08/23/2012, While becoming a chef did cross my mind at some point in time, the thought of having my eyebrows burnt off or having hot oil splashed on my hand was a bit off putting. However for those who’d like to be able to display their culinary skills without any burnt eyebrows, this concept called Fiery might be able to let you do that. As part of the 2012 Electrolux Design […]

09/12/2011, Love eating outdoors but you dislike the idea of eating cold food and you’re too lazy to start up a fire to reheat it? Well, we might have an answer to that problem in the future. Over at the Electrolux Design Lab 2011 competition in London last week, the People’s Choice Award winner went to Matthew Schwartz, a student at California State University who came up with a portable microwave […]

06/01/2011, You know how librarians love peace and quiet in their surroundings, and sometimes they might just want to bring home their work environment, which involves a whole lot of silence. If that is the case, surely their computers will feature silent fans in the chassis, not to mention quiet keyboards that do not click when your fingers dance all over them. How about when one is in the kitchen? This […]

05/02/2011, Electrolux Design Lab holds an annual competition where they challenge students to come up with home appliances based on a theme. Well for the 2010 competition which just ended on Sunday, the theme was “The 2nd Space Age” where students design appliances that would feel at home in the year 2050. One of the stand-out entries is from Russian student, Yuriy Dmitriev with his Bio Robot Fridge. This super thin […]

11/02/2010, Everybody is getting conscious about the environment nowadays and Electrolux is doing its part with the “Vacs from the Sea” design. This design took the debris that was collected from organizations cleaning up the ocean and molded it into a vacuum, making each vacuum unique and also raising the awareness of the amount of trash going around under the sea. Regardless of whether you care about the environment or not, […]

06/30/2010, The Electrolux Design Lab 2010 was where the IceCloud debuted, courtesy of Hungarian designer Fanni Csernátony. This piece of intelligent, comfortable and eco-friendly cooler appliance will rely on passive cooling and claypots, where Peltier modules are used to generate thermoelectric power. Humidity from the air is also extracted for natural cooling to take place, and apart from its obvious energy efficiency, this new form of fridge, if manufactured in the […]

02/17/2010, This “Heart of the home” kitchen concept from Electrolux is certainly a kitchen we’d love to have sometime in the near future. With this design, we could probably do away with all those troublesome pots and pans that clutter up the kitchen. Toss various ingredients on top of the counter, select them, and you’ll be presented with various recipes using those ingredients. You can mark an area to cook your […]

12/21/2009, Toshiba and Electrolux have certainly come up with a sexy and appealing vacuum cleaner, the Escargot vacuum cleaner. It’s certainly no slouch at doing its job, but you also have to appreciate its classy and expensive-looking design. Everything will be able to roll up or fit into the space between the large brushed aluminum wheels that you can see pictured above. Would you be ashamed to be seen doing housework […]

12/10/2009, Did you ever consider the possibility that vacuum cleaners might be silent? Well, Electrolux came up with the Silence Amplified just to drive home that possibility. Dubbed the “most silent vacuum cleaner ever made”, it operates at just 68dB, so you’ll be able to listen to music while you vacuum. Probably to illustrate the point, Electrolux crammed an iPod dock and integrated speakers into the unit, so you can literally […]

09/26/2009, It certainly looks like we’re aiming to have a future akin to that of a Jetsons cartoon. In a recent design contest sponsored by Electrolux, the winner was a device called the Cocoon. While the name might remind you of icky bugs, rest assured the desired effect of this concept design is a tasty and satisfying one. It’s supposed to heat pre-mixed food packets containing muscle cells, oxygen and other […]

06/03/2009, After checking out the Electrolux Re-mix concept, chances are you’ll never see batter in the same light ever again. It will feature physical patterns that are produced via the interaction of sound waves within a medium, mixing food using vibrations emitted by different sound frequencies. In short, you can mix a batter of pancakes with hip hop tunes from Eminem or hard rock from Metallica, depending on your audible poison […]

05/27/2009, Electrolux Global Design has managed to deliver a new method for all to be included in family celebrations, courtesy of the Rendez-Vous concept interactive table that comes with a high-tech kitchen integrated within. This concept design comes with an “energy shield” top which is able to transmit power sans wires to any electrical appliance, so you don’t need to worry about not having enough outlets lying around. The top also […]

05/07/2009, The Electrolux Wind Washer Dishwasher concept is one device that will certainly send a smile to housewives all over the world if they receive this for Mother’s Day sometime in the future (assuming it rolls off the production line, that is) as it will keep your dishes clean while doing away with nasty bacteria that linger around. First of all, it will rely on a stream of high-pressure air to […]