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This $50,000 Refrigerator Could Be the Star of Your Next Dinner Party
Smeg and Dolce & Gabbana’s Frigorifero d’Arte isn’t practical, but it sure is pretty.
Smeg and Dolce & Gabbana’s Frigorifero d’Arte refrigerator.
Photographer: Jessica Pettway for Bloomberg Businessweek
When it comes to iceboxes, as with people, it’s usually what’s on the inside that counts. But with the Smeg Frigorifero d’Arte, it’s also about the outside. The 70-year-old Italian appliance company joined with design house Dolce & Gabbana to create a series of $50,000 compact fridges, hand-painted with folk motifs inspired by the brightly colored carts of co-founder Domenico Dolce’s native Sicily. The shape takes its cues from the past, with a single door, a height of almost five feet, and a rounded 1950s profile.
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