Pordenone, Italy
The result of creative research aimed at achieving a pure volume, Valcucine’s Artematica Soft Outline by Gabriele Centazzo looks like a single block in which the top, doors, and side panels are integrated into a harmonious, continuous whole embellished with a metal profile.
Artematica Soft Outline has recently been awarded a 2022 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The “pure volume” effect of Artematica Soft Outline can be personalized with some finishes such as Vitrum-Valcucine glass in glossy and matt versions, ceramic, marble, and the revolutionary Carbontec sintered stone.
The delicate, curvy line that runs along the edges defines its volume.
As well as highlighting the seamlessness of its surfaces, this line complements the image of the kitchen with refined elegance.
Made using cutting-edge technologies, the slim aluminum profiles–available in black, copper, and bronze–become stylistic details that add refinement to the arrangement.
The designer’s search for new means of expression that enhance the perception of a pure volume produces a poetically elegant space, in which rigorousness and softness meet in fine balance.
To complete the composition is the new Insula bamboo counter with a tapered profile and rounded corners in line with the sinuosity of the Soft Outline profile.
The 30° chamfer on the perimeter of the table allows for the perception of the edge as if it was six millimeters thick.
Thanks to the special bracket system, a detachment is created between the counter itself and the volume of the base units, giving an additional feeling of lightness.
In addition to the new counter, the functionality of the island is enhanced by the new glass screen designed to separate space without enclosing it and to protect people on the other side of the island during food preparation/cooking activities.
Hung accessories can be hooked on the glass profile, such as shelves and sliding containers, tablet stand, etc..
The main idea of the designers was to create an optimized, extremely efficient element that is ready to use.
Project: Artematica Soft Outline
Designers: Valcucine Design Department
Lead Designer: Gabriele Centazzo
Manufacturers: Valcucine SpA
