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Appliance Trends 2008

IKEA kitchen appliances by Whirlpool

Designed by Whirlpool to partner with IKEA kitchen lines, IKEA appliances offer top quality, design and performance at quite reasonable prices. There are several freestanding and built-in models to choose from. After all it makes perfect sense to shop for kitchen cabinets and appliances in the same time. Available in stainless steel, white or stylish anthracite finish. You may also like cool sounding Swedish names like HEMKÄR, DÅTID, ELDIG, MUMSIG or RENLIG. Prices range from
- $250 to $1,500 for built-in ovens
- $200 to $500 for dishwashers
- $100 to $430 for cooktops
- $100 to $1,300 for range hoods
- $350 to $1,000 for fridge freezers
- $200 to $550 for microwave ovens
- $600 to $1,950 for range cookers

The 36" wide PRAKTFULL PRO A51 S is the most expensive range cooker, IKEA Appliances are currently offering. For $1,950 USD you get forced air multi function oven with 3.71 cu.ft capacity and gas cooktop with 5 burners, including 11,000 BTU triple crown burner. Integrated safety valves shut off, stainless steel finish.

IKEA really got it right with sleek anthracite finish, which is used for its latest appliances. The new DÅTID PRO D51 AN is very similar to the PRAKTFULL model above, except the finish, more stylish controls and price which is $200 less.

This 30" wide DÅTID built-in oven offers 4.1 cu.ft capacity, thermal function with top and bottom heating elements, bake, roast, broil, warm and self-clean functions. Delay bake and delay clean, timer, automatic lock and required temperature reached signal. Price is $750.

Posted December 24, 2008 9:46 AM

Gorenje Qube freestanding concept kitchen

Gorenje Qube concept appliances

The Qube is a modern, conceptual kitchen for the most discerning consumer, featuring hidden plumbing and power circuitry hubs, concealed in elevated floors or suspended ceiling constructions, so the rooms can fully live up to their purpose.

Qube hob with hood

Thie foldable wall cooking hob with hood looks like a laptop computer. Installed on a wall, it looks like a work of art. Once unfolded, it makes a cooking hob with a kitchen hood without an additional cooking element. I guess it can be called a free wallstanding.

Qube freezer

Other appealing features of Gorenje Qube include excellent accessibility of drawers in the freestanding, freely installable fridge freezer, centralized control on the glass ceramic hob of the freestanding kitchen range, touch control of the oven door and pull-out drawers of the freestanding oven.

Posted December 7, 2008 6:05 PM

Gorenje Made for iPod fridge freezer combination

The Made for iPod unique fridge freezer combines the cult of Apple's iPod technology with the formidable refrigeration and sleek design of Gorenje. By doing so, two companies quite possibly start a new trend in kitchen appliances and how we communicate. This refrigerator is for a modern consumer who wants functionality of a kitchen appliance and his or her favorite gadget in one package. To connect the iPod to the fridge-freezer, Gorenje incorporated a special docking station. Then, there are built-in speakers and wireless LAN for Internet access. You can be downloading some exotic cooking recipes or enjoy favorite music and TV shows while in the kitchen.

Besides all that, Gorenje put a test version of a Wi-Fi control enabling you to manipulate other household appliances over a home server. The idea of the iGorenje Web portal is to communicate not only with mobile phones, PDAs, iPods or laptops, but with washing machines, stoves or ovens. Basically one day, you will be able to do laundry or bake a meatloaf through iGorenje portal.

Posted December 7, 2008 1:32 PM

Steam cleaners - Alpina steam cleaning machines

Designed to provide deep down cleaning, resulting in the thoroughly cleaned area well beneath the visible surface, Alpina steam cleaning machines leave it hygienic, free from germs and bacteria - all with minimal effort. Also important, new germs cannot find a fertile ground to grow. Steam cleaners also reduce the use of chemicals by 80 - 90%, while the water usage is reduced by 90 - 95%. Steam cleaner operates by transferring water from the cold water tank, through the boiler which heats it and turns it into steam at the nozzle. There are a range of accessories that can be attached to the lance in order to meet any cleaning requirement. The high temperature of the steam softens the greases, oils and fats, that bind dirt into or onto surfaces, allowing the pressure to dislodge all the particles. The dirt then is wiped or vacuumed away leaving surfaces sparkling and sanitised, as the temperature of the blast is deadly to germs, bacteria and bugs. Alpina steam cleaners.

Posted November 9, 2008 1:55 PM

And the winner is ...

Just a few minutes ago the winner of Electrolux Design Lab 2008 has been announced. The Flatshare fridge, with separate, portable modules powered by a single base station has won first prize in the Electrolux Design Lab 2008 competition. Conceived by Stefan Buchberger of the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Flatshare also won the media award and the people’s choice award. iBasket, the transparent clothes hamper that automatically starts a wash load when it fills up, came in second. It was designed by Guopeng Liang, from Tongji University in China. Coox, the portable, adaptable cooker, by Antoine Lebrun of L’École de Design Nantes L’Atlantique, in France, took third place.

Posted October 9, 2008 8:32 PM

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