The designers of Chmara.Rosinke have dedicated themselves to the study of the history of the environment to imagine how it will be from now on.
The design research studio Chmara.Rosinke has created a series of independent kitchens which respond to the themes of “ergonomics, ecology and pleasure” to suggest new ways of preparing and consuming food.
Based in Berlin and Vienna, the company unveiled four design concepts in a show by Milan Design Week titled ” The kitchen for cooking“, which was exhibited as part of the exhibition Alcove.
Freed from the constraints of a typical fully equipped kitchen, the designs have combined familiar kitchen elements in surprising ways, often with unusual shapes And playful storage approaches.
“The objects shown here are not intended to provide a universal answer to the question of today’s kitchen,” said studio founders Ania Rosinke and Maciej Chmara.
“Instead, they are materialized lines of thought or spatial sketches that playfully tackle the theme of the kitchen and strive to free this sensual and emotionally charged subject from its rigid framework of classic norms and ideas.”
Rosinke and Chmara have spent more than a decade investigating the history of cooking and how it has changed in response to social and cultural changes as well as design trends.
As designers, they use this research as a tool to explore what the kitchen of the future will look like.
“Cooking is more than preparing food,” they said. “From culture to culture, the act of cooking varies greatly and differs from the image that is in our heads. It is a multisensory activity that can play a whole new role in our world that is increasingly happening in the digital space.”
The duo’s latest design, NPK01, made its debut in Alcoba. Made of stainless steel and plywood, its shape was developed considering how the efficiency and energy recovery can be optimized in the kitchen and how culinary habits have changed since then pandemic.
The piece includes an irregularly shaped counter, a top bar for hanging utensils, a space for storing home-brewed beer and an oven on wheels.
“This project asks how today’s kitchens should be designed in terms of functionality, ergonomics, technology and aesthetics,” said the designers.
“The kitchen shown here is part of a large-scale research project and challenges existing standards in terms of heights, depths, workflows and required space.”
already on OFIS kitchencreated in 2020, it alludes to how the kitchen became a workplace for many during the pandemic.
The design reduces the kitchen to basic elements: it consists of an island on wheels, with a sink at one end, a plate at the other and a vertical element for hanging objects.
The name OFIS stands for “office for the important things” and covers a collection that also includes office chair, desk, lamp and chaise longue.
One highly minimalist lookin turn, characterizes the Werkraum cuisinewhich was developed as a representation of the regional craftsmanship of the Austrian Bregenzerwald region.
Created during an artist residency in 2019, the project was carried out by local artisans using ash and maple woods.
The most colorful design is the Neo Modernist Kitchen, created in 2018 and designed for an individual who lives alone and cooks very rarely, if at all.
The deliberately lightweight design is inspired by the modernist colors and geometriesproviding adequate space for the preparation of small meals and for the preparation of coffee.
The exhibition was presented in a outdoor terrace surrounded by trees, which made the kitchens even more unusual.
Also on display was a concrete table with a crumbled concrete base, which offered visitors a place to sit.
Despite the mobile and playful nature of the studio’s designs, the designer duo believe the kitchen has a important and exciting role to play in the future of the house.
“Time and cheap gastronomy in urban spaces are, in a sense, making the kitchen obsolete,” they said.
“But the kitchen will not disappear,” they continued. “Very great is her influence on the social constellations of our living spaces, very great is her educational role in the formation of fine motor skills and very great is her sensual role”.
“We want to feel the consistency of the ingredients, feel the different temperatures, we want to feel the sizzle and the boil, we want to smell the aromas and see glorious colors”, they concluded.
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Source: Terra
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