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Recently, Electrolux came up with very interesting fridge design idea. Instead of pimping up the design of a standard (large) refrigerator over and over again, Electrolux engineers split the appliance into several smaller compartments.

These mini-fridges (called Nfridges) are fully independent from each other and use the “green” magnetic refrigeration method which, I hope, will soon replace all currently used ozone-depleting technologies.

They can be stacked on each other or placed next to each other so that you practically design you fridge yourself based on the space available in your kitchen, you current needs or just emotional state of mind.

Let s hope that this invention once leaves the Electrolux labs and will be introduced to the mass market as well.

Do you remember Anke Salomon´s refrigerator project?

If you have something to show as well, do not hesitate and submit your entry by August 1, 2007, via Electrolux Design Lab web site.

A limited number of finalists will be chosen by the end of September, they will present their work to the jury in Paris in November, after which the winner will be announced and the prizes awarded.

The requirement is that the project must be “green”, commercially viable and must help people live in harmony with the nature and environment.

The Design Lab 2007 winner will be granted an EUR 5,000 prize and a six-month internship at the Electrolux global design center.

For more information please contact Electrolux Media Hot line, +46 8 657 65 07 or Electrolux Design Lab.

Found via PRWeb.

Anke Salomon is German designer who´s Refrigerator Project was a “honorably mentioned product” (means not the winner but one of the most interesting among 2000+ projects that took part) of the Electrolux Design Lab in 2004.

The refrigerator is a long and flat object fastened horizontally onto the wall. As the foodstuff can only be stored next to each other and not behind, the user never really looses overview over what´s in the fridge.

The food in the freezer compartment can be protected against falling out by several rubber bands and there is also a thermometer strip spanning through both compartments with several sensors to show the exact temperature in particular part of the compartment.

These designer fridge has five doors that can slide up and down independently. As for the inner space, the refrigerator and freezer compartments have adjustable volumes since the divider wall can be placed in 4 different positions allowing user to rearrange the refrigerator so that it fits his/her requirements the best.

A really nice designer refrigerator project so let´s hope that Electrolux will be able to turn it to some commercially successful model sometime in the future.