The latest performance test for AEG-Electrolux Ergorapido was conducted by Swedish artist and set designer Tobias Allanson. Experienced in working with the overlap of art and technology, he built a machine to take Ergorapido through a number of challenges.
With Electrolux test labs as a benchmark, he put together a test track that any good instant cleaner should pass. “Pick up, easy handling and flexible steering are three important qualities we have developed to excellence”, says Christer Månsson, Product Manager for the Ergorapido at Electrolux. “With this exciting experiment we wanted to see how Ergorapido performs in a test situation outside laboratories.”
“Building a moving piece around a vacuum cleaner was an unusual assignment”. “The biggest challenge for the machine was to show the two in one function, since the movements are more complex and I really went through some struggles with strong magnets. But my favourite one is the one where a bunch of shoes draggle the floors and Ergorapido picks it up right away.”
The machine was filmed and is now touring Europe at different exhibitions.
“I have never been this close to a vacuum cleaner before and after the project decided to get the yellow one myself. It just seems weird to not have one around anymore.”
You can see the film by clicking here.
Ergorapido’s latest model has not only won 2008s Red Dot Design award and If Product Design Award for its outer appearance. It is now also rewarded for being best in class. AEG-Electrolux Ergorapido was also rated category winner in a performance test conducted by the independent German test institute SLG. The worlds most sold battery driven vacuum cleaner outperformed its main competition in three of four categories.
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