The competition platform Global Kitchen Design, initiated by kitchen manufacturer LEICHT for the best kitchen design, has announced this year‘s (2018) winners. More than 1,000 kitchen experts and architects voted online that first prize should go to a plan presented by the kitchen studio Kitchen Works LA. The winning draft was honored at the Leicht | Design Show on October 27, 2018, at the successful kitchen manufacturer‘s headquarters in Waldstetten near Stuttgart (Germany). The awards ceremony was the highlight of the two-day Leicht | Design Show in Waldstetten, to which numerous international guests had been invited.
This year‘s Global Kitchen Design competition was once again a great success. When we created it in 2015, our idea was to network the international kitchen world. “Naturally, we wanted the focus to be on the numerous design possibilities, materials and functions of LEICHT kitchens. We are impressed with the variety of ideas the winning projects have put into practice,” says Stefan Waldenmaier, CEO and Chairman of the Board of LEICHT Küchen AG.
The winning draft, which was realized in West Hollywood, plays with the contrast of open living area and hidden storage space. The main features are a spacious kitchen island as well as an integrated room-in-room concept offering practical everyday storage space functions. The Leicht solutions from the handleless Avance range link the open kitchen with the living room thanks to homely elements and turn the ground floor of the modern detached house into a harmonious living area.
The elongated kitchen block is perfectly integrated into the room as a communicative piece of furniture which simultaneously offers a workspace and bar. The anthracite-colored concrete kitchen front is repeated on the island block and the wall units, giving the kitchen as a whole a calm appearance. The TOPOS surface, which was used for both the drawers and units of the kitchen run as well as for the room-in- room construction, is crafted in Bergamo elm. The dark wood of the deciduous tree shows a warm grain emphasizing the furniture‘s natural quality which is both pleasing to the touch and beautiful to look at. This has a particularly good effect in the high, minimalistic furnished living room.
“The two natural furnishing elements underscore the Wabi-sabi style of the interior. Furthermore, the elm wood on the top of the island block encapsulates the Japanese style,” says showroom manager Debra Tendler. “Leicht was exactly the right partner for this project as we were able to fulfil the individual wishes of the customer at the very highest level and, in the process, spread a sense of young, modern homeliness.”
