Check this out; Slovenia appliance manufacturer Gorenje just introduced a refrigerator/freezer with a built-in speaker and an iPod docking station. Its sleek design was unveiled this weekend at Berlin’s IFA 2008 consumer electronics fair. You can listen to music and watch cooking videos all in the comfort of your own sacred kitchen space. I don’t know about you, but I keep my iPod and Bose portable docking station in my kitchen already but would love to combine fridge and iPod. One thing I love about European design is the built-in environmentally friendly aspect. It’s not really talked about (or marketed) in the same way that US manufacturers do. After doing some research, I found out that by law, European appliance manufacturers are required to use up to 50% of recycled steel in the making of a product. That makes perfect sense to me.

I have no idea on the price. It’s probably a bit spendy, however, worth it, I bet. Currently Gorenje has no distribution in the U.S. I have a feeling, though, that the U.S. will soon be on their map. We’re big on our iPods here. For moe info on Gorenje visit their website at www.gorenje.com.