Kitchens at the Verona exhibition Abitare il Tempo

Passing the gallery

Text: Dilara Muradova

A photo: Kirill Ovchinnikov

Magazine: Na (91) 2005

According to statistics, half of the Italian population ignores all the latest achievements of modern kitchen design, stubbornly preferring the classics. Interestingly, according to the same data, the same half likes to cook and goes to have dinner at home. How these two facts are related to each other, we found out at the Verona exhibition Abitare il TempoIt was in Tuscany The sights of Florence, as it turned out, are not limited to the famous marble cathedral and the Uffizi Gallery. This city was chosen by the Italian company RESTART as its headquarters. The position requires: classic RESTART kitchens reproduce the luxurious style of Tuscany. The fittings are made by hand from aged brass and bronze. As a "filling" there are special devices for preparing all dishes known to the world cuisine. Electronic programming, which has long become commonplace in terms of modern models, also exists. True, according to the laws of the genre, very well hidden [2].Just a song Italians are romantic people. They can call the kitchen "The Song of Fire" (IL Canto Del Fuoco), and then describe the atmosphere of the old times, which feels so good here, for a long time and colorfully. And you want to believe them! Classic recipe for fans of antiquity from the company MARTINI MOBILI [3] includes "warm" wood: walnut and chestnut, marble work surface and most importantly - hand-painted. Indeed, why not a song?White victory White comes and wins. At least in terms of classic kitchens. And I understand why. After the color of the tree, white is the most natural. In addition, he is certainly the most classic and elegant. Of the white shades, ivory is the most sought after color. It is ideally suited to decorate arches, columns and pilasters and to combine, as in this variant (kitchen Victoria [4]designer Vincenzo Zorloni (Vincenzo Zorloni), producer - ARCA), with marble and gold. As for forms, they should be restrained and conservative. The best solution is English or Italian style.Under cover Classic in this kitchen MENEGHINI (model M03, designer Paolo Menegini) [5] only that wood is more than metal. True, the tree was brought from Central America, so the kitchen falls into the now exotic fashion stream. In tandem with brilliant chrome-plated fittings, the “wildness” of the exotic is lost, as well as the aggressiveness of the metal. It turns out what the kitchen creators call an elegant solution, and glossy magazines - a fashionable combination of ethnic and high tech. Several companies are now releasing a similar combination. The percentage of wood and metal may be different. From what more, ultimately depends on the classic or modern interior.Chocolate on boiling water Writers are increasingly delighting us with literary versions of cookbooks, and kitchen manufacturers with all sorts of "delicious" wood shades. For example, the kitchen Mamola from BRUMMEL CUCINE [1] - this is coffee and honey. Both are "cooked" from tick. A new discovery of tick happened not so long ago (the first serious show took place at Eurocucina in Milan), but its obvious merits immediately gained popularity. Firstly, tick is a very beautiful tree, secondly, it looks expensive, but not pompous, and finally, if you do not like an exotic tree, tick is the most adequate alternative to it.Change reflections Mirrors are an obligatory attribute of classic interiors. Once, they reflected waltzing pairs, the fire of diamonds and candles ... Now the designers have found a different, more practical use for them. At the kitchen presented at the Abitare il Tempo exhibition by ARCHEOS [6], many remarkable advantages: hand-made wood, marble washing of the original form, elaborate lighting ... But the main thing is different. The surface of a huge hood is a mirror, nothing more.In search of the lost Since the walls have been expelled from our apartments, a void has formed in them. Designers from GEED CUCINE found a way to make up for it by moving the walls from the room to ... the kitchen [7]. Drawers (for stationery?), Shelves (for books?), A special niche for a microwave (or maybe a TV?) - all the attributes of the classical wall are in place. It remains to choose what to do: prepare spaghetti bolognese or immerse yourself in nostalgic memories ...Dairy rivers If Kitchen Kitchen (designer Cinzia Anguissola d'Alto (Cinzia Anguissola d'Alto), the company FRIGHETTO MOBILI) [8] and can be attributed to the classics, then only to the most recent. Modular kitchens began to be made fifty years ago. They stayed in fashion for half a century and were replaced by islands with one, maximum three lockers for their entire incredible length. By the way, no one has yet been able to prove his serious superiority. However, in the Kitchen River kitchen, the most remarkable thing is not the modules, but the river is the “river”, which unites all the small parts in a single “scratched” pattern.Kitchen dining room Dining room is a traditional place, and metal, concrete and all sorts of visible achievements of technical progress in it come to nothing. Therefore, if you decide to combine dining and kitchen, a classic for you is a natural choice. It is better to follow the traditions in the surroundings of an orderly system approved by centuries, even if the frieze-eaves-archithex is nothing more than the components of cupboards with dishes. Another prerequisite - noble materials and colors. In the kitchen-dining room from BAMAX[9] color has a double function. He not only says that you adhere to traditions, but also divides the working and dining areas.