In recent years, luxury kitchens have become a taboo subject for most of us, being primarily associated with opulence, excess, and by extension, poor taste…
Unfortunately, we have many such examples at hand, which is another reason why the term “luxury” has become synonymous with “vulgar” – a term seemingly to be avoided, now often being replaced by the term “premium” – which has a broadly interpretable connotation.
Yet, Luxury is part of our nature to desire the superlative, to seek ultimate comfort and well-being, security, to give us a sense of fulfillment, to indulge in the very best.
And kitchen furniture is no exception, so we shouldn’t be afraid to desire Luxury, implicitly a luxury kitchen – we just need to redefine it in our perception.
In the case of kitchen furniture, just 20 years ago, a luxury kitchen meant, among other things, being made of rare exotic solid wood, with thick countertops of carefully selected natural stone, brought from the farthest corners of the world.
The time when luxury kitchens represented a demonstration of importance, class, and financial power of their owners – through excessive use of natural materials processed with expensive artisanal methods – has passed, and today we try to be more responsible towards the planet’s resources, to combat excess and live in harmony with our own needs and inner spirit.
The New Luxury Kitchen means respecting these principles, so kitchen furniture will be made from technologically produced, eco-sustainable, recyclable, and even regenerable materials, panels with aluminum cellular structures, or intelligent finishes that faithfully reproduce natural materials down to the tactile level.
Very thick stone countertops have been replaced by minimal thickness countertops (up to 4mm!) made of ceramic or sintered stone. All these new materials offer the most elevated aesthetic performance and unmatched practical characteristics and are perfectly processed by industrial robots.
In a luxury kitchen, each element is individually designed, just for you. Even in the case of a “simple” ceramic kitchen countertop – the material, finish, color, thickness and size, type of profiling, reinforcement for durability, integration of the stainless steel sink covered in the same ceramic material, etc… even the packaging method is customized so that the countertop can be delivered and installed in your home, without risks and with a guaranteed result.
For luxury kitchens, this is reflected through uniqueness, through the work of design engineers, architects, and designers who worked on creating your kitchen, all without the slightest excess, without waste, and with respect for the environment.
Appliances also Follow the Same Principles of New Luxury
Mineral water from Switzerland, bottled in excess plastic or glass and transported two thousand kilometers, is no longer a luxury for anyone. The new luxury is having a water purification and mineralization station – fully integrated into the furniture – so you can drink tap water to Swiss standards, and more, even use it for cooking! Luxury appliances are designed on automation principles, so they don’t need supervision and offer you more time with your loved ones, while delivering excellent results.
Even though everything is robotized and automated, this doesn’t mean that human work has completely disappeared in the production of luxury kitchens. On the contrary, the artistic aspect of luxury is represented by elements that can only be produced manually, artisanally, by craftsmen using traditional methods passed down through generations. These are present through decorative elements, meant to instill spirituality and also represent an anchor to the past, constantly reminding us of real human values.
