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Kuno, the ecological fridge that works without electricity

Kuno is an ecological and sustainable fridge that imitates traditional objects and uses natural materials to work without electricity

Gianluca Riccio di Gianluca Riccio
December 31 2020
in Environment, concepts
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Kuno is a clay-based fridge that does not need electricity to operate.

The concept of a powerless, ecological and sustainable fridge was conceived and designed for areas and villages with limited access to electricity.

It is very expensive to look at, but it is not a design joke: Kuno helps to keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer, even in hot and dry climates.

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Tradition projected into the future

Fridge without electricity
The myriad of sketches and prototypes that led to the fridge without electricity

The design of the Kuno powerless fridge seems to come from a dystopian tale, it took months of attempts, but in the end it found the solution in archaic origins.

It is inspired by the Labu Sayong, a traditional water jug ​​from the villages in Malaysia. A jug modeled with clay which in turn has the ability to cool water in a natural way.

Kuno uses the same materials and a similar method to cool its contents.

How does the Kuno ecological fridge work?

Fridge without electricity
Fridge without electricity
Here's how the fridge works without power

The porous outer clay wall of the ecological fridge promotes the principle of evaporative cooling. The heat is drawn from the inner chamber and then released through the pores. Because of this, the food placed in the whole Kuno chamber will stay fresher for an extended period.

Kuno Sustainable Cooler Fridge Concept, this is the “official” name, was designed by Kuan Weiking and Theodore Garvindeo Seah, to whom my compliments go. You don't randomly win a James Dyson Award.

Kuno uses the evaporative principle and the combination of plant cooling to lower the temperature inside the chamber.

Industry of nature

By adopting natural materials to make Kuno, it is possible to create a whole new class of “natural devices”, ecological and economical to stimulate the craft industry.

The Kuno powerless fridge can be produced on an industrial scale, but the concept it is meant to be produced manually on a small scale.

A fridge without electricity that generates job opportunities, supports small communities and revitalizes their economic fabric.

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Gianluca Riccio

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Gianluca Riccio, born in 1975, is the creative director of an advertising agency, copywriter and journalist. He is affiliated with Italian Institute for the Future, World Future Society and H +, Network of Italian Transhumanists. Since 2006 he directs Futuroprossimo.it, the Italian resource of Futurology.

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