Beyond Tomorrow – Episode 51
Clip 3: Modern appliances
2 min 47 sec
Taken from the TV program Beyond Tomorrow – Episode 51 (2006)
Original title classification PG – this clip chosen to be G
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Curator’s clip description
Electrolux asked design students from around the world to come up with a set of designs for household gadgets for 2020. The result is a collection on show at the Sydney Powerhouse Museum.
Curator’s notes
Sara Groen takes us through a series of extraordinary household inventions: the shoes that double as a vacuum cleaner; a device to stop shoes becoming smelly; and a washing machine that cleans without water. She explains their uses but doesn’t speak to the inventors about how their inventions were conceived. It would have been interesting to hear these futurists tell how they came up with their designs, as well as what they think about the 21st century and where it all might lead.
Janet Bell, curator
