01/02/2008

Indesit Company also wins an award in the USA

The 2007 Good Design Awards in Chicago endorse the Moon as leader in design

Fabriano, 1st February 2008 – Indesit Company continues to collect awards, this time outside Europe: the Chicago Athenaeum - Museum of Architecture and Design has given the Giugiaro designed Moon the 2007 Good Design Award in the “Bathroom” category, hailing it as a new concept, high-performance washing machine with a strong personality and a striking and innovative design suiting it to any part of the home, an object of furnishing in its own right. Set up in 1950, the Good Design Awards, focusing on the avant-garde in industrial design, are organized by the Chicago Athenaeum – Museum of Architecture and Design, one of Chicago’s most prestigious cultural institutions and the only museum of architecture and design in the United States, in collaboration with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies (Dublin and Athens) and the Metropolitan Arts Press. The categories examined in 2007 were electronics, robotics, sports equipment, products for infants, furnishing, office products, industrial, textile and automotive products, urban architecture, kitchens, bathrooms, domestic appliances, lighting, hardware, graphics and packaging. The 2007 Awards chose the companies that produced the best new developments since 2005, products that have changed for the better our environment and way of living and working. Over 400 projects from 33 nations across six continents were submitted to a panel of experts from all over the world who assessed them in terms of innovation, form, materials, functions and utility, privileging the energy and vitality of contemporary design in order to encourage manufacturers and designers to improve standards and quality in industrial design. This award is the latest in a long series collected by the Moon as best product in terms of technological performance and design for the home. Only a few days ago, it was included in the Best of the Best ranking published by the prestigious Greek fashion, design and luxury magazine, and was judged “product of the year” by Get Connected, a UK consumer electronics and home technology magazine. In 2007, it won the Grand Prix de l’Innovation (Paris) in the design category, the Janus de l’Industrie (Institut Français du Design), the Designer Award in the UK as “Kitchen Product of the Year”, and the Zlota Villa awarded by “Villa”, a prestige Polish interior design magazine. Indesit Company is Europe’s second largest manufacturer of household appliances by market share and the world’s fifth. Founded in 1975 by the current chairman Vittorio Merloni and listed on the Milan stock exchange since 1987, the Group posted sales of over €3 billion in 2006, having turned out over 15 million appliances. Indesit, Hotpoint-Ariston and Scholtès are the Group’s main brands. Indesit Company operates through 18 production facilities and 24 commercial branches worldwide and employs over 17,000 people. For further information:
Press Office
Federico Ziller, phone: +39 0732 66 2432, cell. 335 75 55 508
e-mail: federico.ziller@indesitcompany.com
Chiara Iasiuolo, phone: +39 0732 66 2048, cell. 334 66 60 247
e-mail: chiara.iasiuolo@indesitcompany.com