Way back in 1919, British inventor Charles Strite gave the world its first pop-up electrical toaster that comes complete with a timer. Since then, the toaster has become an irreplaceable mainstay on the kitchen table. Not only did Charles Strite create a bread toasting device, he gave mankind an opportunity to foster an everlasting interactive relationship with a common household appliance. Man invented cigarettes because we need to fulfil a human need to control fire and then we have the toaster that fulfils our need to finally be in control over the fate of a simple piece of bread.
Over the years, countless toaster designs have walked this earth and our kitchen tables, attempting to reinvent or replace the common toaster. However, the basic toast creating technique, roasting the sugar within the bread to give it its brown, crusty look had pretty much remained unchanged. We have catalogued just a few of these designs here at mermur – from vintage toasters that seem more suitable in a torture chamber to contemporary designs that makes you not recognise a toaster when you see one. – AS
Pelouze Percheramer/Amer Beauty Coil
Some amazingly weird contraptions that may double as your kitchen torture devices. Inventorsabout says these were toasters and we believe them.
Modern Toaster Designs/Concepts
Clockwise:
Zuse Toaster by Inseq, Rollertoaster by Jaren Goh, Split toaster by Craig Stragward, Swavtoaster from Russell Hobbs and the Nahamer toaster by Rob Penny. – AS
