The images as pictured above:
1,2: LIBRARY
The kitchen with library atmosphere: a monoblock surrounded by a wall-high frame of shelves. A place of nourishment for body and mind.
3,4: DUALITY
Traditional wall element or detached kitchen island - Two options with great impact, two sides packed with ideas and functionality
5,6: PRIMARY
The best things come in small packages: A compact version of the luxury kitchen, extendable with supplement modules
7,8: TOWER
Cooking reduced to its essentials: water, fire, hot and cold - In rotating towers
These new kitchen sets are being introduced by Warendorf, formerly Miele DIE KÜCHE, in 2010. You can sign up for their mailing list to be notified when their products will be available online.
(images: Warendorf)
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Wow. All hat and no cattle. None of these look particular functional. That giant floor lamp in the last photo is just asking to be bumped into constantly. Storage looks limited in some of the examples and there's a reason that libraries aren't found in kitchens: it's called Tiny Airborne Food Particles and they tend to accumulate on stuff that's out in the open. Which is fine for washable things, but books are not washable.
Also, the Saarinen-knockoff pedestals look really clunky. They've been done way, way better by other people.
I think these designs are adorable! The trumpet bases are a fun touch!
fail
Step One: Buy obscenely expensive loft just for entertaining.
They are high concept. I like that they make the viewer think about kitchens differently. But would I want one? No. I don't like the execution at all.
gorgeous and completely impractical. this should be posted on the kitchen sister site. I'm sure the posters there would hammer away at the idea of a library being within a meter of a stove.
obviously designed by someone with great design asthetic who never ever cooks.....
Not into the trumpet bases, either. Not graceful, just silly. Too like a caricature.
Books in the kitchen also not appealing to me. I have enough trouble keeping the Joy of Cooking's cover from getting sticky.
I DO like the sconces flanking the cabinetry in the 5th & 6th photos, but it looks like the shades are fabric - another grime magnet. I might try something similar but with steel or plastic.
Confused, how do these inspire healthy living?
Visually, I like #1 & 5. I think some of the ideas could even be useful in some kitchens, but they aren't very practical for anyone who often uses their kitchen. But they are just models, no?
I have been a fan of Philippe Stark for a long time. There is always a sense of whimsy and fantasy in work. Lovely to look at but not always functional. Then again if I could afford it I probably wouldn't need something that was functional.
No silly citrus juicers on the countertops? Missed cross-promotion opportunity, Philippe!
Aggressively unattractive.
I applaud the effort to do something different at the base of the cabinets/tables, but the "the Saarinen-knockoff pedestals" don't work for me either
what's that word when something is terribly unattractive or awful tasting?
Oh yeah! YUCK!!!
I agree with Spanky-- the Hershey Kiss pedestals are clumsy and heavy-handed, and the kitchen-as-library idea could only have been hatched by someone who's never in their life cleaned a kitchen.
Way to go, Starck.
OMG! I just clicked on the Warendorf site, get this:
"Starck is everywhere and seems to anticipate our dreams, desires and needs. He seems instinctively to know where our responsibility with regard to the future of the planet lies."
That's rich!
Man, that's one ugly kitchen.
Does it promote healthy living by having no place to store your food???
Why?