Slovenian domestic appliance brand Gorenje has developed a fridge-freezer with a built-in iPod docking station and speakers.
The product, launched at the IFA 2008 consumer electronics fair in Berlin this weekend, allows users to listen to music while cooking, browse online recipes or watch cookery videos.
See the kitchen designed by French designer Ora-Ito for Gorenje in our earlier story.
Here’s more info from Gorenje:
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Berlin, August 31 2008 – The IFA 2008 international fair, one of the world’s largest consumer electronics fairs, opened today. For the first time this year, it also includes the HOME APPLIANCES@IFA exhibition which will feature all major household appliance manufacturers, including Gorenje. Gorenje’s flagship innovation is undoubtedly the “Made for iPod” refrigerator the development of which is based on a license contract signed with Apple to acquire the right to use their technology in Gorenje appliances.
The fridge freezer with built-in speakers and a docking station for charging an iPod touch enables listening to music or playing back video contents ranging from music videos to video recipes. This combination is paving the way for new dimensions of cooking which is thus becoming an entertaining activity tailored to the preferences of the contemporary users.
Gorenje signs a contract with Apple
Fridge freezer “Made for iPod”
Gorenje signed a license agreement with Apple for the use of their technology in Gorenje refrigerators. Resulting from this cooperation, a unique combination of the iPod device and Gorenje fridge freezer was developed, offering the best of both. The license also includes the use of Apple logo “Made for iPod”. This innovative – previously unseen – combination that made its debut at the world’s largest consumer electronics fair IFA 2008 in Berlin is yet another result of Gorenje’s fruitful innovation. The new project is intended to bring the use of household appliances closer to the contemporary consumer and show how modern information technology can make their use both simple and fun – just the way the user of tomorrow wants them.
Unique combination of electronic entertainment device – the cult iPod touch – and a modern fridge freezer from Gorenje opens up new dimensions of living, fun, cuisine, and household tasks. Specially designed and developed Gorenje fridge features a docking station that enables charging the iPod, playing back music and video through built-in speakers, and connecting to the world-wide-web, if wireless connection is available in the kitchen. iPod has conquered the world, and new Gorenje appliances with interactive functions are conquering contemporary kitchens as they anticipate and set new trends.
The revolutionary wi-fi interface for touch control, paired with the world’s most popular music playback device, enables searching, browsing, or downloading contents from the internet, and enjoying music, TV shows, movies, or video podcasts. The combination of the cult playback device and refrigerator thus extends the pleasures offered by each of them. The sound is played back through built-in speakers, while video is displayed on the iPod screen. Wireless internet connectivity complements the functionality of the high-tech refrigerator as various household tasks and appliance operation becomes simpler and above all, more fun.
The users can browse and display recipes in text or video format, check the instructions for washing the clothes or – in addition to their favorite music – listen to tips related to household tasks. Gorenje also launched the development of a web portal iGorenje which will offer various contents related to cooking and other household tasks. The portal will be optimized for display on the iPod touch and other mobile devices.
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
August 31st, 2008 at 1:08 pm
can totally see sticky fingerprints on both screen and black finish - hahahaha!
August 31st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
After commissionned french hype and virtual designer Ora Ito, Gorenje signed a license agreement with Apple for the use of their technology Ipod in
the black color trendy Gorenje refrigerators.So they donnot need advertising campain to sale to hype and tech’s buyers…
August 31st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
gorenje ipod fridge = 300000 pages on google
August 31st, 2008 at 3:11 pm
another useless item
August 31st, 2008 at 5:17 pm
very useful
August 31st, 2008 at 6:20 pm
This has got to be the largest i.pod accessory.
“Here’s a fridge to go with that!”
August 31st, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Portrait videos … good one
(yes i’m being sarcastic)
August 31st, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Very Cool
August 31st, 2008 at 8:23 pm
the problem is blogs selected not the red dot award produt ,not the +x award product but the ipod fridge for geek buyer, the swarovski frigde for bling bling faux luxe…
August 31st, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Quite pathetic….a perfect chavvy appliance……
August 31st, 2008 at 9:26 pm
STOOPID!
spelled the way it is pronounced
August 31st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
it would be nice to get one when you buy an ipod
August 31st, 2008 at 11:39 pm
the only agenda is money, its just another weak idea its like diluted water.
whats next an ipod toilet seat, or no wait me me (said excitedly, and a bit loud)…what about ipod oven gloves, completely pointless and crap but will sell to some confused person to give to their mom on mothers day????
September 1st, 2008 at 12:23 am
so when they come out with a new model of ipod you get a new fridge? i mean.. sure.. why not? but really.. i dont think many people will be buying this.. maybe a small and affordable version for dorm rooms or something.. if you want to work with this idea contact me (creative commons.. haha)
jonathan
dailydesignspot.com
September 1st, 2008 at 7:13 am
designeast , a good blog by Martin Zampach designer, gives us a larger view of this slovene company N°8 in Europe
http://designeast.eu/index.php?s=gorenje
September 1st, 2008 at 9:03 am
There s something by ex-yogo’s attempt to materialise our ‘old’ future vision.
September 1st, 2008 at 9:51 am
DOUBLE SIDED TAPE!
September 1st, 2008 at 10:35 am
I can’t see this selling very well. For a start, the design is not very well integrated into the fridge. Look stick on to me!
Plus can’t I just get one of those dock speaker already available in the market and just stick it in the kitchen? They look better and cheaper!
September 1st, 2008 at 11:23 am
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
September 1st, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Complete and utter BS, this was posted/designed just as provocation.
September 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Dear Gorenje, since I’ve been a good boy, for Christmas this year I’d like to have an iPod docking station on top of my shower tap and on my toilet backseat…
September 1st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
A true “Chindogu” merely lacking wit, esprit, innocence and intelligence… and compensating all of this with a big portion of banality.
If it weren’t so sad I’d laugh my head off…
September 1st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Not only kitchwen’s videos and music. Or recipes.
Gorenje extended its convenient contents by adding a test version of wireless (WiFi) control of some household appliances via a home server to which the appliances are connected. Various mobile devices (mobile phones, PDAs, iPod Touch, laptops, etc.) which have already become a part of our standard carry-on equipment can be used to connect to the iGorenje portal and remotely control an oven or a home washing machine; in the future, other electric appliances in the household will be added.
September 1st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
very interesting
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
eastern europe is very creative
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
God, what utter junk!
I can sense that every WAG worth her salt will be ordering one ASAP to compliment their diamante encrusted kitchen work-tops.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
look at it wider. it’s not just about the usability for ipod alone, which for music alone is not a big deal, but in the future might include many other useful things as controling the oven (turn it on before coming home), washing machine, drapes, tv, radio, garage doors etc. like Logitech Harmony controls for example.
and is not the point of now, but the future, and who CAN do it and who DID it first.
i think Gorenje is cool.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:15 am
Just what the world needs. When are we going to stop this consumer frenzy nonsense? I love the idea of standing for hours in front of a fridge watching “cookery videos” on a tiny screen. It’s not enough that Apple has indoctrinated a whole generation of consumer gadget robots who don’t care about the quality of sound - they now trying to stop us from enjoying food too. Hurry hurry, step right up and come to a dinner at my house - instead of eating yummy food, getting drunk and talking rubbish all night long we will gather at the fascist temple of ipod fridge and stare at a gadget for hours on end until our eyes & ears hurt. 3.5 inch + 16kbps bliss for the senses. Who needs food? iRobots don’t.
(The black powdercoat finish on the fridge looks crap by the way)
September 15th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
you’re putting us on……right?
by the way…mama…you may want to sit down for a few minutes while I fetch you a glass of water…
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
you can watch porn while cooking or eating how fun!!!???????
October 13th, 2008 at 2:25 am
what a waste of brain cell…