Drinks Cooler
Design student has come up with the idea of a hand-held, portable drinks cooler – called The ‘Coolboy’ – and says this is how we will be chilling our drinks in 2020.
The ‘Coolboy’ concept is a lightweight device, about the size of a cocktail shaker. It plugs into the mains and is fitted inside with cooling cells. The tepid drink is poured through the top, and passes across the cells, which then chill the liquid rapidly to a perfect temperature.
The design was Ian Thompson’s entry to the Electrolux Design Lab 2005 contest.
The competition brings together the creativity of leading students from around the world to meet the needs of tomorrow’s consumers.
Ian said: “The ‘Coolboy’ concept blends a number of themes that have always interested me.
“I think the beauty is its flexibility, when some drinks lend themselves to being chilled by ice cubes others don’t; for instance, beer.
“For the ‘Coolboy’ that’s no problem; just pour your beer through and it’s cold. Give it a rinse under the tap and you’re onto wine or even vodka.
“I would also like to think of the ‘Coolboy’ as a cocktail shaker for the hip urban spy of today, a kind of up-todate version of James Bond and his shaken not stirred cocktails.
“A spook today is more likely to be seen in a pair of Diesel jeans, carrying an iPod, so why not update his drinking equipment too? I can see him chilling a Hoegaarden or a Mojito through a ‘Coolboy’ after some crazy mission, involving secret documents, snowboards and pretty gir.....
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By Dominic Roskrow
Section : Beer Matters
Page number : 38
