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Electrolux Announces Electrolux Design Lab '09 Finalists
08.25.2009 – From teleport fridges to flying water catchers to robotic greenhouses
on Mars, Electrolux announces this year’s top eight Electrolux Design Lab finalists in
its global competition themed, “Designs for the next 90 years”.
Electrolux, a global leader in home and professional appliances, has chosen eight
finalists to compete for first place in Electrolux Design Lab ’09 finals in London on
September 24, 2009, at 100% Design London, the UK’s leading architecture and
design event.
For Electrolux Design Lab’s seventh edition, Electrolux invited undergraduate and
graduate industrial design students to send in their home appliance ideas for the
next 90 years, in honor of the Electrolux 90-year anniversary. The brief was to create
thoughtfully-designed products that will shape how people prepare and store food,
wash clothes and do dishes over the next nine decades. This year over 900 entries
were submitted from students in more 50 countries.
The top eight finalists
The eight finalists will compete for the Electrolux Design Lab 2009 First Prize of
approximately $7,000 and a six-month paid internship at one of the Electrolux global
design centers. The second prize is approximately $4,200 and third prize is
approximately $2,800.
The 2009 finalists below are listed in random order:
1. Cocoon by Rickard Hederstierna, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Intelligent food to save the planet
Cocoon is a sustainable response to the world’s growing population and its desire
to consume meat and fish.
Similar to heating popcorn in a microwave, Cocoon prepares genetically engineered
and pre-packaged meat and fish dishes by heating muscle cells identified by radio
frequency identification (RFID) signals. The signals detect the specific dish and then
suggest the required cooking time. This process uses science to create food, lifting
a burden on the planet by reducing the need for further intensive farm