Cooking is a daily activity that is as old as man. Ever since the dawn of our history, we have always gathered around a fire, communicated, shared pleasant moments; the heat of the kitchen has always represented the family’s warmth. The goal of the Master is to investigate on new typologies of spaces we live in, on new cooking appliances, and new ways to cook thanks to the IH device (Induction Heating device) in order to improve, broaden, and facilitate culinary activities, to meet future needs. Let’s design hospitality, feelings, the pleasure of spending time together. Nowadays technology offers us new opportunities that can replace the fire, while keeping its symbolic values: the IH device not only assures safe heat, but is also less time consuming. It is a key tool that will change the way we prepare food, providing new spaces and ways to cook. The current trends are opening the kitchen to enjoy the cooking spaces, eat and relax, for a greater and greater quality. Let’s design household appliances relating not only to the preparation of food, but to other activities as well: heating, entertainment, etc., proposing new styles and new materials, and possibly using the IT (Information Technology).

	Roger Ball   Canada   Mitsubishi Outside
Mitsubishi Outside creates innovative solutions for the world of outdoor cooking. Two groundbreaking designs are featured. First the Magic Spoon takes preparing hot food for family picnics to a new level of safety, speed and convenience. Second the Hotspot cooking unit introduces innovative “cook in the container” technology, which solves many problems plaguing the backpacking and camping community. Start cooking in any weather conditions and do it in the same containers that transport the food. No more pots, no more flammable fuels just safe reliable Magnetic Induction technology. rball@ istar.ca
	Tod Burton  Australia   Mitsubishi Misto
Our kitchens have changed. More happens in them than just cooking… we eat, we work, we talk, we laugh. Using IH technology the Mitsubishi Misto makes it possible for all these things to happen at the same place; the table you eat at is the table you cook at, is also the table where you work and the place where you entertain. The form of the surface alters to reflect your needs. Cook a meal at one end while someone is online at the other. Fluid and flexible as contemporary lifestyle, it brings the family and all their activities together in one setting. A new center of the home. todburton@hotmail.com
	Martijn Kuitet   Olanda   M.O.M. - Multi Oppurtunity Modules
M.O.M. is about furniture for your kitchen: move it, try different set-ups, expand it by buying different modules and take it with you when you move. The system consists of an intelligent frame, conducting electricity and water, and portable modules, providing new flexibility while cooking. The induction heating (IH) tray is battery powered and safe and easy to use due to a new intuitive interface. martijn_kuitert@yahoo.com
	Laura Napoli  Italia   Estia.microkitchen
Estia.microkitchen is a very small portable space made of Estia, a household device that allows to create a basically equipped micro-kitchen everywhere, with innovative technological instruments (I.H.); Torre, a set of containers necessary for the preparation and the cooking of food; Vesta, a special apron protecting from electromagnetic waves. lauranapoli@libero.it
	Laura Varacchi   USA   Warmware
A family of three portable devices for reheating food on-the-go. A bag allows you to heat your food anywhere at anytime. A scarf with gloves contains a hot cap for a hot beverage away from the kitchen. Pull a hot hood over a bowl and warm food without the need of the microwave. Each design is derived from pulling the IH copper coil and forming it into fabric wearables. These products take Induction Heating technology out of the static kitchen stovetop and into our flexible modern lifestyles. lvaracchi@yahoo.com
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