Pulling a Refrigerator Out of a Hat

Large household appliances are boring and unsexy, but they are indispensable. It can be overwhelming and frustrating buying them or searching for repair. We have designed a human-centred solution that increases motivation and ability. A dull and frustrating experience becomes fun and empowering.

University 

HMKW Berlin

Duration · 4 months

October 2021 – January 2022

Together with

Linus Banse & Muhammad Suhaib
Lecturer: Regina Hanke

   Alice Follows a Rabbit and Buys a Refrigerator  ·  Reading time: 38 seconds   

Alice doesn’t care a lot about
large household appliances. She only notices them when they stop working;

Based on interviews and public statistics.

unfortunately, that just happened.

She spends days scrolling through poor-quality YouTube videos and every craftsman she calls is fully booked. 
"Buying a new refrigerator seems like the easiest and fastest solution."

Half of all electronic waste in the EU is refrigerators,
washing machines etc. (Eurostat 2020)

But she is lost in aisles of white machines, with the energy label as poor assistance.

What would happen if Stiftung Warentest asked Pinterest and N26 to come up with a solution?

Adding TikTok magic …

Meet Rabbit, an app where Alice is in the right search from the first sentence.

And informed decisions are rabbit clear; more carrots are better than fewer.

Alice carrot loves her new retro refrigerator, and Rabbit mails future Alice repair solutions when she needs them.