The William

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A concept video for The William, a reimagined electric stove top built around a touch screen instead of knobs and fixed burners. It is a design concept shown in a short film rather than a product that went on sale.

HN remembers it as a beautifully reimagined everyday appliance that everyone wanted and that never shipped, and uses it as shorthand for an exciting design that stayed a concept.

“The William also never happened even though we all really wanted it to.”
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#conceptdesign#stovetop#touchscreen#appliances#kitchen

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@zuck92018 · in “The William – an innovative reimagined stove top [video]”
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@acangiano2010 · in “The William is a new concept for an electric, touch screen stove-top”
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@skrebbel2018 · in “Refresh: concept for a new kind of web browser”
> I think you should've put it on the AppStore first before sharing it It's not a browser. It's a browser design. (plus a bunch of not-really-functional prototypes). I hope it becomes reality but so far this is basically the The William[0] of browsers. The William also never happened even though we all really wanted it to. [0] ▶ this video
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