The next generation of appliance trends and designs have just been revealed at IFA in Berlin, the world’s leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances and Winning Appliances, the nation’s leading appliance retailer, explains how this will impact Australian homes. David Woollcott, CEO, Winning Appliances explains, “With the kitchen easily becoming the centrepiece of Australian homes, appliance design and technology is impacting how we renovate and live in our homes. The new appliance design and functionality that was revealed at IFA demonstrates that appliances will continue to make chores less tedious and noisy and cooking more enjoyable and precise”.
Latest appliance trends from IFA
- Precision cooking innovations giving home chefs more precise control over their cooking is a focus of new cooktop control designs.
“You don’t have to be an avid home chef to enjoy and want to use some of the innovations on their way to the Australian market, including precision cooking for steak from AEG and induction cooktops with extremely precise temperatures that you can section into zones for your cooking. Siemens and Miele will launch a new induction cooktop with builtin downdraught rangehood, which demonstrates that the new innovations in precision extend to cooking environment as well as to food”.
- Designed for convenience greater attention has been placed on the balance of form and function in the latest appliances, which provides more convenience for the the user.
“Improvements to opening fridge and freezer drawers, icons to automatically open oven doors such as Miele’s ‘touchtoopen’ oven and even one click to a perfect coffee, are some of the way manufacturers are keeping user interaction top of mind when designing the latest appliances. There is also a new front loader washing machine, which has a little door at the top that you can open at any time during the wash and add in your forgotten item!”
- A cleaner focus improving cleaning results for laundry, dish washing and vacuum was a strong focus for all manufacturers, who are adopting innovations that better removes nastiest and improve the cleanliness of our homes and our clothes.
“Bosch has launched a new program called ActiveOxygen, which allows you to wash at incredibly low temperatures, but still kill bacteria and germs. It pumps naturally occurring oxygen molecules into the drum and removes the nasties. It also has a dry clean function, to ensure your clothes are kept in the highest quality. There is also a focus on dishwashers that now dry for you, including Bosch’s new drying technology for plastics in dishwashers, and Miele will be launching a bagless vacuum next year.”
- Connected home the latest innovations include washing machines that send you a text when a load is finished, apps that allow you to interact with your appliances from anywhere, fridge interfaces that act like an organiser to tell and show you the expiry dates of all items in your fridge right through to robots who project recipes on walls and puts together shopping lists.
“Many manufacturers have made some amazing technological advancements to take what it means to have a connected home to the next level. When these new technologies enter the market, they will ensure that the everyday life of Australians will get easier, whether that’s ensuring you never forget to get milk or don’t waste food that’s about to expire, or being reminded of a great recipe and what’s on your shopping list. We are gaining greater interaction with our appliances whether that’s inside or outside of our homes, which is enhancing the way we live. At Winning Appliances, we will help you discover which innovations are really beneficial and which are more novel gimmicks”.
- Be quiet almost silent appliances are on their way to the Australian market.
“It was evident at the IFA conference that quiet appliances are definitely front of mind for all appliance manufacturers. Everything from fridges through to dishwashers were being launched as almost quiet and quieter than others in its category, which means that Australians can expect the major appliances in their kitchen and laundry to be working without impact on the home life environment”.
