Alessi Neapolitan Coffee Maker
£235, alessi.co.uk
Part bong, part design folly. But if your dinner guests still think you’re serving Nescafe after you serve up a round of Joe from this, it’s time to get new friends.
Bugatti Volo Toaster
£180, contemporaryheaven.com
No, it doesn’t toast your bread any faster than an ordinary toaster, but it does have a motorised lift to transport your slice in style. And redefine laziness.
Kitchenaid Artisan Food Mixer
£420, heals.co.uk
If the Kitchenaid was a car it’d have good specs: 4.8L, 10 speeds and, er, a dough hook. But you’re not going to use this – it’s clearly for looking at.
Henckels Twin Fin 20cm chefs knife
£70, cooks-knives.co.uk
That’s not a knife. This is a knife. An ice-hardened, carbon steel knife at that. Twenty centimetres of balanced cutting pleasure.
Habitare Ovetto recycling bin
£170, contemporaryheaven.com
Recycling. Good for the planet. Bad for your bin situation. Or it was until Habitare introduced this stunning – though admittedly pricey – sorter.
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