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Disproving an Industrial Design Professor's Rule: Dishwashers Have Gone Invisible, Why Haven't Toasters?
"What I want in a toaster of the future ... that lives in the cabinet. Pull it out, drop two slices of bread on it, and it toasts them "
Dishwashers don't start fires when you forget they are on. Close the door on a hidden toaster and walk away in the middle of a toasting cycle and it may be the last time. The cost of solving that "problem" (hiding toasters) would be far greater than the cost of just making them look like cool things people want to display.
If you have a gas stove, what you want is a camp-stove toaster; it sits on top of the burner and makes toast. Doesn't do both sides at once, but folds neatly for storage in your drawer. They'll even do four pieces at once. https://www.coghlans.com/products/camp-stove-toaster-504d
Good to see I'm not the only one who agrees that some people just want cool looking products instead of invisible stuff. This, much like the entire gospel of minimalism, is too often treated as absolute. As for me personally, there are some products that I prefer minimalist in function and invisible in appearance, and others that I want to stand out and look awesome, with all the bells and whistles I could want. And everyone will have different preferences on which products they prefer for these cases.
For safety reasons, not possible yet to enclose it per US building code. Or the encasing would have to be built like an oven, then who would want to pay the price of an oven for a dumb ass toaster?
I have that kind of Bosch dishwasher. Red dot or no, I'm frequently opening it mid-cycle. Good that it doesn't spray water everywhere.
More correctly - three brands (Siemens, Bosch and Constructa) from a single company.
Don't forget Gaggenau, Thermador, and about six other brands globally! Huge company, was my first ID job!
SMEG is one of those companies where I truly appreciate the design of their products. However, I am reluctant to ever purchase one just because "Smeg" isn't something I want to read every day, or ever, really.
somebody had toast for breakfast.