BRIGHT IDEAS
Finally, in every good home there is always room for a bit of eclectic spirit that takes inspiration from the old and the new. Whether it’s a colour or special design that captures your heart, or a style that recalls a romantic French dinner in the heart of Paris, there is always room for a personal touch.
That’s why this could be the anniversary collaboration of the century: to celebrate its 110th anniversary, La Cornue collaborated with artist Kongo to transform six of its masterpieces into works of art.
Kongo has transposed his language and signature graphics onto the cooker enamel, bringing a whole new way to express himself and his repertoire and creating a brand-new aesthetic for the cookers.
It took over a year of dialogue between the two realms to bring to life this unprecedented worldwide collaboration: six exceptional cookers that truly express both traditional expertise and modern graphic styling. While the six cookers form a coordinating set, each one is a masterpiece in its own right. With beautiful colours, various thicknesses of enamel produced through several stages of firing, and graphics created using a stylus pen, the eye is drawn to the materials used. The intricately precise design and details make these pieces true works of art. To highlight the unique, limited nature of this collaboration, each cooker bears the artist’s signature on the left-hand brand plate, whilst the year 2018 is inscribed on the right-hand plate.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Fantin introduced Frame, a collection of new freestanding kitchen islands made with metal and available in 40 colours. The pieces feature a minimal, clean design and light, thin legs but have a ‘structural solidity’ that allows them to anchor the kitchen. Pieces in the collection also include cupboards of various sizes, tables, and a kitchen workstation that is available both without accessories and with a sink, an induction cooktop and an oven.
Officine Gullo’s new Soft Grey & Nicheled Brass project is characterised by a central island with important dimensions that make it the cornerstone and soul of the kitchen itself, and by a clever and functional wall unit.
The island, which is characterised by a top made of peacock eye marble and by an edge made of nickel-plated bronze, contains a cooker with one single oven equipped with four burners, coup de feu, barbeque and fry top; above it, there is a professional island hood. Moreover, the top is equipped with a nickel-plated sink with a zip tap mixer, a socket power tower and built-in waste sorting unit. The frame of the island is made of high pressure stainless steel, painted in a matt Agate grey colour.
The wall unit includes two professional fridge and freezer towers with doors made of metal, an extractor door made of lacquered wood with chrome plated baskets, a cupboard with two hinged doors made of lacquered wood, and lower drawers. The upper part of the wall unit is equipped with compartments with wooden doors and with a bottom-hung opening.