Embossed lacquered graphite base unit door. Satin glass wall units with 2×2 polished aluminium frame. Quadra handle. 6 cm thick stainless steel top. 6 cm thick stainless steel side. Hood with glass canopy.

Steel is being used more and more often in the kitchen because of its technical characteristics of resistance and hygiene as well as the sense of professionalism that it gives off. Steel does however have one serious fault: it shows hand prints even if the hands are clean. Valcucine has adopted a new treatment for aluminum which, through a satin finshing and special oxidization, takes on the look of steel, but without the bothersome problem of fingerprints.

Throughout his career as an industrial designer, Xavi has learnt to observe and come up with solutions. He has looked for the perfect setting to work in, as everything is much easier when you are surrounded by inspiration that helps you design. So, when he discovered an industrial warehouse surrounded by green spaces, he decided to find the appropriate solution to change it into his home.
The project to fit out the industrial warehouse was no easy task, as special places also have special requirements. Xavi wanted to keep the charm of the surroundings and the industrial feel of the warehouse. He therefore designed the house with large windows, wood teams and installations on view that were kept as an essential feature of the house. The key to the design was based on the understated elegance of the chosen materials: cement, wood and metal, together with the framework provided by the garden.
In such a magnificent setting for the kitchen, it was decided to install a large central kitchen island and semi-columns for storage placed in the back on novel pedestals. The steel worktops enhances the industrial look of the whole composition and leaves household appliances, such as the fridge or oven, on show. The aluminium solution finished in titanium gives the kitchen a huge sensation of space where to cook and move around freely, with limitless storage in drawers and in columns. This kitchen is designed by and for Xavi. All the details make it a welcoming place for living.

At Milan Design Week 2009 Marco Gorini introduces Strato 031, sophisticated kitchen result of a project centered on attention to details Today the contemporary kitchen environment represents a place where creativity and conviviality are expressed, a space that integrates perfectly in the rest of the house, an intimate spot able to rouse intense emotions in which to spend pleasant moments together with the others in harmony with our own personality and taste. Keeping in mind the manners of the new culture of living Marco Gorini has created Strato 031, result of an ambitious and sophisticated project expressing individual personality. This extraordinary creation stands out for something special in a fully-developed luxury characterized by a discretion whose themes are rigorous shapes, essential lines, games of joints; all this with no compromise with functionality. For Strato 031, exceptional piece of deign, Strato has reserved a particular attention to the search of precious materials using, besides to stainless steel and stone, the rare and valuable fossil durmast, unusual wood not deriving from deforestation but form the subsoil, fruit of the course of nature which gave it its special smoky look. Strato 031 is made up of two units: one block against the wall and an island interpreting the wish to share the space and the pleasures of the table. The vertical unit is made up of a satin finished stainless steel structure with no junctions framing four columns with fossil durmast doors. The two central doors are fitted out with foldaway opening and integrated electrical appliances, thanks to this system those are at easy reach when in use, and in any other moment the uniformity of the front is preserved. The side columns are to use as storage, their interior structure is in brown stone, shelves in glass, because according to Strato the finishing and the preciousness have to live not only in the exterior parts, but also inside, not only in what is visible to anyone, but also in that dimension concerning ourselves only. The hood, imposing and harmonic, is made up of one block of stainless steel finding its support on the top of the vertical furniture and stretching out to guarantee the aspiration until hanging over the cooking area. The island is really special and complex, to be seen to be touched to be understood. Stainless steel structure, covering panels of the top and fronts in fossil durmast, fossil durmast and stainless steel for the interiors. The worktop is covered by three panels: two of them are sliding and give access to cooking and washing area, here a flexible tap allows perfect closure. The back of the island is an “el” shaped one-block stainless steel crossing the shoulder of the other side. Strong character and refinement, Strato 031 is a timeless piece confirming the comeback to pure and essential shapes in contemporary kitchen and sticking to Strato’s tradition, it never gives up its innate class and the highest quality.

Pure units in single materials such as acrylic resin, glass or steel have been designed to take away that boring work area look from the kitchen. The arrangement shown has a system that makes it possible to camouflage the hob, sink, tap and oven, making the most of the formal clean-cut lines of the arrangement which, with all its concealed functional elements, becomes pure domestic architecture. VALCUCINE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Doors and worktops are in Cristalite, 100% antibacterial thanks to the presence of silver ions (already used as far back as the antique Romans). The 100% aluminum frame can be completely recycled. Less material used for the worktop and door.