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Kitchen Note

Capture recipes as you cook. Print a card meant to be shared.

Duration

12 weeks

Industry

Home Appliances

Skills

Solidworks, Keyshot, Figma

Kitchen Note

Capture recipes as you cook. Print a card meant to be shared.

Duration

12 weeks

Industry

Home Appliances

Skills

Solidworks, Keyshot, Figma

Being cared for isn’t the same as feeling needed.
In interviews, a pattern came up again and again:
people living alone later in life often receive help, but fewer chances to contribute. They need a way to give something meaningful back.
Cooking is already a form of giving.
A physical card is visible, giftable, and easy to keep in a kitchen. It doesn’t require an account or any searching; it’s just there.
Cooking is already a form of giving.
A physical card is visible, giftable, and easy to keep in a kitchen. It doesn’t require an account or any searching; it’s just there.
Cooking is already a form of giving.
A physical card is visible, giftable, and easy to keep in a kitchen. It doesn’t require an account or any searching; it’s just there.
How might we turn everyday cooking into a repeatable act of contribution, one that is simple and tactile in sharing with others?

How might we turn everyday cooking into a repeatable act of contribution, one that is simple and tactile in sharing with others?

The idea was to create a device that could record your recipe, and spit out a physical “postcard” to share.

KitchenNote

KitchenNote

KitchenNote

A countertop device that turns cooking into a keepsake.
A countertop device that turns cooking into a keepsake.
A countertop device that turns cooking into a keepsake.
Capture:
Talk about the recipe while cooking, with an AI assistant at your disposal.
Talk about the recipe while cooking
Confirm:
Quick on-screen menu before printing.
Print:
One obvious call-to-action button to create the card.
A physical card is visible, giftable, and easy to keep in a kitchen. It doesn’t require an account or any searching; it’s just there.
A physical card is visible, giftable, and easy to keep in a kitchen. It doesn’t require an account or any searching; it’s just there.
Bring back the recipe card.
Cooking is loud and hands are busy. A wearable capture module keeps audio close to the mouth and makes video recording angles flexible, without asking the user to hold a phone.

Cooking is loud and hands are busy. A wearable capture module keeps audio close to the mouth and makes video recording angles flexible, without asking the user to hold a phone.

Refilling paper is easy and intuitive, with the tray located behind the screen.
An angled cavity with a textured floor, so you can stack your recipe cards as a display.

An angled cavity with a textured floor, so you can stack your recipe cards as a display.

An angled cavity with a textured floor, so you can stack your recipe cards as a display.
An array of speaker holes, located on both sides of the device so you can hear your AI assistance (if toggled on) guide your recipe-building oration.

An array of speaker holes, located on both sides of the device so you can hear your AI assistance (if toggled on) guide your recipe-building oration.