Restaurant Kitchen
Antonio Critterio Presents Italia
In this video, Antonio Critterio reveals the inspiration for one of his classic yet timeless kitchen designs, Arclinea Italia, a pioneer of the restaurant kitchen at home.
Click below to watch the video, and then read some of our favorite quotes from Antonio while viewing a showcase of the Italia collection.
By the mid-eighties, the modern kitchen that Arclinea itself had helped to spread, had reached a phase of manifest maturity.
We were seeing the first signs of a new-found culture of food that went beyond elite Michelin-starred borders and was destined to become a real mass glam culture.
It all stemmed from Italian cuisine, which had managed to preserve its tradition and gastronomic supremacy at every level.
Probably more of an intuition than full awareness, the world of professional cooking was what provided our inspiration.
This was the birth of Italia, accompanied by a claim that is still modern today: “Professionalism in the kitchen.”
“Over time we have elaborated a single, huge system that includes different models to be used together with complementary accessory solutions: from worktops to suspended extractor hoods, internal accessories and built-in tables.
Without doubt, all this guarantees extreme design freedom, while still respecting the real needs of the kitchen environment. I see Italia as the true precursor of the Collection; I like to think of her as a timeless model, precisely because she expresses a tangible, obvious idea of quality where nothing appears superfluous.”
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