Design Lab

Every year since 2003, the Electrolux Design Lab competition has challenged budding stylists and inventors to produce home appliance concepts that may emerge in the not-too-distant future. The 2015 competition is now down to just 35 semi-finalists.

The annual Electrolux Design Lab competition for 2014 has reached stage three of the judging, and 35 semi-finalists remain. We have a look at ten of the entries that caught our eye to give you an idea of the competition so far.

Fancy coming home to find a swarm of flying mini robots doing your cleaning? That's the futuristic picture of domestic bliss envisioned by young Colombian designer Adrian Perez Zapata, whose "Mab" has won this year's Electrolux Design Lab competition.

Entries are now open for the 2012 Electrolux Design Lab competition.

Electrolux has announced the start of voting for the People's Choice Award in this year's Design Lab competition.

The 25 semi-finalists in this year's Electrolux Design Lab competition have now been announced - here are eight that have caught me eye.

This year's Electrolux Design Lab competition finalists have their design concepts featured on the Design Lab home page.

Electrolux has announced the 25 semi-finalists in this year's Design Lab competition.

Cocoon, a machine that creates meat and fish from pre-packaged sachets took out this year's Electrolux Design Lab competition.

Meet the 2009 finalists in the Electrolux Design Lab competition and an overview of their submissions.

Electrolux have announced the opening of the 2008 installment of their annual industrial design competition under the theme of “Designs for the Internet Generation”.

January 2, 2006 Another design competition set to become a global fixture, a source of household appliance ideas and a massive generator of awareness for the b