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KILIAN SCHINDLERDesigner for Naber

TogTogT ether with Kilian Schindler,r,r Naber,r,r the Nordhorn-based familfamilf y company specialising in kitchen accessories, has developed a modular kitchen system. With its flexible open design, the Concept Kitchen is causing a stir in the kitchen furniture segment, having been awarded several design prizes."With his notion of the Concept Kitchen, designer Kil-l-lian Schindler takes up the ideas of an essentially open-plan kitchen, structured by modules but co-defined by the users, who decide how they live in the kitchen and how best to engage its space. As a leitmotif,f,f the Naber company chose: the spacewewe e define as a kitchen today occurs where we need it, be it in the office,ffice,f the studio, the living room, an open space, or a corner of the room that we assign the function of 'kitchen'. It occurs, sallies forthforthf , and takes shape where and how it is needed. WeWeW thought about how often we move house during our lifelifelif time. What do we take with us? What do we leave behind? The kitchen always presents a problem, in every move. The term 'fitted kitchen' already makes it clear that the units are integrated into the architecture. WeWeW have designed this system such that it can be assembled easily and without the need for tools. In this way,y,y the kitchen becomes furnin-nture you can simply pick up and take with you. WeWeW don't just eat and cook at home, but also at the office, in the workshop, at exhibitions, or in the garden allotment. For these mealtimes, however,r,r we don't need all the equipqui-quiment we pile-up at home. So the Concept Kitchen, rather, r, ris an alternative to the fitted kitchen. The practical solu-u-ution for for f a variety of situations and needs."n-by-naber.comr.comr

CONCEPT KITCHEN

INGO SIGLERDesigner for LEICHT

German kitchen producer LEICHT has launched a new system for drawers and pull-outs under the name of Q-Box, a classically modern structure for use inside drawer units. It combines a framework in light oak with a black mat base in hard elastic. Several types of element are available, o�ering an individual, flexflex-flexible solution. “Q-Box results from the desire to create an interior system with its own distinct charm, which entirely corresponds to the brand in terms of quality. y. yA system that can nevertheless be produced industrially to ensure that it remains a�ordable. Something that consumers find easy to clean and will thus wish to use daily.y.y WeWeW have selected a top-quality surface material from the automotive industry and merged this with the natural texture of oak, moulding it so as to form a transition from the drawer inserts to the wooden separating strips in the cutlery trays. The technical properties of this synthetic, high-performance surface material, on the one hand, and the artisanal appearance of wood, on the other,r,r results in a calm, minimalist look that clearly di�erentiates between the oak separators and the carbon-like inserts.”leicht.com

Q-BOX

Can design improve a familiar daily routine; an ancient and creative gesture like cooking? Nowadays, many brands and designers are involved in finding solutions for transforming an interior setting once taken for granted (at least since the Frankfurt Kitchen standard) in an aim to re-invent our conventional vision of convivvivv iiviiv um furniture. The new kitchens point in one direction: light, open modules that are easily assembled – freestanding units with the possibility to be repositioned as needed.

A kitchen that tells a story

PAPAP TRICIAATRICIAA URQUIOLADesigner for Boffi

Among Patricia Urquiola's 2014 projects is her first kitchen for Italian luxury brand Boffi, called Salinas. Sali-nas is the beach of my childhood…" says Urquiola, dreamily,y,y "a long sandy beach with dunes, on the Cantabrian Sea, with very intense colours all around. The kitchen in my grandfather's house, overover-overlooking the rocky coastline with green fields behind, the yellow of the sun, and the cobalt blue of the ocean." In this project, the kitchen moves away from traditional structures and modumodu-modularity: it's made with a skeleton of tu-tu-tubular metal so that various modules can be properly combined and generate an articulated composition to suit all funcfunc-functions. It's a very flexible system that acac-accommodates panels of di�erent colours and materials. For Urquiola, it serves as "open research that I hope will help in achieving solutions that are re-r-re-eally made-to-measure. The materials, nearly all of them environmentally friendly,y,y can be chosen in numerous combinations." One can easily setup a fully customisable structure that customers can conceive by themselves, choosing from 40 available modules. "The Salinas project is based on the idea of an hidden 'machine': a professional kitchen with a matte-black metal skeleton that – thanks to a cencen-central, integrated joint to accommodate the hydraulic and electrical components – doesn't reveal its technicalities." The surfaces are tactile, being textured with matte cece-ceramic, cement, and lava stone, and there is a wooden chopping board with solid technical movement, for food preparation.patriciaurquiola.com

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SALINAS

DAMN°46 magazine / KITCHEN NEWS

Übersetzung aus der englischen Sprache:

KILIAN SCHINDLERDesigner für Naber In Zusammenarbeit mit Kilian Schindler hat das in Nordhorn ansässige und auf Küchenzubehör spezialisierte Familienunternehmen Naber ein modulares Küchensystem entwickelt. Die ,Concept Kitchen’ erregt in der Küchenbran-che mit ihrem flexiblen und offenen Design viel Aufsehen und wurde bereits mit zahlreichen Designpreisen ausgezeichnet.„Mit seiner Vorstellung der Concept Kitchen greift der Desig-ner Kilian Schindler das Konzept einer im Wesentlichen im offenen Raum gestalteten Küche auf, die mithilfe von Modulen Struktur erhält, zu deren Definition jedoch die Nutzer in erheblichem Maße beitragen, die entscheiden, wie sie in der Küche leben und wie sie den Raum optimal gestalten. Als Leitmotiv diente Naber dabei der folgende Ansatz: der Raum, den wir heute als ,Küche’ definieren, ist genau da, wo wir ihn benötigen - sei es im Büro oder im Studio, im Wohnzimmer, auf einer freien Fläche oder in einer Ecke des Zimmers, der wir die Funktion der ,Küche’ zuweisen. Sie erscheint, bewegt sich und nimmt Gestalt an - und zwar wo und wie wir sie benötigen. Wir haben darüber nachgedacht, wie oft wir in unserem Leben umziehen. Was nehmen wir mit ? Was lassen wir zurück? Die Küche stellt bei jedem Umzug ein Problem dar. Der Begriff ,Einbauküche’ verdeutlicht bereits, dass die Bestandteile der Küche in die Architektur integriert sind. Wir haben dieses System so konzipiert, dass es einfach und ohne Werkzeug montiert werden kann. Auf diese Weise wird die Küche zu einem Möbel, das man einfach greifen und mitneh-men kann. Wir essen und kochen nicht nur zuhause, sondern auch im Büro, in der Werkstatt, bei Messen oder im Garten. Für diese Mahlzeiten benötigen wir aber nicht die gesamte Ausstattung, die wir zuhause angehäuft haben. Daher bildet die Concept Kitchen eher eine Alternative zur Einbauküche. Die praktische Lösung für zahlreiche Situationen und Bedürf-nisse.“n-by-naber.comCONCEPT KITCHEN