Compasso d’oro international award 2025

Design excellence meets technology in the kitchen, and the result is hard to miss. Smeg's COF01 combi steam oven received an honourable mention at the 2025 Compasso d'Oro International Award, winning one of the world's most prestigious awards in the field of industrial design. During the award ceremony on 5 September, which took place as part of Expo 2025 Osaka under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy, 20 Compasso d'Oro awards and 35 honourable mentions were presented to products from around the world. The COF01 combi steam oven's Honourable Mention follows its selection by the Executive Committee of ADI (Association for Industrial Design), who recognised it as a concrete response to Expo 2025 Osaka's theme, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”, a concept that aims to reward innovations that promote well-being and sustainability.

Evolution as improvement. Revolution as a turning point. These concepts underpin (R)evolutionary Cooking, a project through which Smeg is rethinking and redefining the world of cooking. By transferring the technological excellence developed for large appliances to smaller ones, Smeg makes high-performance products accessible to all. It is in this context that the COF01 was born. Designed in collaboration with deepdesign® studio, it is intended to bring the quality of a traditional built-in combination steam oven to any domestic environment, whether that be a kitchen or a holiday home. The oven's aesthetic pays homage to Smeg's heritage. Its soft lines and retro details recall the unmistakable style of the 1950s, integrating it perfectly into the (R)evolutionary Cooking collection and enriching the 50's Style range, which is famous for its iconic FAB refrigerator design. With a 30-litre capacity and six colour options — black, white, cream, pastel blue, pastel green and red — this oven combines iconic design with maximum functionality. Entirely made in Italy, this product offers the performance typically associated with professional ovens in a compact size that adapts to all types of kitchen. At the heart of the system is Smeg's proprietary Galileo Multicooking platform, which ensures even heat distribution and uses advanced algorithms to offer ten cooking modes, including static, fan-assisted and pure or combined steam cooking, as well as the modern Air Fry function. In addition to these, the “Chef” menu offers 33 automatic recipes that independently set the combination of times, temperatures and functions according to the desired quantity. This allows you to easily achieve gourmet results, even in everyday cooking.