Electrolux Design Lab 2014 Coming Soon

Next week we shall know the names of the Electrolux Design Lab 2014 winner. Don’t miss it – you’ll have a chance to watch it live! It is expected that the annual competition will be fiercer than usual. Electrolux have been looking for cutting edge design with a touch of greenness. Although only an odd idea of the competition gets materialised, it somehow set the scene and makes people think about their home appliances.

The last year’s entry of Toma Brundzaite, Vilnius Academy of Art, Lithuania still somehow sticks out (at least for me) – it is a dishwasher-slash-dish shelf. The Bifoliate is split in two, with a compartment for the dirty dishes and one for the clean. The dirty dish cabinet uses ultrasonic wave technology to clean the dishes. Once clean, the dishes are moved across to the storage compartment. A tad smallish but cute and space-saving.

As for this year, the eight finalists in this year’s Electrolux Design Lab will present their individual compact living solutions on 23rd September at 100% Design, Earls Court, London. The programme will start 11am GMT. The whole event will be steamed live and available to view here at www.electrolux.com/designlab