Z Island Kitchen

When architect Zaha Hadid was asked to design a kitchen by DuPont and Ernestomeda for the Milan Furniture Fair, the chances were that it would be very special, but it’s hard to imagine how delighted DuPont must have been with the result, which not only showcases the company’s remarkable design material Corian to perfection, but has just gone on display in the Guggenheim Museum in New York as part of a special exhibition celebrating Hadid's equally remarkable worldwide projects. The Z. Island is equipped with numerous futuristic features such as embedded heating membranes, touch control panels, sound activators and scent dispensers, LED lighting and a multimedia entertainment system, including a flat screen and an Apple Mac Mini for serving iTunes. Such has been the interest in the kitchen that Ernestomeda is now offering the kitchen as a special, on-request production.

Comments

[John Renshaw]

I have to take issue with the descriptive phrase "futuristic features". There is nothing particularly futuristic about flat screens, LED's, sound activators ("Clap on. Clap off. The Clapper!") touch controls, and embedded heating elements. As for scent dispensers..isn't any kitchen, itself, a scent dispenser of sorts? Only a bad cook or a slob would need any more dispensers! This looks like a fancy-pants high design present-day kitchen for rich folks with curiously little floor space.

How does the kitchen showcase Dupont's Corian material to perfection, I wonder? What is Corian? What are its material properties? No link for the curious (yet lazy) reader?
Please don't feel unappreciated - for what it's worth, I'm very pleased to have discovered this site!