Kohler will be showcasing it's new articulated Karbon Faucet for the kitchen at ICFF next month. The faucet, which looks like a stylized robot arm on a space shuttle, is highly functional. It can assume and keep any pose and is fully extendable, but most interesting, especially for small kitchens, when finished it folds up into a surprisingly compact space. Watch the video after the jump. Did we mention the joystick control?

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+ Electrolux has just launched the new Inspiro oven that is billed as “auto-focus for chefs”. The Inspiro uses sensors to calculate the precise amount of time and energy needed to cook the food, just the way a camera works.

+ Two new designs by Frederik Aerts for Berghoff have won red dot awards. The Neo cookware’s flat cover allows for easy pouring and the Zeno mixing bowl has a lid that can be used as a stand for the bowl, thanks to a rim on the inside.

+ The Low Tech No Tech #3 is a lamp that makes use of an everyday object. Iulius Lucaci has started a series of designs that put the emphasis on repurposing old favourites.

+ The Mude portable LED lamp by Nicolloe Alves Rincon is battery-operated and geared towards a younger consumer who wants to mix and match the colours and designs.

+ Polly Westergaard introduces the Rejse (Danish for “journey”) range of side tables from her collection.

+ Aviad Gil’s Conflict chair prevents both users from being comfortable. Gil’s concept is applied to other pieces in his Conflict portfolio.

+ The new Futura downdraft vent from Guttman is about as sleek as a kitchen vent can get. Push a button and it slides down into the countertop. Via the Appliancist.

+ Deadgood has collaborated with urban artist Mr. Jago on the latest version of their Form:Stool in what will hopefully be the beginning of a series of collaborations with a variety of artists.

Kitchen-maker Alno has created some Cooking Tables that combine “the hearth and kitchen table as the focal point of home life once again.”. The table-cooking collection includes the Liberty Island, a mobile cooking element with a glass cover and mobile container that can be positioned against a dining table, either indoors or out. When opened, the glass cover protects against splattering while cooking and closed, it covers a dual-zone induction cook-top. LongIsland can be positioned anywhere in the room and combines a fixed ‘cooking block’ with a sliding tabletop that’s supported by a base frame (it can be moved to the right or left). A four-zone electric cook-top is flush-fit in the stainless steel cooking block. All the Cooking Tables were originally created by design students at the Muthesius College of Art in Kiel, Germany.

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Sheer, the kitchen that invites you and yours to surround it. Got to see the bubble kitchen at ICFF with the adjoining kitchenware cabinet and fridge (see more after the jump). That's ambient lighting in the middle of the sphere above and the edge of the semi-circular cooktop on the right.

Miele’s booth was all about ambient lighting and dark colors punctuated by bursts of color. A central, stainless steel topped island had a strip of ambient light just beneath the ledge. A solid black counter with sink and cooktop had a smoked glass backsplash that was actually storage, backlit in glowing green light. More storage above the backsplash had glowing shelves. The appliance de resistance was what looks like a convection oven with single button operation.

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