Hasta La Ideas

Simply put, by entering the 2014 Electrolux Design Lab Competition you can pocket some handsome booty, secure a paid internship for a year and learn a lot more than what traditional classrooms will teach you. In short, you will not only win € 5000 but also get a head start to life. YD has been media partners with the Design Lab for over three years now and each year we see a phenomenal growth the value that this design competition brings to young talents.

It was just last year when Hidashi Hamaguchi and Yanko Design’s Design Strategist was a part of the Jury and awarded Adrian Perez Zapata from Colombia, the first prize for his concept – Mab.

For the 2014 challenge, Electrolux Design Lab is looking for students who want to challenge preconceptions. They are looking for ideas that are based on insights around human behavior and ones that can improve the quality of people’s everyday lives. Submissions can be products, accessories, consumables and services for one of the following focus areas:

Culinary Enjoyment

Design challenge: Which inspiring and motivating solutions within culinary enjoyment can be designed to support the desire for healthier lifestyles in future homes?

Fabric Care

Design challenge: How can design solutions within fabric care offer support to the desire for sustainable, stylish and well-managed homes?

Air Purification

Design challenge: How can air purification be designed in a way that enhances the quality of the different activities in our living environments and addresses specific needs?

Booty:

• 1st prize: € 5000 and 6 months paid internship at Electrolux,
• 2nd prize: € 3000,
• 3rd prize: € 2000,
• People’s Choice: € 1000

The internship takes place in one of the ten design centers that Electrolux has around the globe. The headquarters of Electrolux is situated in Stockholm, Sweden.

First Steps:

You have to submit a description of an idea, a visual sketch illustrating the idea and a description of the consumer benefits.

Timelines:

• The competition opens for entries March 1 and the submission deadline for the competition is April 6 2014.
• The best entries are placed online in the beginning of May allowing them instant global recognition.
• Electrolux professionals will evaluate the concepts and give feedback.
• The competition is held in stages and the winner is chosen in November 2014.

In 2013 the competition received over 1700 submissions from over 60 countries. This year you can be one of them!

Top 3 concepts from 2013:

Winner – Mab by Adrian Perez Zapata, Colombia

Mab is an automated cleaning system consisting of hundreds of flying mini-robots. The robots clean surfaces by touching them with a drop of water. Mab scans the house, determine the areas to clean and sends the robots flying.

Second place – Atomium by Luiza Silva, Brazil

Atomium is a 3D printer that uses molecular ingredients to construct food layer by layer. Draw the shape of the food you would like to eat and show it to the appliance. Atomium scans the image and prints food in the desired shape.

Third place – Breathing Wall by Jeabyun Yeon, Korea

Breathing Wall is a wall integrated air cleaning concept which pulsates and changes shape as it cleans the air. It can be customized to suit individual needs as it also scents the air you breathe and changes color according to your choice.

Who can enter: Individual undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in a university or graduated 2013 or later. Read the rules here.

What you need to do:
Submit a description, a consumer benefit and a visual sketch of your idea. If it gets picked as one of the top 100+ designs, you’re in for quite a journey.

The important dates:

• March 1 – Submissions start
• April 6 – Submissions end
• May – Release of 100+ concepts

Follow the blog for updates and know-hows.

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(Calling Designers: 2014 Electrolux Design Lab Is Now Open was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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From more than 1700 entries this year, Electrolux Design Lab has shortlisted 100 entries. The submissions encompass 3D printing technology, wearable appliance accessories, concepts that reflect our memories and highlight our senses, new integrated solutions as well as smart technology in social cooking solutions. All of the 100 Entries are hungry for your VOTE, so that they can move to Stage 3.

Stage 3 is when the list narrows down and only fifty odd entries will be further asked to refine their projects and tweak them. Stage 4 will see only 20 best entries making it to the cut and from here eight finalists will be selected. To know what happens in Stage 2, please head here.

Voting

The public can also vote for their favorite concepts. The public voting is open now and will be open until 12th May 23:59 CET. All submissions are here. Yanko Design has selected some of our favorite entries, good luck you people; we look forward to meeting you at the finals!

 

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(Top 100 Electrolux Design Lab 2013 Entries Announced was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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Ciao a tutti! Yanko Design is the official media partner for the Electrolux Design Lab and we are heading to the beautiful city of Milan for the finals. We will be bringing you extensive coverage, which you can follow on Facebook and Twitter and right here. Ten finalists will be battling out, but guess what; you do have a say in it! There is a People’s Choice Award that allows you to vote for your favorite design.Before you decide, here is a quick recap of videos that showcase each of the projects. Voting closes 12:00 CET, 25th October 2012. The winner will receive the ULTRAMIX/PRO stick mixer.

• Importantly, catch the live streaming of the event here, doors open at 4:00 pm CET. (Check your Time Zone Here)

Treat by Amy Mon-Chu Liu

Tastee by Christopher Holm-Hansen

Spummy by Alexandre de Bastiani

SmartPlate by Julian Caraulani

MoSphere by Yunuén Hernández

Memory by Wenyao Cai

Impress by Ben de la Roche

ICE by Julen Pejenaute 
Beorlegi

Easystir by Lisa Frodadottir Låstad

Aeroball by Jan Ankiersztajn

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(Yanko Design Heads To Milan For The Electrolux Design Lab Finals was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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Electrolux Design Lab’s 10th Anniversary challenge to international design students is to design products that develop the sensory experience of home appliances. The countdown has begun, and after the shortlist of 80 nominations has been tightened to 30 shortlisted entries. The next step will be to announce the Top 10, who will be invited to Milan in October, to present their projects. The jury will as always, include Henrik Otto SVP of Global Design at Electrolux. As media partners Yanko Design will be at the event, keeping you updated via YD, Facebook & Twitter, till the ultimate winner is declared.

Below are the 30 projects shortlisted for the 2012 Electrolux Design Lab. This year has been many of firsts for the Design Lab. First they held a Logo Design Competition in partnership with Yanko Design. After adopting the new logo, they moved on to the Pinterest Competition. Now they have 80 nominees, 30 shortlisted entries and 10 finalists!

Although these 30 projects are very briefly described here, Yanko Design will be showcasing the most intriguing and innovative projects as individual posts shortly.

Hurricane Cocktail Mixer by Kuan-ting Ho


The Hurricane is a fun and instructional drink mixer for those entertaining at home. All you need are the ingredients and the friends and then Hurricane will do the rest.

Spummy by Alexandre de Bastiani

The Spummy is the future of flavour creation. Using nano-technology the Spummy creates edible foam with any flavour or combination of flavours you can imagine.

Treat by Amy Mon-Chu Liu


The Treat seamlessly combines classic food storage techniques, such as vacuum sealing, with modern remote, mobile technology for the perfect combination of freshness and convenience that is more important than ever in our increasingly busy lives.

Tide by Anne Berit Kigen Bjering

With the Tide the sound of food comes alive as you’re cooking to help put you and your guests in the right mood for dinner.

SaltSpoon by Barbara Adamonyte

A handy little tool for the modern kitchen. Easily add accurate amounts of salt to your soup or sauce using SaltSpoon’s built-in dispenser.

Impress Fridge by Ben De La Roche

Impress is a refrigeration wall that holds your food and drinks for you, out in the open and not behind closed doors so you will always remember the lunch you prepared for work or find that midnight snack with ease.

Spacepan by Christian Bakkhaug

Spacepan is moveable it may be placed on the kitchen table so the whole family can be part of the cooking process.

AhrmaDilo by Chris Carpenter

The AhrmaDilo features the world’s first flexible iron (the Dilo) and an adjustable ironing board (the Ahrma). In combination the Ahrma and the Dilo create an ironing experience that works to eliminate the annoying parts of standard ironing such as, constantly shifting garments to iron them and ironing difficult parts of clothes such as sleeves and pant legs.

Tastee by Christopher Holm Hansen

The Electrolux Tastee is a taste indicator that is used when cooking to assist the chef in bringing out the flavours in the meal.

Melodi by Elena Sitnikova

Melodi is a device designed to allow the other senses help you in task of measuring liquids.

Julienne by Florent Corlay

Julienne is a new food experience. By enabling guests to sense the evolution of the meal, shown through changing music and shifting ambient light the progression of the food‘s journey from simple ingredients to a delicious meal.

Tempo Blender by Fu Chun Wan

The Tempo blender can tell you what and how much you need to make a variety of fresh juices, cocktails or sauces.

Cruet Salt & Pepper by Harry Hale

The Cruet not only enhances the taste of your food but also increases social interaction at the dinner table between you and your guests.

Smart Embossed Blender by Hwajin Ock

With the Smart Embossed Blender you can feel how smooth or rough your ingredients are while you are blending.

Aeroball by Jan Ankierstajn

The Aeroball is a revolutionary way to improve the spaces in which we live. In tiny bubbles that float and hover, the Aeroball cleans and filters the air while hovering in place.

ICE by Julen Pejenaute Beorlegi

ICE can not only be used as basic lamp with adjustable brightness or colour to fit the mood of any dining occasion.

Smart Plate by Julian Caraluani

SmartPlate is the world’s first intelligent dish that physically understands food and transforms it into sound, completing the circle of senses by which we understand what we eat.

Fiery by Karen I Man Cheong

Fiery – the magic wand that brings flambé from restaurant to your home kitchen.

Easy Stir by Lisa Frodadotter

By utilising magnets that react to your induction stove the Easystir will literally save you time and money by never needing to be charged, batteries replaced or plugged into a wall socket.

Sensual Control by Malgorzata Zsostak

Sensual Control is a portable control panel that lets you know when your food is ready whilst allowing you to control temperature levels from anywhere in your house.

Touch by Markus Marks

Touch fits into the palm of your hand and can be used to remove wrinkles from your clothes while you are still wearing them.

Wentylor by Michal Pospiech

Cool your house and calm your mind with the Wentylor.

Be There by Mikus Vanags

Be There is a virtual restaurant that lets you select your favourite locations around the globe with local cuisine and themed atmospheres.

Airômes by Mylène Manon Baillet


Airômes uses the process of vaporisation to aromatise your food with the flavours you want.

Wine Stewart by Roman Blahynka

The Wine Steward can maintain the perfect temperature for any type of wine to ensure optimal enjoyment from first drop to last.

Ingresure by JongWoo Choi

Ingresure will accurately measure the ingredients of your soup, sauce or stew and let you know how much salt, pepper or spice you need to cook like a pro.

Hula Washer by Sangsoon Lee

Save time and save money by using the energy you need to exercise to spin the Hula Washer, like a Hula Hoop, while it washes your clothes.

Fridge Nose by Vilius Dringelis

Fridge Nose is a home appliance that displays information about the food that is stored in your fridge. Using sensors placed in the food the Fridge Nose warns you when food has expired or lets you know just how long you have left.

Mo’Sphere by Yunuén Graciela Hernández López

Mo’Sphere allows the user to experiment with and experience new flavours and sensations through the exciting world of “molecular cooking”.

Memory by WenYao Cai

Memory is a coffee maker that uses hand print recognition to make the right cup of coffee for the right person.

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(Electrolux Design Lab 2012 – Top 30 Declared! was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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