The Permanent Observatory of ADI Design (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale) has selected the Riciclantica Outline kitchen by Valcucine, designed by Gabriele Centazzo, for publication in the ADI Design Index 2023. This is a prestigious annual selection of Italian design products and services, curated by the Association for Industrial Design (ADI) in Italy. The best design projects selected in the ADI Design Index 2023 and ADI Design Index 2024 will compete for the prestigious Compasso d’Oro 2024 award.

The design philosophy of Riciclantica Outline combines the compositional lightness of Riciclantica with its special functional blocks, which can be combined thanks to suspended elements available in various types. These versatile solutions can be configured according to needs, playing with functions, forms, and materials.

Defining the different modules is the metallic profile running along the edges of the surfaces, the stylistic hallmark of Riciclantica Outline. Offered in a black anodized aluminum finish, it enhances the design concept, outlining geometries in space. Riciclantica excels in dematerialization, highlighting the pursuit of maximum thinness, making the world’s thinnest door with only 2 mm thickness.

The Permanent Observatory of ADI Design has selected Riciclantica Outline, designed by Gabriele Centazzo for Valcucine, for publication in the ADI Design Index 2023. This is a prestigious annual selection of Italian design products and services, curated by the Association for Industrial Design (ADI) in Italy.

This initiative aims to showcase the best of Italian design, both in terms of products and services, providing recognition to the industry’s excellence. The best design projects selected in the ADI Design Index 2023 and ADI Design Index 2024 will compete for the prestigious Compasso d’Oro 2024 award.

The design philosophy of Riciclantica Outline combines the compositional lightness of Riciclantica with its special functional blocks, which can be combined thanks to suspended elements available in various types. These versatile solutions can be configured according to needs, playing with functions, forms, and materials.
Defining the different modules is the metallic profile running along the edges of the surfaces, the stylistic hallmark of Riciclantica Outline. Offered in a black anodized aluminum finish, it enhances the design concept, outlining geometries in space.

Riciclantica Outline is a modern kitchen proposed by Valcucine. The model is characterized by pure lines, with a terse, straight profile running along the edges, becoming the distinctive element of the composition. Due to its versatility, lightness and resistance, wood is enjoying a new lease of life in contemporary architecture thanks to the development of improved building techniques that can make the most of the great potential of this material. In addition, the protected edge reinforces the material and increases the strength of this modern kitchen.

To enhance the purity of the lines, Riciclantica Outline offers the possibility of declining finishes on the door, top and side. A stylistic choice that allows the creation of a single-material element with perfect visual cleanliness. The design philosophy of this project combines the compositional lightness of Riciclantica and its Special Elements with functional blocks, which can be combined thanks to suspended elements declined in various types.

The planning philosophy behind Riciclantica Outline combines some functional volumes which can be connected using different types of floating elements. These versatile solutions can be configured to satisfy various needs, putting together functions, forms and materials. In keeping with the principle of dematerialization, the Floor-to-ceiling System is made up of vertical uprights in black anodised aluminium paired with elegant Gloss Smoky Grey Vitrum Velato shelves for a refined colour effect that adds personality to any room.

Valcucine closed the last year in a very special way, with the winning of two 2022 Good Design Awards, the recognized program for design excellence worldwide issued by the Chicago Athenaeum, Museum for Architecture and Design. The winners are Riciclantica Outline and Artematica Soft Outline collections, designed by Gabriele Centazzo.

The jury, consisting of industry professionals and experts, industry specialists and the trade press, bases its decisions on the same original criteria as in 1950, regarding innovation, form, materials, construction, concept, function, utility and sustainability, as well as aesthetics. Riciclantica Outline and Artematica Soft Outline were selected over 1.100 product designs and graphics from over 55 nations for sustainability, superior design, and unparalleled function.

For more than seven decades since its inception, the Chicago Athenaeum continues the organization of the program to create a revived awareness about contemporary design and to honor both products and industry leaders in design and manufacturing that have chartered new directions and pushed the envelope for competitive products in the world marketplace.