ALEA

PAOLO PIVA AND R&D VARENNA (2003)

Primary form. A rigorous design for a new definition of the kitchen. A project by Paolo Piva featuring ’minimal’ formal characteristics: to convert every practical unit into sheer design, essential forms, maintaining the highest possible operativeness. The aesthetic concept of Alea is linked to the strong prominence that singles out every composition, every element, which is, at times, an edge, and others, a frame or structure. The containers, the worktops, and the wall or island operative parts become perfect geometrical ’solids,’ surfaces that enhance the separate materials. Every Alea detail brings out the design drive of ’giving shape to a new kitchen concept.