Sunday, April 27, 2014

Kitchen Design Academy-News Gazette # 31

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Pietro Arosio

PIETRO AROSIO was born in Liss in the province of Milan March 20, 1946 After graduating from the Institute of Applied Arts in Monza, is formed professionally in the research center of the AF & F company, specializing in the production of metal furniture for public spaces. Quest ‘ work experience has served to clarify and define Pietro Arosio for himself a design philosophy can be pursued over time as an industrial designer. In 1972 he began his independent activity, effective in those years was the work done in the design of kitchens began in 1978 and recognized through the first prize Casaviva Gold in 1983. essentiality in the shape of the object, the constant search for new materials and technologies applicable, the detailed definition of each particular already in the design phase with the engineering department of manufacturing companies, are key elements in the work of Pietro Arosio, that still does not underestimate the emotional aspect of the product, in some cases, has collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as medlar, Del Pezzo, Hsiao Chin, Tilson, Rotella, Keizo, for add an artistic value to serial products. Some of his works have been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Museum of Modern Art Die Sammlung Of Monaco.

Lux for Snaidero

Board 90 for Snaidero

Solaris for Ernestomeda

Cover for Ernestomeda

Silver Box for Ernestomeda

Source http://www.pietroarosio.it/

Zaccariotto – kitchens made in Italy

55 years of experience, a new company!

A paradox is easily explained with the birth in September of 2012 the new company which has taken over the historic brand Zaccariotto, the collection, the production unit and its most qualified workers for revive and impose on the world the Brand Zaccariotto.The new company is operating a real brand relaunch; focusing on a renewed and original new Zaccariotto wants to conquer new spaces in Italy and in the world thanks to its high-quality production , new collections are consistent with the changing lifestyles, the historical tradition of furniture manufacturers and its technical know-how.Zaccariotto The factory was established in 1958. From small company quickly turns into an industry reaching the remarkable size of 2000 square meters production as early as four years after the founding. Industrial development in the field of modular kitchens allows the Zaccariotto to become a solid manufacturing Veneto known throughout Italy for the care of the product and the highest quality standards. since the mid-nineties begins the adventure world, thanks to the complex and efficient production structure which has now reached 20,000 square meters and a capacity of 250 industrial kitchens produced per day. Zaccariotto Today, exports its products in 25 countries around the world: Europe, the Middle East, from Asia to the whole America, in several African countries as well as in Russia and Ukraine. His admirers and retailers are the first bearer of the historical culture of food production Made in Italy all over the world, knowing that the company constantly invests in research of materials certified for quality ( ISO 9001:2008 ), the echo -environmental compatibility, in the study of ergonomic solutions that respect the needs of anthropometric who loves to cook in an environment not only beautiful, but comfortable.

Collection

Unique

design CR & S Zaccariotto - a model that uses the textural Unicolor laminate finishes such as stone, wood and plain refined to create unique solutions for different compositions. Available with handles or throat.

Time

design CR & S Zaccariotto - is part of the 22 SYSTEM, ie a system of doors 22 mm thick, which lets you mix model variants SIRIO with TIME and TIME with CIGAR. It is by far the more flexible model in our range. It has been calculated that employing the full range of finishes available – that’s 22 real wood veneers, 21 standard colors including matt lacquered with silky and shiny with polyester paint brushed by hand, the ability to use the full range of RAL matt and glossy, processing “craclé” in gold or silver leaf type, 22 handles as standard, in addition to being achievable in the linear version without handle and curve – the same composition can be presented in 106 thousand different aesthetic variations. We think that might be enough to satisfy even the most discerning palates.

Duke

design CR & S Zaccariotto - is a model with glass doors worked with the effect of all the slats firmly attached to the inside of an indestructible aluminum frame. The special handle seems to emerge from the glass but is also attached to the frame. The entire product is fully recyclable through the use of materials such as glass and aluminum. Ecological, unalterable intense use of the kitchen and robust because it does not suffer neither water nor heat, quest’anta is the best combination for those who like convenience, easy to clean and an unbound fashions. A valuable material for a top-class exclusive.

Medina

The combination of an elegant ornamental frieze in the shape of the Greek capital, finished with details in silver or gold-leaved classic clew frame and mat lacquered in a wide range of colors available to taste with or without decorative threads silver and gold, creates a compositional system in modeling the classic original and extremely flexible.

Source http://www.zaccariottocucine.it

Linear Or Long, Just The Way I Like It

The EON 2 is a concept kitchen whose main highlight is the rotating bar. By moving this bar from linear to L-type, you get a chance to play around with the space, looks and orientation of the room. The minimalist design is supported with the use of high quality materials and fittings.

Essentially the rotating bar allows greater mobility of the kitchen and more space when the kitchen is not used. The kitchen fronts are made of painted MDF and worktop is a made of LG Hi-Mac acrylic composite material.

Designer: Branislav Varnicic

EON 2 Concept Kitchen by Branislav Varnicic

Source http://www.yankodesign.com/2014/02/14/linear-or-long-just-the-way-i-like-it/#PpHxyYEHZ9zh6HHH.99

Cherry On Top

Story by Frederique Gulcher
Photography by Andrew Ashton

Kitchen Designer : Katrina Luxton KBDI, HIA, Royston Wilson Design (Melbourne, Vic)
Kitchen manufacturer : JM Cord

Specifying earthy colours and raw timber is a popular design technique that connects an interior with the outdoors, or brings a sense of nature inside. But when the bush is at your doorstep, you can turn it around and bring bold pattern and colour to your interior. With a house set in a 20ha bush property, this family of four did just that – they asked kitchen designer, Katrina Luxton, of Royston Wilson Design, to incorporate colour and whimsy into their kitchen and dining area extension. “The clients sought a practical but colourful space that would be hard wearing, with plenty of storage,” she says. “They also wanted an island bench that could adapt on a daily basis, according to the family’s needs.”

Luxton’s design went further – in addition to an island, she specified a mobile unit made from liquorice-coloured Laminex. This unit can be an upstand over the island, placed at 90 degrees to create extra bench space, or moved around and used as a sideboard or homework area. The clients also wanted to be able to enjoy the views from anywhere in the kitchen. Luxton added a full-length window that runs between the bench and overhead cabinets, and doubles as a splashback. “Now the family can look out on the bush from any seat in the kitchen, making this space a real retreat.”

To ensure the kitchen stands out against the views, the cabinetry is finished in bright floral patterns and colours. A dark speckled concrete floor, chosen for its ability to withstand wear and tear, pulls the palette together. The kitchen is lined with storage, which includes a half-pantry next to the fridge with pull-out drawers, and a dresser-style unit with lift-up Blum Aventos doors. Glass slots in an internal wall draw the view back to the main interior, connecting the kitchen extension with the rest of the house. -

Source: http://trends2012.tmsreview.com/Article13445/Australia/book=660#sthash.Lyw5KCsq.dpuf

Superior Brass are manufacturers & world wide distributors of unique traditional & modern brass hardware. Quality is never an accident, it is the result of intention, innovation and skillful execution. With over 4000 products, our site and catalogue is used as a reference and guide throughout the industry. Superior Brass are manufacturers & world wide distributors of unique traditional & modern brass hardware. Quality is never an accident, it is the result of intention, innovation and skillful execution. With over 4000 products, company’s site and catalogue is used as a reference and guide throughout the industry.

Source http://www.superiorbrass.com.au

Why not?

Source: www.thecoolhunter.net

Very close to nature, maybe too close!

Source http://houseroptometry.com/

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Sunday, April 20, 2014

Kitchen Design Academy-News Gazette # 30

"Beyond styles, colours, and materials, there are other important factors that contribute to creating a great kitchen. You may read or hear comments like ‘well-balanced kitchen’ or ‘harmonious play between colours and textures.’ The key aspect in these comments is harmony.

In art, architecture, design, harmony is “the combination or adaptation of parts, elements, or related things so as to form a consistent and orderly whole. It can also be described as a combination of parts or details with each other so as to produce an aesthetically pleasing effect “(Arcy Art Original Oil Paintings Art Dictionary, n.d.). In the above-mentioned definition, harmony is described as the combination of the elements into a consistent and orderly whole. In the case of kitchen design, which are the elements we are dealing with?"

Fragment from Module 11-Harmony, Balance, Symmetry

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Michele De Lucchi

Born in Ferrara,1951. November 8, , Italy

Architect. Michele De Lucchi was a prominent figure in movements like Alchimia and Memphis. He designed lamps and furniture for the most known Italian companies, as Artemide, Olivetti, Alias, Unifor. He restored buildings for Enel, Olivetti, Piaggio, Poste Italiane, Telecom Italia, Zambon. He has taken care of numerous art and design exhibitions and has planned buildings for museums as the Triennale di Milano, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni of Rome and the Neues Museum in Berlin. His professional work has always gone side-by-side with a personal exploration of technology and crafts. In 1990 he founded Produzione Privata, a small scale company where products are realized using artisan techniques and crafts. From 2004 he sculptures little wooden houses with the chain saw to create the essentiality of the architecture.Selections of his products are exhibited in the most important design museums in the world.

In 1981 Michele De Lucchi started the ROSSANA 214 programme, one of the best results of functional and aesthetic research in the field of kitchen furniture. Maximum modularity, noble and pure design. It featured on the cover of Casa Vogue magazine and in 1986 was displayed in the SEIBU Department Stores in Tokyo.

Designed by Michele De Lucchi in 1983, ROSSANA 215 is characterised by its ability to fully furnish the work space, its modular structure and the depth of its containers, its basic design and the functionality of the new wall unit elements.

In 1988 De Lucchi created FENICE, the kitchen of your memories is transformed into a new kitchen, in which the classic types of cupboards, hearth and kitchen sink are technologically updated and their design is refreshed. Through MDL De Lucchi a great, sophisticated design is conveyed, clean and neutral with respect to the environment, which doesn't identify with any particular style or tendency. None of the features shouts about its presence. The atmosphere is calm and tranquil.

In 1999 he began collaboration with Dada Cucine. The kitchen Materic is a small revolution, a project that surpasses the usual modularity with which you carry out industrial kitchens at that time.

Materic for Dada Cucine

Source http://www.archive.amdl.it/en/archive/view.asp?ID=383

http://www.dadaweb.it/designer_it/49/Michele_De_Lucchi.php

Minotti Cucine, Italy

The history of minotticucine started in 1949 in Valpolicella. In its first 20 years the company - founded by Adriano Minotti - manufactured doors, windows and furniture.In the 60s the entrepreneur noticed, and thus specialised on, a new and increasingly sector-oriented market trend: the kitchen environment. For nearly 30 years minotti cucine manufactured modern kitchens following the traditional model of american kitchens.

At the beginning of the 90s Adriano passes the company management on to his son Alberto who in 1999 changed the style and market positioning of the brand minotti cucine. alberto identified a design path defined as “mediterranean minimalism” and “essentialism”. It is also particularly responsive to the local context where stones are treated and cut.

Pietra

Terra

Inca

Velia

Aura

Source: http://www.minotticucine.it/

Room Division Done Right

Designers: Roy Benjamin, Verdu Pierre & Denat Alexandra

As urban living faces space challenges, this design team has a good solution to make most of the limited carpet area that your home may have. Cook&Bath is a clever construction and room division that allows you to make the most of the space restrictions. In a way, it eliminates an entire wall and uses a centralized bathroom-shower space as the room division. An interesting way to demark the kitchen, living and bedroom space!

Features:

The toilet and shower’s air is evacuated by the VMC on the top.
The waster from the sink is used to flush the toilet.
All water flux lead to water discharge in the shower.

Young at heart

Story by Colleen Hawkes

Photography by Jamie Cobeldick

Kitchen designer : Anna Welsh MDINZ, Anna Welsh Design (Auckland)
Architect : Robin O'Donnell Architects
Kitchen manufacturer : Bremich Cabinetmakers

It's a story repeated all over the older suburbs – a traditional bungalow is loved for its charm and character features, but the kitchen leaves much to be desired. While most of these bungalows have undergone several kitchen renovations over the years, sometimes a more dramatic approach is called for.

For this project, an extension was added to the rear of the house to accommodate a new kitchen and family living area. Kitchen designer Anna Welsh says that while the traditional features of the bungalow have been retained at the front of the house, the rear reflects a much more contemporary architectural influence. "The kitchen consequently needed to have a very modern look, but it also had to work in with the older part of the house," she says.

To provide visual continuity, Welsh says she chose to paint the entire interior in Resene Quarter Parchment. The kitchen cabinets are lacquered in a similar colour, and a low-iron glass splashback was also painted to match. "Keeping everything streamlined and uncluttered was essential," says Welsh. "For this reason, the cabinets are all flush and the drawers have shadow gap handles. The main bank of cabinetry has a secondary food preparation area and coffee machine hidden behind pocket doors that fold right back when open. This area features solid American oak shelving that matches the veneer on the island."

Wherever possible, appliances were integrated to enhance the sleek look. The pantry, on the right of the cooking centre, also accommodates a food prep area, with a bench and storage for small appliances. Welsh says dramatic lighting was needed to set off the high, architectural ceiling – so Flos Romeo Moon pendants were suspended above the island. -

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BERTAZZONI

Appliances, Italy

It all began in the late nineteenth century, when Francesco Bertazzoni, founder of the dynasty, sees arrive at Guastalla, his hometown, the wood-burning cookers, through the new railway linking the city to the major industrial centers of the Austro- Hungarian Empire. These cookers wood burning sparked to Francis and his son Antonio idea to start producing cook machines like those he saw coming from the north - at first only for local use and in very limited quantities. In 1882, hence, the company Bertazzoni.

The new cookers have been successful and, in short, the brand Bertazzoni states throughout Italy. The family built the first factory in 1909, then expanded in the '20s, for the production of large-scale kitchens. The new kitchens became a success in the short, and soon the Bertazzoni name became famous all over Italy.

Bertazzoni applainces are now sold throughout Italy and exported to 60 countries, such as high-end products in the market, through a network of re-sellers of quality.
Though the processes of modernization and the global market, Bertazzoni not forget that its roots lie in the cultural tradition and Italian style, nor forgets to be very professional in the art of cooking special.