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Hot or Not? Soft Refrigerator Concept

103008hotornot.jpgNo, that's not an expandable closet...it's actually a soft form fridge concept. Here's a description from the designer himself:

Folding configuration offers convenient portability and deformable storage. The size is optimized according to the cubage of things inside in order to save energy. The heat-insulating membrane coat and slide fastener door is stretchy to fit the size-changing. The holes on retractile bracing can transport cool air to each layer. Adjust it to an appropriate size so that you can take it any where. Specification: This is a unique idea for food storage, a more flexible portable refrigerator. Retractile bracing and soft coat allows size-changing. As a result, you can fold it up if there is no food left on the top several layers to reduce its size, so there is no energy wasted. What’s more, it will be an excellent idea to take the folded-up soft refrigerator alone with you when you are on a trip. The translucent membrane is strongly stretchy and heat-insulating. Four layers which is comparted by metal-disk, are braced by the centre pillar. The pillar, however, can not only sustain the weight of the refrigerator but also transport the cool air to each layer. The slide fastener on the membrane is used for opening refrigerator.

[via Design Boom]

 
 

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Not? Who wants to see his food all the time?

posted by mrmuggles on October 30th 2008 at 4:48pm
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This looks like something to take along on my deployment.

posted by bramasoleiowa on November 11th 2008 at 12:43pm
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Well frankly it doesn't look that great, I wouldn't like to have a fridge like this, I don't want to see all the food in it. I don't doubt the fridge has great cooling capabilities but it's look is not that great... Why the cylindrical form? It looks like I am gonna hold on Frigidaire parts for a while.

posted by albert31 on March 17th 2009 at 9:17am
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