Lest C8 Aparat de curățare cu abur by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Bosque

Lest C8 Aparat de curățare cu abur by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Bosque is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award de Bronz in Design de Electrocasnice Competition Category.

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Lest C8 Aparat de curățare cu abur

by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Bosque

Client: Lest

A' Design Award de Bronz Winner in Electrocasnic Category

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The Design

About Lest C8 Aparat de curățare cu abur

Lest C8 este un aparat de curățare cu abur conceput pentru curățenia casnică. Designul combină caracteristicile aspiratoarelor și ale aparatelor de curățare cu abur, îmbinând mobilitatea și manevrarea ergonomică cu performanța aburului într-un corp compact. Roțile integrate și un mâner de ridicare facilitează deplasarea și transportul cu ușurință. Reglarea aburului în mai multe trepte se realizează printr-o interfață tactilă capacitivă, adaptând debitul la diferite suprafețe. O duză cu articulație flexibilă îmbunătățește raza de acțiune și confortul. Rezervorul de apă detașabil se umple prin capacul superior. Curățarea se realizează fără substanțe chimice.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronz

Lest C8 Aparat de curățare cu abur a câștigat A' Design Award de Bronz, o recunoaștere extrem de prestigioasă acordată designurilor remarcabile care se disting prin creativitate, ingeniozitate și istețime. Câștigătorii Bronzului sunt artefacte din plin pricepute și izbitor de creative, care atestă experiența vastă, imaginația și resursele designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Lest C8 Aparat de curățare cu abur să fie un obiect foarte apreciat, admirat și prețuit, remarcabil de profesionist și inovator. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Bronz încorporează cele mai bune practici din artă, știință, design și tehnologie și este excelent prin atenția la detalii. Lest C8 Aparat de curățare cu abur satisface splendid nevoile, atinge dorințele, vrăjește sentimentele și stârnește curiozitatea.

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