Home Refrigeration 2.0- The Oceania Refrigerator Brings The Sexy Green Noise
April 11, 2008 · Print This Article
OK, I admit it- I hate my refrigerator. I hate it because I know just how inefficient of a design it is. Every time I open the door to get something the reservoir of cold air that had built up tumbles out into your kitchen. When you close the door the refrigerator has to re-cool the air, only to lose it the next time you need mayonnaise or Parmesan cheese. Open the freezer for some ice cream and you’ll get the same, only with colder air.
Seriously, try this sometime- lay down on the floor about 6-8 feet from your fridge and face towards it with your head at ground level. Have someone open the refrigerator door and wait a second- you’ll feel a wave of cold air puff at your face, a river of chill being dumped out of the fridge. That air is your money, and the health of the planet, being wasted away. If it’s winter time and you’re heating your house you’ll get hit with a double whammy of having to warm that air back up.
In short, we need a completely reimagined refrigerator.
Yanko Design points to such a thing- the Oceania Refrigerator, designed by Tez Patel.
Check out some of it’s VERY cool and green features:
- three tiers of compartments cooled by magnetic refrigeration and individually controlled with a digital interface.
- a fourth bottom compartment passively cooled with water and ceramic materials that is good for storing veggies, fruit, and bread.
- multiple sections means you don’t expose the entire unit to the air when you get something, and using pull out drawers reduces the cascade of cold air that happens with a traditional fridge.
- a clear drawer lets you browse before you open and it has the capability of tracking food in the fridge using RFID.
- all materials are biodegradable or recyclable.
Swing over to Yanko and check out the other photos, the thing is one sexy piece of machinery.
I want one.
Link [Tez Patel] via [Yanko Design]
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[...] aussehen würde. Der Oceania Kühlschrank schafft beides zu vereinen: Er ist so designt, dass er nicht viel Energie verliert und gleichzeitig auch besser aussieht. Er hat quasi Schubladen, man öffnet also einzelne Fächer [...]