In quest for the most self-sufficient and practical kitchen for the urban society, Dario Grasselli, all by himself, conceptualized a solution for Whirlpool. Dubbed as Ritual Evolution, this all-in-one standing kitchen is ingeniously designed to fit in the cramming living spaces without loosing out the luxurious element. Designated as the senior industrial Designer of Global Consumer Design, design department of Whirlpool Europe, Dario gave shape to something so versatile that every woman will crave to give shelter to it. Ritual Evolution is composed of a washing zone on one corner, a central zone of cooking, and the preparation and serving zone on the other corner. He has placed all the appliances on one long side for an easy accessibility and a rapid utilization.
It consists of an induction cooktop and a combi oven. You can also find a warming plate just in the middle of the table, to keep warm the food. The dishwasher and fridge drawer are appropriately placed for uber convenience. The counter top is made of stainless steel while the preparing zone, near the round table, consists of a large chopping board which niftily conceals a scale. The tap features a color sensor technology that indicates the water temperature with blue or red light.
It is also befitted with LED light in the plinth, controlled by a proximity sensor that enables it once somebody gets near it during night. Now that’s something I appreciate the most! Other two LED placed below the sink light the trash containers, while more LED lights the fridge drawer when is opened. So no more stealing food in dark!
On the reverse, Ritual houses a large space for storage that consists of different drawers and chambers. One of these is dedicated to the control panel of the entire system, with the general electricity switcher, several plugs for small appliances, the LED light switchers and some warning light for the sensors. For security reasons, it features a water sensor which disables the general electricity in case of water leakage.
Bingo! I feel there’s nothing more a chef can ask for!
Thanks Dario
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Comments
i brilliant design no doubt! in this day and age when space comes at a premium,such designs really help.
Yeah Radhika, wish we could lay our hands on such compact yet complete kitchen concept. However, it doesn’t seem to be 100% suitable for Indian style of elaborate cooking :) We’ll need to get it modified further!
Not my area of expertise, but I like the design and agree with both of you.
Radhika its indeed a brilliant design in our age of space constraint and I guess Deepa, India style of cooking may need more space.. will have to check it with my wife :)
Hallo guys, I’m the author of this project, Dario. I really thank everybody and this blog for giving me the oppotunity to publish a big effort of mine in Whirlpool. Please if you have questions or any other comment, let me know and ask! Regards, Dario.
Hey Dario, the design looks awesome.
Good work... Cheers!
Very very awesome design concept! Kudos Dario! I think if one is good with space management this could well be popular even in the average Indian kitchen. I think a blender zone could be added to this where you can keep, fruit juicers and blenders going. I love them :)
Hey Dario, I enjoyed posting about this all-in-one kitchen. The most practical yet compact concept I have ever come across. I think it the most complete kitchen any one can set to work on. When can we see it on shelves?
Hallo Deepa, and thanks for the compliments! Unfortunately I think we’ll not have the possbility to purchase this kitchen: you know Whirlpool is a appliances producer, not a kitchen producer, and this concept was just a temptative/provocation of our design department to start a collaboration with Kitchen manufacturers in order to co-operate with a unique product on the market. Up to now we didn’t find a partner, but based on the interest of all of you, I hope we’ll come back with a production. Thanks to you and to the other readers!
Isn’t that sink going straight down into that oven?
Matt you need to have a closer look at the images in the gallery :)