguese cork manufacturer Amorim and Owens-Illinois Glass Company have teamed up to produce a brand-new wine drinking experience: the twisty cork! It has all the grippability of a champagne cork, but with an eye-pleasing (and functional) helix twist. Learn all about it after the jump.

Chef Talk

Restaurant Design Is Pretty Much The Last Thing David Chang Thinks About

Chang: "It's a restaurant, not a gallery"

Jun 12, 2013 8:31 am

"At the end of the day, you're a restaurant, not a gallery," asserted David Chang at Monday night's "Dining + Design" talk at the New School in Manhattan. "I think you need to deliver on that, first and foremost." The chef and owner behind the global Momofuku empire, with restaurants based in New York City, Sydney and Toronto, participated in the last of a three-part series on restaurant design, alongside his partner Andrew Salmon and designer Anwar Mekhayech.

Green Scene

Design Meme: You Can Now Grow Fish And Vegetables In Your Living Room

Fish farm meets aquarium. Talk about going green!

May 30, 2013 3:31 pm

Just when you thought you've seen it all. Local River is a newly desinged, at-home aquarium that will also provide you with a catch of the day. Are you up to it? Details after the jump.

Grilling Month

Hey, These Grilling Tools Have Familiar-Looking Handles

Klein Tools gets a grip on grilling season

May 29, 2013 11:01 am

We're wrapping up our coverage of Grilling Month, but the summer's grilling season is just getting underway. A rugged and smart addition to any grill kit, here's one very cool-looking spatula and fork set by Klein Tools — just two more reasons to fire up the grill.

Design Finds

Check Out These Hand-Crafted Wooden Kitchen Knives

An Italian-Japanese collab has sharp results

May 23, 2013 11:02 am

Made entirely from wood — from the handle to the blade — these knives can up your design game in the kitchen.

Coffee Culture

Here Is A French Press Made From A Mason Jar

Hold the Portlandia jokes—this thing is pretty rad

May 17, 2013 10:02 am

Fact: those age-old glass vessels aren't going anywhere anytime soon. And in the case of this new coffeebrewer, that's fine by us.

Drink Better

Video: From Banker To One-Woman Rum Distiller

Behind the scenes video at The Noble Experiment

May 10, 2013 2:31 pm

In this video, director David Garcia documents a day in the life of a Bridget Firtle, a native Brooklyner who operates a forklift, pours hundreds of pounds of molasses and runs an entire distillery by herself at The Noble Experiment, her craft distillery in Brooklyn.

Design Finds

These 8 Crazy Food Sweaters By Shelfies Are Absolutely Real, May Scare You

Watermelon, coffee, gummy bear sweaters from Canada

May 3, 2013 3:02 pm

Shelfies, a Canadian clothing company, has come out with a line of food-themed sweaters that may shock you. The in-your-face prints of gigantic watermelons, gummy bears, chocolate chip cookies and french fries look realistic, though biting into them may actually qualify as cannibalism.