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Flatshare fridge

Genius! A unit based fridge system that combats the hassle of messy flatshared fridges. Designed by Stefan Buchberger as part of Design Lab 2008.


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What do you think?

    iain
    17th Sep 2008
    12:27 am

  1. Where’s the combination locks? :)


    2. Nikolay
    17th Sep 2008
    8:40 am

  2. somehow the lower part of it is braking the harmony. Looks a bit like office documents boxes. It’s good, but I still prefer the stickered front door of my current one! :)


    3. Darren
    17th Sep 2008
    9:12 am

  3. whata fucking amazing idea


    4. Glenn
    17th Sep 2008
    9:20 am

  4. Love it! “Potato Salad Gate” could have been avoided in my flat in Dundee…long story ;)


    5. John
    17th Sep 2008
    9:32 am

  5. You are very restricted with these, I don’t think even a 2ltr bottle of coke will fit in there.


    6. Jack
    17th Sep 2008
    10:08 am

  6. Its pretty wasteful, Fridges are already infamously damaging to the environment. This one has less space, and probably twice the amount of materials (given all the individual little compartments).

    Looks cool though! ;)


    7. Emma
    17th Sep 2008
    10:34 am

  7. It’s genius though isn’t it really, no pinching wine and then ‘oops, sorry thought it was mine’. It is probably a bit impractical, not sure if I’m keen on the colours either but very clever nevertheless.


    8. Chris
    17th Sep 2008
    11:02 am

  8. I like it.
    They just need a self cleaning Microwave now


    9. Gil
    17th Sep 2008
    1:37 pm

  9. Hasn’t everyone had a “Potato Salad Gate” – mine was with Tuna a couple of weeks ago. So much swearing.

    It might not be the most practical/economical in terms of space but it’s great to see people trying a different approach or find a solution for a common problem.


    10. tony
    17th Sep 2008
    4:12 pm

  10. The overall design is great. The exterior colours are great. The clear blue interior seems like a bit of a cop-out, though.


    11. Han
    17th Sep 2008
    5:17 pm

  11. So do flatshares only come in 4s then?


    12. (fake) Jack
    17th Sep 2008
    5:24 pm

  12. God bless them they’ve tried, but by Christ have they failed!


    13. (fake) Jack
    17th Sep 2008
    5:24 pm

  13. I mean REALLY failed.


    14. (fake) Jack
    17th Sep 2008
    5:33 pm

  14. If you want to see some proper product design and find out where the look and feel of this has been so poorly ripped off, check out Joe Columbo and weep, weep, weep like a small child who’s carefree illusion of life has been shattered due to his dad coming last in the parents sports day race and hitting a teacher.


    15. Glenn
    17th Sep 2008
    5:37 pm

  15. Is this fake Jack again or have you just decided to be a bitter old man from now on J?

    I would have suggested Charles + Ray Eames instead :D


    16. Helen-LG
    17th Sep 2008
    5:52 pm

  16. It looks pretty good and I understand and like the concept to an point but it’s so small and wasteful. Surely there is a better way to apply the concept..?


    17. (fake) Jack
    17th Sep 2008
    5:57 pm

  17. Nah nah mate Eames is way off!

    Check out the modular aspect and colours of this fridge – no way Eames would ever touch that with a barge pole, especially the (almost) dual functionality of it – that’s Mr. Colombo all over the shop. Colombo is thinking ‘how does this piece together?’ ‘how can I make this one box into one big giant fold out room??’ Whereas Eames love their bit science – molecules and all that, organic materials mixed up with quality synthetics here and there but it’s all just basically about what it looks like. Colombo is all about big chunks of rounded plastic. Much more futuristic looking than Eames’ nostalgic stuff. The Eames’ are a quality organic fine-knitted cardigan with a top pocket, Colombo is an astronaut helmet made out of shiny red plastic with a black visor. Form Fifty Five is a blog which collates all the best current graphic design in the world at the present time, whereas I am a table growing out of somebody’s face. I will admit to one mistake though – I spelled his name wrong in the original comment.


    18. nikky
    24th Sep 2008
    12:02 pm

  18. OMG this is soooo cool…
    it would be good for families to like with more than one teenager who likes things there own special way you knoe.. i want one for ME but do they do them in PINK because green just dont do it for me..
    really liking the design :D
    ~x~


    19. Jo
    24th Sep 2008
    12:35 pm

  19. That IS genius. Our ‘potato-salad-gate’ was ‘choc-chip-cookie-gate’ when tensions were riding scarily high during finals and a stolen cookie caused a complete melt-down…Just one question, why are there boxes of ping-pong balls in that fridge?


    20. Darragh
    24th Sep 2008
    12:46 pm

  20. Brilliant idea. Found this through the innocent drinks newsletter. Really liking what I’ve seen so far!


    21. Glenn
    24th Sep 2008
    1:40 pm

  21. Hey Darragh and Jo, always nice to welcome new readers to FFF :)

    D: Just heard that Innocent linked us in their news letter! Very nice of them.

    J: Where else can you keep a stash of table tennis balls? Ours always get lost behind furniture because Cookie can’t play for shit ;)


    22. Karen Cameron
    24th Sep 2008
    3:04 pm

  22. Groovy!


    23. Becky
    24th Sep 2008
    4:04 pm

  23. actually quite auite brilliant. we are currently writing names on stuff which works to a point but is quite time consuming. and hard to do with say, apples. mind you its only been 4 days so not yet time for a “potato salad gate”!


    24. Elli
    24th Sep 2008
    5:19 pm

  24. Only 4? And that is a HUGE fridge!! We had a fridge and freezer that size last year for 6 of us! Nice idea though…


    25. Joe
    26th Sep 2008
    1:20 am

  25. no sir, i don’t like it


    26. Isaac
    27th Sep 2008
    5:27 pm

  26. will someone explain, what IS a potato salad gate?
    am i being really stupid in asking here??


    27. Laura
    2nd Oct 2008
    10:13 am

  27. Here through innocent newsletter. Isaac, I think they’re referring to a fight about food, common when you get shared fridges: in this case, it was potato salad. I like it but I think they could do more with it: it still looks a bit clumsy and makeshift. I agree that the bottom section lets it down: looks bad and seems smaller from the outside than the other sections. I foresee fights and temper tantrums about who gets that section. And I agree with iain, where are the locks? Just because everyone has their own section, it won’t stop food thiefs from looking in other people’s to nick stuff: padlocks or even combination locks would be a good idea.


    28. Anna
    6th Oct 2008
    5:11 pm

  28. i think the bottom section is a freezer?
    in my shared house we just have a shelf each, and from the looks of this fridge i think each individual section would have less space than a shelf in a standard fridge. nice idea but probably needs some work.


    29. roxy
    24th Oct 2008
    3:22 am

  29. That is absolute genius! This could signal the end of open cans of catfood left on my shelf!


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