These two kitchens aren't in use at the moment, but a lot of designers and artists worked together to make them happen. A Brooklyn developer invited Pratt School of Design's students and professors, past and present to contribute to a couple of model apartments in their latest project, Third + Bond.
Pratt's designers created site-specific objects as well as bringing in favorite pieces from both short and incredibly long spanning careers. Eva Zeisel's work peppers both homes, and she is still at it at age 103!
What's great is that many of the designers created and contributed with sustainability in mind. They re-used and recycled materials whenever possible; many of the sources are renewable; and innovation with an eye towards efficiency was key.
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The kitchen is a little bit bland, but that dining room table base is gorgeous!
I'm with heather 77. The handleless white cabinets are particularly bland and say to me "sterile medical supplies inside." I'd like if the veneer of the lower cabinets was continued, and the pops of green are a nice touch -- wish there were a few more.
My two-cents-worth of of snarkiness: I also have that IKEA hanging rail, and these designers, students, and profs mounted the brackets backwards. When each bracket flares inward, the connecting bolt silts flush with the surface instead of protruding a bit at the end. If it weren't a bunch of designers, I wouldn't care, but come on, folks, attention to detail! Understanding IKEA assembly is a tricky sport, I suppose.
A minimalistic kitchen design - I like it! I like how modern the appliances and accessories look.
I can think of no worse place to put a plastic strainer -- behind a gas burner? Maybe let the handles get nice and hot on the can opener too, sitting right behind/above the flames. Good place to get knocked down into the flames too. Seriously, lots of artists and designers worked on these spaces, and this is the result? And the mounted silverware & two bottles of wine as art? FAIL.