idealist vs realist: Salone Internazionale del Mobile Pt 4 - Eurocucina

(Kitchens and kitchen appliances)

I ventured off to this hall on my own nearing the end of the day, when we had a little over an hour left, as I felt, given that one of our clients is a Dutch company doing kitchen appliances, it could prove useful - but that meant that I ended up missing out on some of the sweetest stands, such as Vitra - sigh.

-range hood + light + music speakers all in one space age package - by Elica

-modern art kinda range hood by Elica

-Electrolux hob (that's cooktop for the non UK anglophones - this I learned from doing translations for our website) - the silver oldschool LCD screen look sure is interesting

-Miele extremely minimalist hob and range hood - I saw the online video of the range hood, it pops out, hinging from the bottom, while in use

-almost indiscernible to see that it's a cook-top by Electrolux

-matching range hood by Electrolux

-the cook-top and range hood combo by Electrolux - viewed together, it does look pretty cool

-especially not straight on, you get more of the effect

-cook-top by Siemens - the knobs are removable, which I think is supposed to be a safety feature or something (but I could see as annoying if someone decided to go and hide them on you)

-Hoover doing gas cook-tops/hobs - I like the glowing dials

-that's one pretty cool cast iron hob - nice form integration going on here, and in the video, they showed some sort of fan/turbine technology going on underneath that little grate by the burner

-KitchenAid gas cook-top/hob - I liked this design the most I think

-the pan rests float above the stainless steel base nicely, and I like how the buttons/dials are shaped

-Futuristic all in one "eco" kitchen island concept - I think this was by whirlpool

-this would be the sink

-and this is a rice cooker?/veggie steamer?

-induction cook-top/hob

-really cool gas hobs/cook-tops by Whirlpool

-detail of Whirlpool gas hob - nice and subtle forms, along with notice taken to function (cleaning the work surface)

-very very sweet

-and also in colours

-really cool

-dark mirror finish fridge front - oh the fingerprints/smears

-Whirlpool built in gas hob - built in is really nice/sweet

-wider view of the built in Whirlpool hob

-pretty cool kitchen island - complete with shelf equipped with grow lights for your kitchen 'herbs'

-I like the built in, all in one stainless steel counter units - must be expensive to have your hob and sink built into the same bit of counter

-minimalism in the kitchen - that's a pretty dramatic range hood

-nice and minimalistic kitchen

-minimalist faucet detail - I like how simple it is, with the on off simply being the knurled surface, although I'm not sure if temperature is an option, or maybe the end is on/off, and the part near the base is the temp?

-integrated kitchen components - some cool ideas going on here

-the dish drying rack, feeds into the shallow kitchen sink

-super sharp/hard edged 'designer' kitchen - I think it was under the name of Armani or something like that, as a collaborative deal with some kitchen company