Plates

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I’ve Been Waiting All My Life For This Kind Of Advancement In Pancake Plate Technology

10:40AM December 7, 2011 | Casey Chan

Pancakes! We love them. Pancakes with syrup! We love them even more. But sometimes, pouring syrup on top of your hot cakes just isn’t enough. You want to be able to conveniently dip ‘em too. This plate, created by designer Jon Wye, is the perfect plate for pancakes: they have a slope and bank to store the syrup. More »


Pie Chart Plates Keep You Eating Right (Or Wrong)

10:20AM May 8, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Portion control is the most obvious means to eat better, but how much is too much? This Wheel of Nutrition dinnerware makes it as simple as putting food on your plate. More »


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Lil Diner Plate Holder: Get Serious About Preventing Spills

4:40AM January 7, 2010 | Sean Fallon

I don’t have kids myself, but I hear that they can be kind of messy at mealtimes. The solution: a platform that is clamped to the table with suction cups holding the bowl or plate in place. More »


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Ingenious Taco Plate Facilitates Rapid Consumption of Tacos

7:20AM April 25, 2009 | Mark Wilson

True story: As a child, if my taco fell apart mid-meal, I would start crying. In case you hadn’t pieced it together by now, I was a fat child.

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Conductive Plates Could Make the Microwave Obsolete

10:00AM January 27, 2009 | Sean Fallon

You know what I hate about waffles? They get cold too quickly. This plate concept would keep my Eggos toasty without having to hit it with the microwave—because the heating element is built-in.

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Star Trek Plate Covers Won’t Make Your Lights Turn On Any Faster

11:45PM November 12, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

You can’t wait for the movie. You have the t-shirts, the tricorder replica, the klingon doctorate, your room looks like the Enterprise’s bridge, your face has morphed already into a sexy Vulcanian, and you have been writing your first Star Trek novel for years now. But do you have these plates for your electrical wall thingies? Yeah. That’s what I thought. Go get the three of them for only $US18. My favourite by far is the power plug plate:

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Lunchboxes Create the Illusion of Fine PB&J Dining

11:40PM October 9, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Our childhood died when we realised that our precious GI Joe lunchbox would no longer impress our friends but get us laughed at and called a baby. As we carried our brown paper bag in shame, one graphic designer mused a solution. Her lunchboxes, seen here, hold food with style, folding out to reveal a facade of dining on fine porcelain plates or even just simple plastic dishes on the beach.

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