Electrolux Design Lab 2008

Posted on March 28, 2008
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Call for entries: Designs for the Internet generation
Electrolux Design Lab 2008 invites industrial design students around the world to create tomorrow’s home appliances for the Internet generation, deadline May 30.

Electrolux Design Lab 2008

Electrolux, a global leader in home appliances and appliances for professional use, launches the 6th edition of its annual design competition via ElectroluxDesignLab.com and will select a limited number of entries to compete in Zurich at the international finals October 8 & 9, 2008.

“We are looking for daring ideas and solutions”, says Henrik Otto, Head of Global Design at Electrolux. “Entries should reflect the iGeneration’s core interests and concerns like mobility, convenience, time, materials, personalization, entertaining, technology, and sustainability”.

designed by Thanat Tengamnuay from Thailand
Electrolux Design Lab 2007
“Circompo” an automatic food composter
designed by Thanat Tengamnuay from Thailand

About Design Lab
Since 2003, thousands of design students have participated in the Electrolux Design Lab competition, which culminates in a different city every year at an international press event. Previous venues include Paris, Barcelona, Stockholm, New York, and Budapest. Last year’s competition “Green designs for 2020” was won by Levente Szabó from Moholy-Nagy University of Art & Design, Hungary, with E-wash, a compact washing machine that uses soap nuts instead of detergent.

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