Lest C8 Nettoyeur vapeur by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Bosque

Lest C8 Nettoyeur vapeur by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Bosque is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design d'Appareils Ménagers Competition Category.

BronzeAppareil Ménager· 2026

Lest C8 Nettoyeur vapeur

by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Bosque

Client: Lest

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Appareil Ménager Category

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The Design

About Lest C8 Nettoyeur vapeur

Le Lest C8 est un nettoyeur vapeur conçu pour l'entretien domestique. Le design associe les caractéristiques des aspirateurs et des nettoyeurs vapeur, alliant mobilité et prise en main ergonomique à la performance de la vapeur dans un corps compact. Des roues intégrées et une poignée de levage facilitent le déplacement et le transport. Le réglage multi-niveaux de la vapeur s'effectue via une interface tactile capacitive, adaptant le débit aux différentes surfaces. Une buse dotée d'une articulation flexible améliore l'accessibilité et le confort d'utilisation. Le réservoir d'eau amovible se remplit par le couvercle supérieur. Le nettoyage s'effectue sans produits chimiques.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Lest C8 Nettoyeur vapeur est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Lest C8 Nettoyeur vapeur est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Lest C8 Nettoyeur vapeur satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Lest C8 is a steam cleaner designed to be simple and intuitive to use yet stylish. It features multi-stage steam regulation to adapt output to different surfaces and dirt levels by a capacitive UI. The nozzle with flexible joint ensures excellent ergonomics and perfect cleaning results thanks to lamella technology. Cleaning is performed without chemicals and removes up to 99.999% of viruses and 99.99% of common household bacteria from hard surfaces.
Dimensions & Packaging: 220 x 295 x 115
Tags: steam, cleaner, floor
Production Technology: ABS injection molding
Design Challenge: This steam cleaner explores the convergence between vacuum cleaners and steam cleaners, redefining usability through a hybrid typology. The design research focused on mobility, ergonomics, and product perception, introducing integrated wheels and a lifting handle to enhance maneuverability and transport. Benchmark analysis highlighted gaps between bulky steam systems and agile vacuum cleaners, guiding a compact, balanced architecture. Prototyping and 3D validation refined proportions and user interaction, resulting in an intuitive, domestic-friendly steam cleaner that bridges two established product categories.
Research: The creative challenge was to achieve high ergonomic performance despite the product’s compact dimensions. Design research focused on simplifying the user interface to ensure immediate, intuitive interaction, reducing visual and functional complexity. At the same time, the project aimed to maintain a clean, essential design language while conveying a modern, refined, and well-equipped character. Careful proportioning, surface continuity, and functional integration allowed the steam cleaner to appear visually light yet technically complete, balancing clarity, usability, and contemporary aesthetic appeal within a reduced footprint.
Inspiration: The design inspiration comes from both vacuum cleaners and steam cleaners, combining the best qualities of each category. From vacuum cleaners, the project adopts mobility, compactness, and ergonomic handling; from steam cleaners, it integrates effective cleaning performance and functional robustness. The creative intent was to merge these strengths into a single, coherent product that is visually appealing, simple to understand, and highly functional.
Project Duration: June 2025 to december 2025 Italy and China
Operation Flow: refill the removable water tank on the bottom from the top lid, set temperature by the touch UI, clean with steam.
Team Members: Nicola Zanetti and Federico Gonzalez Bosque