Electrolux challenged Masters students at the Domus Academy in Milan, to rethink kitchen appliances. Nine concepts, based on existing technology that consider sustainability and culture under the theme of ‘ReSource’, are presented here to coincide with 2011 Milan Design Week and just before entry to the annual Electrolux Design Lab contest closes (23:59 CET May 1st, 2011).
“To re-source is to re-generate, re-energize, re-mix and re-lax,” says Bruno Lizotte, Design Manager at Electrolux, “and the appropriate space for this multi-tasking is, more than ever before, the home and its vibrant centre – the kitchen.”
Every year the finalists of the Electrolux Design Lab contest see their creations taken from the drawing board to become physical representations of their imagination. Although not quite the finished article (in that they don’t include the technological features that would make them fly out of the shops if they were on sale), they are 3D manifestations that each designer should rightly be proud of conceiving.
Here are the first images of this year’s concepts in development, back stage at Semcon in Gothenburg, (Sweden). More images showing each concept in a greater degree of completion will be posted next week.
Nicolas Hubert, a French industrial design student studying in China, used his everyday experience of living in Shanghai to respond to the challenge of this year’s Electrolux Design Lab, specifically finding efficient ways of maximising space at home. Here we take a closer look at the benefits of the ‘External Refrigerator’.
Lichen Guo, a Chinese industrial design student submitted the ‘Dismount Washer’ for consideration in this year’s Electrolux Design Lab. Having been picked as one of the final eight entries, we take a further look at the concept and get Lichen’s thoughts on design.
