The Agency of Design embarked on a project a few years ago called Design out Waste. Excited by ideas of cradle-to-cradle systems and industrial ecology, we identified electrical products as our target ...

A few years ago, we were working on the design for new toaster. The client was looking for something that would make a statement on the countertop landscape. Aesthetics were important, but we also ...

Michael Graves designed your toilet-bowl brush. How may he be of service to you now? Target, celebrating the fifth anniversary of its relationship with the populist architect, wants the public to ...

These days it takes a lot to please us in a purely conceptual and wholly impractical toaster design, and while the "Mool Toaster" from Atil Kizilbayir does qualify as a fancy new take on bread ...

If anyone can make a humble kitchen appliance feel intentional, it is Reese Witherspoon. Known for her chic yet approachable style, the Legally Blonde actress has a way of choosing pieces that balance ...

Even as kitchen appliances get more advanced and further outfitted with modern tech, traditional slot toasters will never go out of style. They’re tiny, reliable and — if we’re being honest — the ...

Why leave notes to your family on a magnetic dry erase board on your refrigerator when you can write directly on the toaster where nobody will see it? Actually, this toaster doesn’t actually let you ...

Designer Thomas Thwaites works on projects that look deeply at the science behind technology, such as his Toaster Project, where he set out to build his own toaster from scratch, and Policing Genes, a ...