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Daily Delight: The Kitchen Table of the Future

by Briana Mowrey September 3, 2011 24 Comments

Love reading your newspaper around the kitchen table at breakfast? How about reading your newspaper on the kitchen table at breakfast? That’s the idea that The New York Times Company’s R&D Lab is developing right now. You won’t believe this demo video!

It’s like having a giant touchscreen smartphone as your tabletop, plus some added slickness for this context, like the ability to share articles with other family members sitting at the table. The table even detects when items are placed on it, which leads to some cheeky advertising (like a Starbucks ad cleverly popping up underneath the bottom of your coffee mug). Would you love a high-tech table like this? Or do you prefer your Kitchen Table Version 1.0?

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Daily Delight: Wide Kitchen Stripes

by Lili Zarghami June 9, 2011 8 Comments

The popular wisdom when decorating small spaces is to make it white and minimal to create the illusion of a much larger space. Designer Kein Cross threw that advice out the window and opted for his trademark black-and-white stripes instead.

Photo: Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times

In his 19 foot wide and 6 ½ foot deep rental cottage in Paris, Cross renovated the kitchen with bathroom vanities, removed the stove and added wide stripes. Granted the kitchen has a curated-clutter look, but the unexpected stripes add a dressy touch and contrary to what you would expect, a sense of breadth.

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