The winner of the 2010 Electrolux Design Lab competition will need to impress four of the most respected designers working in the field today: Ineke Hans founder of design office INEKEHANS/ARNHEM;Benjamin Hubert (Design of the year, British Design awards 2010); Jon Marshall, Studio Director at BarberOsgerby; and Henrik Otto, Senior Vice President of Global Design at Electrolux, will assess eight finalists as they present their compact living concepts, live in London, 23rd September at 100% Design, Earls Court.

Benjamin Hubert

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Eight Electrolux Design Lab finalists offer future living solutions.
The 2010 edition of the Electrolux Design Lab competition focuses on creative solutions for compact living. The 2010 brief asked industrial design students to consider how people will prepare and store food, wash clothes, and do dishes in the homes of 2050, when 74%* of the global population are predicted to live in an urban environment. You can check out the eight finalists in the animation below and a description and image of each concept is presented lower down the page.

Imagery and a description of each concept in detail follows below.

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The eight finalists for the 2010 Electrolux Design Lab competition will be announced on Wednesday 14th July. The announcement will be accompanied with professionally rendered images of each concept and a three minute animation to show each design in the context of the future home. As a teaser, here is an image of one of the finalists. By looking at the 25 semi-finalists you might be able to guess which one it is…

Henrik Otto, SVP of Global Design at Electrolux, was recently on CNN (25th June 2010) to provide a commentary on some of this year’s Electrolux Design Lab entries.