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Orgatec Cologne 2014: Concept Kitchen by Kilian Schindler for Naber


Published on 19.11.2014

Explaining the background to their contribution to Stylepark's Being Home 4+4 installation programme at Orgatec Cologne 2014 Marcel Besau and Eva Marguerre a.k.a. Besau Marguerre stated their belief that the best ideas rarely strike at the desk and that, and in particular in a home office context, any space is a potential work space.

The garden, for example. On the balcony. In the dining room.

Or in the kitchen.

And so why not take the kitchen into the office.

So, or similar, is possible with the Concept Kitchen system by Kilian Schindler for German kitchen accessory manufacturer Naber.

Constructed from powder coated sheet steel the Concept Kitchen comprises six basic unit types which can be used individually or combined as required. And although originally designed as a kitchen system for our contemporary, highly mobile, urban society, the units can just as easily be used in an office context.

As excellently demonstrated at Orgatec.

Quite aside from the practicality of the system's variable module based concept and the easy accessibility of the powder coated sheet steel construction, the units are produced by French steel fabricator Tolix, more famous for Xavier Pauchard's, near, ubiquitous galvanised sheet steel chairs and stools, and consequently Concept Kitchen possesses the same sophisticated industrial form language and enduring charm, meaning it can be used in any setting or space.

And the fact we started this post with Besau Marguerre was no coincidence. Eva Marguerre's NIDO stool was looking fantastic on the Concept Kitchen stand. We've not seen it for a long, long time, and absence really has made the heart grow fonder....

Orgatec Cologne 2014 Concept Kitchen by Kilian Schindler for Naber
Orgatec Cologne 2014 Concept Kitchen by Kilian Schindler for Naber
Orgatec Cologne 2014 Concept Kitchen by Kilian Schindler for Naber
Orgatec Cologne 2014 Concept Kitchen by Kilian Schindler for Naber
Orgatec Cologne 2014 Concept Kitchen by Kilian Schindler for Naber

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