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Electrolux: Good design is inclusive design
FEATURE STYLE WEEK: Save space, save money, look good 16 November 2011 11:30 GMT Tweet“Products have to be about both form and function. If only 10 per cent of people can use what you’ve made, then you’re a fine artist, not a designer.”
So says Adam Szczepanowski, Design Manager at Electrolux, as Pocket-lint... -
Could the Electrolux Laptop Kitchen be the future of cooking on the go?
Concept is great idea 12 September 2011 10:16 GMT TweetThe Electrolux Laptop Kitchen may not have been chosen as one of the finalists in the company's Design Labs future tech competition for 2011, but it still has great potential for those wishing to cook when out and about.
Designed by Dragan...
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PHOTOS: Electrolux Design Labs 2011 finalists
Future tech for the homes of tomorrow 23 August 2011 13:24 GMT TweetIf you want to know what the home gadgets of the future might look like, then you should take a peek at the Electrolux Design Labs 2011 finalists' designs, currently on show at John Lewis in Oxford Street, London.
This global design competition...
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PHOTOS: Electrolux Design Labs 2010 finalists
Home appliances for the 2nd Space Age 16 September 2010 15:47 GMT TweetThose who love a bit of home gadget future design should get themselves down to John Lewis, Oxford Street this week for a preview of the Electrolux Design Labs 2010 finalists.
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Electrolux aims to vacuum the sea
'Vac from the Sea' scheme aims to recycle plastic debris 29 June 2010 16:29 GMT TweetElectrolux has launched a worthy campaign to clean up some of the many thousands of floating rubbish islands that pollute the seas and oceans around the world.
And from the plastic they recover they hope to make a limited edition range of vacuum...
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Electrolux Rendez-vous concept revealed
All-in-one kitchen table, cooker and work surface not for clean freaks 26 May 2009 16:53 GMT TweetElectrolux has dreamt up the table "that does it all": "Acts as a kitchen, living room, recharges your phone/iPod/laptop, you can cook on it, eat off it, store your food under it, and its 'virtual chef' will even tell you how to cook".
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Grand Designs Live demos Home of the Future
Samsung and Electrolux show off concepts 27 April 2009 16:11 GMT TweetIn times of plenty, manufacturers always have news. When launches are a little thinner on the ground, concepts make the perfect exhibition fodder.
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Electrolux EL490A Oxygen3 air cleaner review
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House a bit whiffy? Read on...
17 April 2009 17:03 GMT
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Electrolux, moving on from cleaning your carpets, has turned its attention to cleaning the air in your house with their Oxygen3 air cleaner. It's an understandable move given the increasing presence of HEPA filters in vacuum cleaners and increasing interest...
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Dyson slams Electrolux eco claims
Rival vacuum companies having a domestic? 27 March 2009 16:47 GMT TweetDyson has got in touch with Pocket-lint to rubbish some Electrolux claims made when the company launched its "Ultra Silencer" vacuum cleaner recently.
Firstly, Dyson has issues with the Electrolux claim that their machine is the first to... -
Electrolux Oxygen air cleaner launches
Promises a breath of fresh air 17 March 2009 18:09 GMT TweetElectrolux is hoping to help you remove unwanted smells with a new device that promises to literately clean the air in your home, the company has announced on Tuesday.
The new Oxygen air cleaner will, over the course of an hour, refresh the... -
Electrolux launches greenest, quietest vacuum cleaner
Made from recycled car parts 17 March 2009 17:53 GMT TweetElectrolux has launched what it claims is the greenest vacuum cleaner in the world on Tuesday, in an attempt to appeal to eco fans who want a clean house.
The new Electrolux Ultra Silencer is made with 55% recycled plastic and promises to... -
PHOTOS: Electrolux diamond encrusted vacuum cleaner
Promises to put the sparkle in your cleaning 17 March 2009 14:04 GMT TweetIf you've got £13,825 to spend and the urge to look good when you do the house work then maybe you need one of these.
Created as a one-off by Lukaz Jemiol, the young Polish fashion designer has created a vacuum cleaner that is blinged to... -
Electrolux unveils collapsible fridge concept
How cool! 31 October 2008 14:39 GMT TweetElectrolux has realised that house prices mean some of us are living in flats the size of postage stamps, but we all aspire to live in spacious pads.
And it has managed to design a refrigerator that is both expandable and collapsible - so... -
iBasket washing machine for the lazy concept
Starts going when it hits a set load 25 August 2008 9:47 GMT TweetA finalist of the Electrolux 2008 Design Lab competition has come up with a novel way to stop that dirty pile of clothes festering in the corner.
Called the iBasket (why does everything have to be preceded with an "i"?), designer Guopeng... -
Electrolux launches Inspiro intelligent oven
With "auto-focus" technology 19 March 2008 15:51 GMT TweetIn Germany, Electrolux is launching the Inspiro oven that uses such clever tech-ery, you'd struggle to cook something wrong. Using a heat management technique the Inspiro's sensors first analyse what is to be cooked before calculating the temperature...
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