http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/08/05/imagine-the-home-in-2020/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/08/05/imagine-the-home-in-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-4335 Inhabitat » Blog Archive » ELECTROLUX DESIGN LAB 2006 COMPETITON Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:38:02 +0000 http://www.vineetsc.com/wp_inhabitat/wordpress/?p=355#comment-4335 [...] If you dream of the day when the microwave oven meets an ugly demise, you’ll love the theme of Electrolux’s Design Lab 2006 competition. The challenge this year is to design food preparation and preservation appliances that would help the consumer of 2016 “change bad eating habits to healthy eating habits.” So, goodbye microwave, hello…whatever it is you raw foodies need in the kitchen. Electrolux has long been an innovator of sleek, energy-saving household appliances. In 2004 the company won Italy’s Ecohitech award for a washing machine that uses a low amount energy, water and detergent, and whose material is easily disassembled and reused/recycled. So, it’s no surprise that the winning entry in Design Lab 2005 was the Airwash, a waterless washing machine that uses negative ions and compressed air to clean clothes. [...] [...] If you dream of the day when the microwave oven meets an ugly demise, you’ll love the theme of Electrolux’s Design Lab 2006 competition. The challenge this year is to design food preparation and preservation appliances that would help the consumer of 2016 “change bad eating habits to healthy eating habits.” So, goodbye microwave, hello…whatever it is you raw foodies need in the kitchen. Electrolux has long been an innovator of sleek, energy-saving household appliances. In 2004 the company won Italy’s Ecohitech award for a washing machine that uses a low amount energy, water and detergent, and whose material is easily disassembled and reused/recycled. So, it’s no surprise that the winning entry in Design Lab 2005 was the Airwash, a waterless washing machine that uses negative ions and compressed air to clean clothes. [...]

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