Dezeen Showroom: South Korean brand Vobia worked with designer Ungdon Kim to create a kitchen made from stainless steel that gains character over the course of time.
The Ark T5 kitchen comprises a stainless steel kitchen island and wall units that are designed around the properties of five-millimetre thick plates.
Kim focused on infusing life into the material by drawing out its lines to create a bar table on one side, and by embracing a rough surface finish that both disguises and embraces the scratches that come as a result of day-to-day use.
“Ark T5 is a design that gives rhythm to repetitive machine production by combining it with human handicraft,” said Kim. “Vertical machine production creates lines, and human hands create surfaces that are filled with soul.”
“The weight of stainless steel expresses simplicity through its lines and depth through its surfaces,” Kim continued. “This harmony between lines and surfaces acquires the permanence of time.”
Study of efficient circulation also informed the design of the Ark T5, which features a pull-out shelf in the centre of its wall unit that shortens the distance between it and the island when desired.
Product details:
Product: Ark T5
Designer: Ungdon Kim
Brand: Vobia
Contact: [email protected]
Material: stainless steel
Dimensions: 2748 x 1192 x 915 millimetres
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