Modular Food Furniture

Modular Food Furniture now is over!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Desall.com and Enofrigo recently has announced new idea competition inviting all designers and creative talents to propose a concept for an innovative product dedicated to the catering industry, based on new applications of technologies and materials already used by the company.

Modular Food Furniture is the new idea competition recently organised by Enofrigo and realised on the site Desall.com inviting all designers and creative talents to participate

Enofrigo is looking for a new concept of a functional furniture item for the catering industry, in particular for the HORECA sector (Hotel-Restaurant-Café/Catering) and large retailers, through the study of new applications of its technologies and the use of materials already belonging to the company know-how.

Guidelines:

Submited proposal need to be an innovative and original item in comparison to the current Enofrigo catalogue, realised thanks to the specific know-how of the company on technologies for the refrigeration/heating/preservation of food and on the industrial processing of the materials.

Ideally, your product shall be designed with a view to modularity, with the possibly to assemble the product on the spot, right where it needs to be used.

You are free to propose the functionalities you think most appropriate for this context of use but keeping into consideration the need to display, stock and prepare food. In particular, you are invited to suggest how you would apply the technologies already employed in other Enofrigo products or the use of other accessory technologies (already available on the market) in support of the technologies already in use (i.e. hydroponic growing, etc.), always referring them to the foodservice and catering industry.

Your product might use one or more technologies already employed in other Enofrigo products, as long as it presents itself as an innovative and original solution. The main technologies of the company are:

• refrigeration, heating (not cooking) and preservation of food;
• control and management of humidity and temperature in closed compartments.

The product might be electric powered. The use of natural gas for heating food is NOT allowed. Your product shall NOT be a product for cooking food.

Your product might be equipped with digital interfaces for the monitoring and control of the various functionalities. It might have a lighting system and include other technologies compatible with the context of use.

Your product shall be realised through the industrial production technologies already used by Enofrigo or its suppliers, in particular: woodworking, aluminium processing, stainless steel processing, working of glass and double-glazed panels, PMMA processing, plastics, insulation with injected polyurethane.

You may also suggest the use of composite materials and agglomerates.

The concept you propose shall be functional and easy to use, well apt to the various contexts of use where it will be installed, ideally customisable based on the client and on the place, presenting itself as a professional product, very attentive to design and aesthetics. Product shall be able to attract the final user for its strong>attention to details and its innovation.

Submission requirements:

Upload all the images that best present your concepts (rendering, descriptions, etc.) and any additional material concerning similar products/technologies. You can also attach a .ZIP archive containing extra materials.

Participants can present one or more projects.

all texts provided with your uploads (abstract, description, tags, etc.) should be written in English.

Evaluation criteria:

• Degree of innovation (5/5)
• Versatility/customisation (5/5)
• Aesthetics (4/5)
• Functionality/usability (4/5)
• Modularity (3/5)

There is no entry fee to participate!

Who can participate? ⇣

This idea competition is open to designers and creative talents of any nationality aged 18 years or older.

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