L'Increvable
{{Short description|Washing machine made to last 50 years}}
{{For|the 1959 French film|The Indestructible (film)}}
{{Lang|fr|L'Increvable}} is the name given to the washing machine built to last 50 years and created by French designer Julien Phedyaeff.{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Coralie |date=25 March 2015 |title=Mon lave-linge et moi, c'est pour la vie ! |url=http://www.liberation.fr/terre/2015/03/25/mon-lave-linge-et-moi-c-est-pour-la-vie_1228260 |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=liberation.fr |language=fr}} It is a device that comes as an assembly kit.{{Cite web |date=26 March 2015 |title=Une machine à laver "increvable" |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/tendances/produit-high-tech/une-machine-a-laver-increvable_1665182.html |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=L'Express |language=fr}}
History and description of the machine
According to Phedyaeff, the idea dates back to 2013, during his master's thesis on 'extended research on object dismantling practises'. He made a report that detailed how spare parts, when available, were sold at exceedingly high prices. His invention is designed to be delivered in kit from 'a healthy, solid and improvable base'. In order for it to be lighter, the washing machine lacks a concrete ballast. It is replaced by a reservoir which fills with water during the first use.
The machine originally was a project presented for his diploma at the École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle which he obtained in June 2014. The project received congratulations from the jury and obtained a label from 'l'Observeur du design 2015'.{{cite web |title=L'Observeur du design 2015 : technologique, sécuritaire, écolo, ludique {{!}} Direction Générale des Entreprises (DGE) |url=http://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/secteurs-professionnels/l-observeur-design-2015-technologique-securitaire-ecolo-ludique |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531215858/http://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/secteurs-professionnels/l-observeur-design-2015-technologique-securitaire-ecolo-ludique |archive-date=2015-05-31 |website=www.entreprises.gouv.fr |language=fr}}
On December 18, 2020, L'Increvable SAS closed down.{{cite web|title=Cessation et radiation|url=https://www.societe.com/societe/l-increvable-822269908.html|website=societe.com|language=fr-FR|date=2020-02-17|access-date=2021-09-07}}
Awards
- A label from 'l'Observeur du design' 2015{{cite web |title=L'increvable - James Dyson Award |url=http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/fr/projects/lincrevable/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328000858/http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/fr/projects/lincrevable/ |archive-date=2015-03-28 |website=www.jamesdysonaward.org |language=fr}}
References
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External links
- https://www.lincrevable.com/en/ Official and commercial website
- [http://www.lesnumeriques.com/lave-linge/l-increvable-lave-linge-cree-pour-durer-50-ans-n40667.html L'Increvable : un lave-linge créé pour durer 50 ans] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.rtl.fr/actu/sciences-environnement/une-machine-a-laver-qui-dure-50-ans-7777143278 Une machine à laver qui dure 50 ans] {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://www.societe.com/societe/l-increvable-822269908.html L'Increvable SAS cessation (INSEE) et radiation (RCS)] {{in lang|fr}}
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