Home economics: A scientific spin on domesticity

London – Goldsmiths University graduate Alex Duffner has collaborated with London based start-up Technology Will Save Us to transform a series of prototypes into commercial products for the home.

Domestic Science Machines is a series of kitchen equipment inspired by laboratory instruments. The designs are based around the idea that science can be accessible in the home and everyday objects can be given a multi-functional purpose. LS:N Global first spotted Duffner’s project at the New Designers exhibition in 2013.

‘I wanted to base the designs around the familiarity of household objects,’ Duffner tells LS:N Global. ‘This makes it easier for people to engage with scientific instruments without previous experience.’ Like the designers we highlighted in our Re-enlightenment Rising macrotrend, Duffner is imbuing non-scientific products with scientific meanings.

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