Gaggenau, the luxury brand for professional grade home appliances, has recently opened new flagships and showrooms in North America and Australia. The brand has seen an increase in demand for its products from high-net-worth consumers in both the areas and this has led to the development of a brand-new flagship concept starting with showroom openings in Vancouver and Toronto, and flagships in Sydney and Miami.

Gaggenau’s flagships in Sydney and Miami, are architectural marvels that seamlessly fuse the brand’s rich heritage with local cultural and design elements. These spaces serve as experiential hubs for culinary enthusiasts, architects, interior designers, and homeowners looking to explore the art of the kitchen. The flagships each boast a unique space and character, taking inspiration from the local neighbourhood; offering moments of reflection for the design-conscious individual and professional.

«In North America – the company explais – there’s a growing emphasis on a modern aesthetic, prioritising the kitchen as the central lifestyle hub of the home. Gaggenau’s “modern classic” design aligns seamlessly with this movement, offering timeless, sophisticated and elegant solutions for luxury kitchens. The Miami flagship pays homage to the city’s rich design and art deco heritage and Gaggenau aims to nurture and collaborate with innovative, emerging artists by providing them with a platform to showcase their work. As you step into the space, you’ll find an invitation to engage in curated art experiences that allow visitors to connect with the brand in a new way».

“Journey to Provence” is a custom-made kitchen project by Officine Gullo for a house located in Village de Gassin, among the hills of the French countryside. It is an open space (designed for cooking, eating and relaxing), which overlooks a garden through a large window. “We proposed two shades of contrasting colors to bring depth and light into the kitchen – explains Manfredi Conforzi, Commercial Director of the Tuscan company –. The mint green contrasts with the creamy white and the burnished brass finishes perfectly complete the project, making the environment even warmer and brighter”. To satisfy the customer’s requests, Officine Gullo has equipped the kitchen with high-performance technologies. In fact, there is an OG Professional 168 cooking machine, equipped with 4 professional burners, a smooth fry top and a pasta cooker. Above there is the hood, made in the same color. The wall used for storing food and drinks includes a professional refrigerator and two wine cellars, while the central island, with built-in dishwasher, has been entirely dedicated to washing.

The Made in Italy of Officine Gullo
Among the strengths of Officine Gullo’s projects are the high quality materials and tailoring. “Our kitchens – Conforzi underlines – are made with prestigious materials: steel, copper and brass, which are handcrafted with important thicknesses ranging from 2 to 7 mm. Above all, Officine Gullo is literally what it claims to be: a workshop, where raw materials are cut, bent and decorated, or rather forged, by the hand of man to obtain timeless works. The ‘ingredients’ are not industrial components, pre-finished or semi-finished, but plates, bars and rulers, and similarly the hammering, burnishing, nickel and chromium plating of the brass, the antiquing of the steel or the stove enamelling of the bodywork are made directly in the workshop after the piece has been molded into the shape and dimensions required by the customer”. Another “must” of the Italian company is sustainability: in fact, thanks to the more durable materials, the kitchens of Officine Gullo are made to resist wear and tear for a long time.

In the name of customization The colors of Officine Gullo kitchens generally do not come from a standard palette, but are obtained on explicit request by the customer, sometimes inspired by the same chromatic finishes of a luxury car, a painting on the wall, a piece of furniture, etc.

Officine Gullo presents a range of products realized in Viva Magenta, the color named Pantone Color of the Year 2023. «The color protagonist of 2023 selected by Pantone is a chromatic nuance full of charm, very versatile, and at the same time capable of breaking the classic schemes: it is the color Viva Magenta, identified in the Pantone code 18-1750. A bright red shade, inspired by nature and the color of the cochineal: Viva Magenta is a symbol of pure joy, which encourages experimentation and self-expression, designed for a more positive future» – the company commented.

Officine Gullo’s range of products in Viva Magenta color includes: a free-standing kitchen, a hood and a regrigerator to create a complete kitchen enviroment with this nuance.
«Described by the brand as “an unconventional red for an unconventional time”, Pantone’s Viva Magenta 18-1750 is according to the Colour Institute already popular among the fashion and beauty community. It expects the interior world to follow suit. It probably will. Regardless of how critics feel about the shade, each year’s selection has an impact on color trends in fashion, furniture, and interiors» – Officine Gullo concluded.

Modulnova opened a new flagship store in Vienna with the aim to become a point of reference not only for the city, but also for the Austrian market. Inside the showroom, architects, interior designers and private customers will be able to see the most interesting proposals of the brand in the exhibition itinerary of a total area of 300 m2.

The leading role is reserved to the kitchen, which is declined through four different Modulnova systems with a well-defined style: Blade Lab, with its iconic island proposed in the warm tones of matte Emperador Marrone marble with a peninsula in Eucalyptus. Also on display is the Skill Gres/Frame composition defined by the chromatic contrast between the Gold Brown Gres of the island and the Noce Milano of the columns.
This space opens onto another room characterized by the Industrial system. The proposal dedicated to the kitchen is completed by the MH6 system in Milltech Iron and the Frame/Skill composition defined by the Gray Calm Lacquered elements.

The new Modulnova flagship store by Franz-Josefs-Kai was born in partnership with Eskole and the Leiner Group, a reference reality for interior design in Austria. «This successful collaboration brings together, in a single space, the luxury of Made in Italy and the efficiency of the best professionals at the service of design, and does so in the context of a creative city with a long history linked to art and architecture like Vienna, a center of great strategic importance for our brand», underlines Dario Presotto, President of Modulnova.

Officine Gullo opened a new mono-brand store in the United States, in Boston. The store is located inside a classic brick building at no. 500 Harrison Avenue, home to the SoWa Art + Design Center. An elegant and also strategic position, in a genuine destination for members of the local design community and many professionals in the industry.

This new space – the third in the United States, after New York and Los Angeles, displays some of the more iconic products by the brand, including the stoves from the OG Professional and Fiorentina lines. The showroom will also be a place to get a better feel of the products made by Officine Gullo, as well as to explore the vast catalog of colors and metal finishes, together with the countless options from the company.

«The Boston showroom – explained Matteo Gullo, US Managing Director – will be somewhere that clients can get first-hand experience of the beauty of the metals we use on our ranges: fine materials with a traditional charm and superlative characteristics, which we use to bring to life timeless creations destined for America’s most prestigious, elegant homes.»

With the opening of Officine Gullo Boston, the third flagship store in the United States after New York and Los Angeles, Officine Gullo is boosting its presence in the US, investing in a path towards continued expansion.

JennAir, the luxury appliance brand, known for pushing the industry forward with its provocative design, quiet offerings and connected appliance suite, has once again returned to Modernism Week – this time in collaboration with design expert and Emmy-nominated TV host, Bobby Berk, on his most personal project to date, Casa Tierra.

«Since 2015, this home has been a dream of mine. Although I’ve designed and worked on multiple homes throughout previous Modernism Week showcases, this project has a special place in my heart – said Berk. While designing this home, I wanted the appliances to break boundaries, rather than fit the standard kitchen design mold. That’s what drew me to JennAir – their appliances are bold but opulent, allowing the homes’ dynamic design to make no sacrifice in the kitchen.»

In collaboration with Ferguson, Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, and designed by Berk and interior designer, Paula Oblen, Casa Tierra is a fusion of classic Mid-Century Spanish and modern luxury design. Every inch of the picturesque, yet welcoming home thoughtfully brings in new life while preserving its original characteristics, right down to the appliances.

In the kitchen, a JennAir induction cooktop lives beneath an original terracotta roof overhang. The brand also provided other appliances, such as the RISE double wall oven, built-in microwave drawer, dishwasher, and counter depth exterior dispensing refrigerator. Moreover, the main house, poolside bar, and its two casitas are equipped with JennAir RISE under counter beverage centers and wine cellars.

«As we returned to Modernism Week for another year, we were excited to showcase how JennAir designs fit any vision of progressive luxury on display at the festival. Our appliances give designers like Bobby Berk the creative freedom to design outside the lines, as brought to life in the marriage of JennAir appliances and the desert aesthetic at Casa Tierra» – said Chelsey Whitehead, director of product and brand marketing of JennAir.

Gaggenau, the luxury brand for professional-grade home appliances, will showcase as part of Fuorisalone for the first time during Milan Design Week 2022. For the event, the company will take over the glass pavilion at Villa Necchi Campiglio and invite international architects, designers and kitchen professionals to experience its interactive ‘A Statement of Form’ installation from Tuesday 7th until Saturday 11th June. According to Gaggenau, visitors will be encouraged to network, build connections and share ideas whilst enjoying the comapany’s hospitality and a series of ground-breaking public and private talks, Q&As and social events throughout the week.

A Statement of Form is a bold departure from the brand’s previous EuroCucina offerings. It spans 360 sq feet, creating a structure that brings together the key elements of Gaggenau’s promise and purpose. Visitors will move through the installation on a guided tour and experience different sections that focus on Gaggenau’s key specialist areas, including cooking precision from raw ingredients to cuisine, balance and tension, heritage and craftsmanship through to progressive advancement, the importance of materiality, the relationship between cooling and heat, objet d’art within technical perfection, and the home as the entertaining space of the future.

«We are excited – said Peter Goetz, managing director of Gaggenau – to showcase our brand in the centre of Milan for the very first time, and look forward to welcoming architects, designers and kitchen professionals that we haven’t met in-person since the pandemic. ‘A Statement of Form’ juxtaposes competing elements that are required to make something exceptional. It brings together: tradition and avant-garde, grand masters crafting culinary art, and a conscientious maintenance of craftsmanship, through progressiveness and heritage. This space in Milan is a true expression of the uniqueness of Gaggenau».

‘A Statement of Form’ design experience is a special event that Gaggenau, the luxury brand of professional-grade home appliances, will present as a part of Milan Design Week in June 2022. The brand will take over the glass pavilion of the Villa Necchi Campiglio museum, in the heart of the city, to present the initiative, that will be open to visitors of the world-renowned design festival for five days from Tuesday 7th until Saturday 11th June 2022.

For over a decade, Gaggenau has exhibited as part of Salone del Mobile’s biennial international kitchen furniture exhibition, EuroCucina. The decision to relocate to downtown Milan for 2022 was taken in order to enable a wider audience of designers, architects and visitors within the city to experience the brand, alongside Gaggenau’s long-standing contacts and admirers that attend Salone del Mobile.

«Throughout the week – the company explains – a series of groundbreaking talks, Q&As, and workshops will take place as part of ‘A Statement of Form’. These will feature leading voices from the architect and design community, Gaggenau designers and global stakeholders, alongside invitation-only experiential dining events by three Michelin star chef Christian Jürgens».

The latest edition of KBIS Orlando has been an opportunity for Fulgor Milano, the Italian luxury brand of home appliances, to present its new products to the U.S. public. The main protagonist of the company’s news has been the 48” Sofia Professional Induction Range.

This model delivers precise and responsive induction heat using professional heavy-duty control knobs one might expect in a gas range instead of a digital temperature slide. This feature gives homeowners tactile temperature adjustment paying tribute to traditional professional gas ranges.

During the American show, Fulgor Milano also presented its news in the column refrigeration category. The range features an illuminating LED lighting interior for optimal visibility and bead-blasted stainless-steel crispers with metal drawer glides and shelf supports.

A touch-control interface offers complete temperature precision, extending the preservation of food. Each unit is outfitted with a lateral evaporator design that creates a unique side-to-side airflow maintaining a consistent temperature when accessing the unit.

Best, designer of luxury range hoods, has introduced the Best iQ Blower System, an intuitive range hood blower system that guarantees peak operating performance after installation. This innovative system has the intelligence to know when the duct system is severely restricted. If airflow is impeded, an Led light flashes to notify the installer for corrective action. This instant notification means more satisfied clients for designers.

The company also explains that «the Best iQ Blower System is up to two times quieter than other high-performance range hoods and removes smoke and odors up to 30 percent faster. This system is also up to 22 times more energy-efficient than comparable high-performance range hoods, providing energy efficiency along with the performance consumers expect from Best. This improved functionality is due to the system’s advanced digital motor technology, along with a smooth flow blower and filter design that ensure quiet performance.»

«The advanced technology of the Best iQ Blower System provides effective, nearly silent normal operation while assuring peak performance for each installation – says Brian Wellnitz, Senior Group Product Manager, kitchen ventilation, Best – This product with the iQ Blower System satisfies the needs of designers in search of the highest-quality, Italian-designed range hoods with the latest cutting-edge technology.»