The AKB_08 from Arrital is the quintessential chef’s kitchen, conceived and designed by the team effort of Arrital designer Franco Driusso and chef Andrea Berton. The goal was to take the functionality of a professional kitchen into a residential setting and enrich it with contemporary design.
The name AKB_08 is taken from Arrital Kitchen Berton to indicate the partnership between the company and the chef. This design perfectly combines the efficiency and functionality needs of a top chef while upholding Arrital’s characteristic design simplicity and compositional elegance. From the appliances and spatial organisation, to the fittings and materials, everything has been chosen with utmost care and under the watchful eyes of the chef and designer, who have shared all of the design steps, each contributing with their own special, unique creativity.
Among the innovative features of AKB_08 is the multifunction “Twice” work-top, a solution that lets users increase the work surface if necessary or, by lifting it, exploit the ergonomic stainless steel equipped space, with its essential accessories and tools for all the food-preparation steps.
A unique and new creation inspired by the chef’s functional needs is the pull-out “AKB_Board” cutting-board/tray. This smart system has a wood or Teflon cutting board that rests on an easy-to-clean removable steel tray that can be used to serve at the dining table. The system has spaces for a knife and spatula.
To ensure enough lighting to meet the chef’s needs in all the various stages, the AKB_08 has “Focus on”, the design lighting system with a sliding track that provides dynamic lighting movement above the work zone. The battery of the LED lamp can be conveniently recharged after sliding it to the runner-end, in switch-off position.
Last but not least, inspired by professional kitchens is the inclusion of some special appliances so precious for those who take their cooking seriously, such as the “Salamandra”, which allows food to be kept at a set temperature or to brown or toast foods; or the blast chiller, which can quickly lower the temperature of a dish from the cooking temperature to one suited for refrigeration or freezing.
As with all of Arrital’s kitchen systems, the prominent features are always the doors, as essential parts that characterise the style and function of every kitchen. In this new project Franco Driusso has used a frame door concept where clean lines match the structure’s robustness, creating a contemporary design that goes with the various accessories: the “AKB_Board” tray, the shelves, and the innovative “majestic” solution of the extractor hood designed specifically for the standalone solution and coordinated with the raised-edge sink, which lends expressive strength to the washing area, and is a useful functional solution for catching water and splashes.
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