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Looks all minimal until you actually start cooking something!

I seem to recall that Wallpaper described Strato kitchens as made for architects who own a private jet and are about to launch their IPO.

The absurdity of the design is that additional space is taken and for no practical purposes, yet adding a visual eye sour. Something like putting clear plastic over upholstered furniture. Very surprising for Italian design.

Some body in Italy took the wrong strada. Funzionare male.

If robots had to eat, this looks like where they would cook.

Personally, I prefer my kitchen to feel a little more... organic.

robots is right
very uncomfortable looking

If this design were truly minimalist, it wouldn't have the outer ring, which serves no purpose.

One of the reasons those rounded cubes were abandoned in 1985 (they came in plywood kits that you stained using Formsby's), is that you lose so much space due to the curves. There is at least an inch and a half of space at the bottom on each side where nothing can be stored.

I'm sure it has it's place in some modern 2000sqft apartment. But I think they are hideous.

Open the pod bay doors, Hal.

It doesn't make me feel like cooking at all... Italian are usually fond of warm and luxurious kitchen, whereas this one is more like a dentist's cabinet.

The only way I could see someone using this and not going crazy would be with some brightttt paint on the walls... and maybe a few bright counter top items. this isn't like "minimalist" in function, it's "minimalist" in life and style... So boring.

The only reason it's "minimalist" is that there is nothing in it. The first dirty spoon or empty cereal box that gets plopped onto the counter would ruin the whole thing. One could use that same logic to call any empty house "minimalist."

I say hot only because I'm the biggest fan of all white. Keeping it simple is my game. But what's with the metal casing that allows all that extra unusable room?

I think it would be beautiful in a large loft-like, super modern space. It might seem really dated, really fast though.

Those little dead spaces inside the curves would be a dust bunny and grime nightmare. Not to mention creepy crawly's and critters.

The first thought I had when I saw this kitchen was the Twilight Zone Episode "To Serve Man".... I'll never forget the best line out of that episode: "It's a cookbook!"

This is not a kitchen for churning butter, that's for sure.

I like it, but only in the right space.

The sterility of it both repels and fascinates me.

All I would need to do is put a newspaper on the counter, and it would make the whole place look cluttered and ruin the streamlined look.

dn: For those than can afford a Strato kitchen, I'm sure one of their housekeepers will take care of the dust bunnies and grime.

The outer ring looks tacked on and even in these photos, it appears grimy. No thanks.

Ewww...

Mmm, robot food!

SILLY/WORTHLESS

I think it's terrific.

I think it's beautiful. Sculptural.

Meh. The fridge looks like an iPod shuffle.

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