Danish architecture studios Massive, Henning Larsen and Norm have customised Ikea flat-pack kitchens for Danish firm Reform .
Reform, which specialises in customising the Swedish furniture giant’s Metod kitchen, invited the trio – who are amid the biggest names in Danish architecture – to create types for its variety.
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“The kitchen is 1 of the most essential rooms in our property,” explained founder and CEO Jeppe Christensen. “But interestingly, it is usually overlooked when it comes to style. For the most portion our kitchens are white and as neutral as achievable. We want to alter this.”
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Huge, the Copenhagen and New York studio led by Bjarke Ingels, has additional handles produced from vehicle seat belts to the cupboards of its kitchen.
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The black material is looped in excess of and fitted behind the best corner of every cabinet door, producing a tab for simple opening.
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“For numerous years we’ve been flirting with the concept of creating customized-developed kitchens,” mentioned Jakob Lange, head of layout at Massive Concepts. “But in actuality we usually end up with custom-manufactured kitchens that are really costly. Which is why the believed of creating a kitchen which is unique in each way except the value appeals a good deal to us.”
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The Large kitchen is offered in white and oak with a composite tabletop and composite wash, which can be substituted for stainless steel.
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Henning Larsen Architects aimed to mix warm and cold colors by incorporating vertical strips of metal to the edges of wooden cupboard doors.
Kitchen hack by Henning Larsen
Oak veneer is paired with copper, whilst yet another version has a steel band spray-painted in white or black to match the doors.
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“All projects Henning Larsen Architects work on reveal their powerful roots in the Scandinavian tradition of style,” said a statement from Reform.
“Their kitchen design and style is basic, timeless and inspired by a traditional carpentry-kitchen with customized-created factors.”
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Copenhagen-primarily based Norm Architects, which lately finished an Italian restaurant interior, removed the handles from the surfaces and replaced them with magnetic touch latches to maintain a minimum appearance.
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The countertop materials – obtainable in fibre-reinforced concrete, bronzed tombac metal, oak-sawn veneer and smoked oak – is continued all around the sides and under the doors.
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“The typical thread which identifies Norm Architect’s projects is the recognisable, clean and geometrical expression,” stated a statement from Reform.
“Easy, organic and genuine are the code words for Norm Architects – which certainly also holds true for the kitchen they have made for Reform.”
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Reform gives drawer and cabinet fronts as properly as countertops to give clients with more alternatives for the furnishings giant’s fundamental layout. To use the support, buyers send their Ikea order confirmation, drawings and choice of Reform style options.
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When the factors are then delivered, the user installs the fronts themselves on the Ikea hinges and brackets that come with the kitchen.
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These three patterns kitchens will debut at Danish trade demonstrate Northmodern, which will take area in Copenhagen from 13 to 15 August 2015.
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Ikea presented its personal kitchens produced as component of collaborations with designers Paola Navone, Matali Crasset, Studio Irvine and Thomas Sandell earlier this year.
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Last 12 months, the Swedish business backed out of legal action towards a internet site that publishes consumer modifications of its items.
