
Electrolux sponsors a design contest each year in hopes of discovering a few promising innovations in household appliances.
Hundreds of undergraduate and graduate industrial design students from around the globe compete by submitting their concepts to the Electrolux Design Lab.
Here are a few that caught my attention.
They may be wacky, but they’d sure be helpful around my household.
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