To fund her first solo exhibition, South African film producer and photographer, Filipa Domingues has collaborated with Smeg to produce a collection of 4 limited-edition ‘CheckMyPlants’ retro refrigerators. Continue reading “Limited Edition Smeg Refrigerator”
The Pico Beer Brewing Appliance
Last fall I wrote about Whirlpool’s Vessi Beer making machine. If you found having to make your own beer recipe too taxing then this personal brew machine from PicoBrew could be right for you.
Almost 7 years ago Bill Mitchell left Microsoft to co-found PicoBrew, Inc. with brother Jim Mitchell, and engineer Avi Geiger with the goal of popularizing hyperlocal craft beer production with the world’s first fully automatic all-grain beer-brewing appliance – the Zymatic.
Fast forward a few years to PicoBrew’s third product, Pico, launched on Kickstarter to offer brewing beer at home so easy that anyone— Continue reading “The Pico Beer Brewing Appliance”
Whirlpool Brews Up Beer-Making Vessi
Recently I wrote about FirstBuild’s venture into the corporate crowdfunding effort to launch a cold brew coffee machine. They’re not the only ones testing out new product concepts using this model. Whirlpool’s hardware incubator, W Labs, is getting in on the crowdfunding game with a campaign for its Vessi beer fermenting system. Continue reading “Whirlpool Brews Up Beer-Making Vessi”
