Recipes for convenient kitchens
Kitchen furniture must adapt to the user – not the other way round. Unimpeded and fast access to cabinet contents is essential, as also is themed organisation into separate function zones that provide an uninterrupted workflow. All are part of the demands placed on modern kitchen planning. The appropriate technology professionally unites tidy storage, access and workflow and, for the kitchen buyer, this produces convincing practical benefits that stimulate the desire for a perfectly equipped kitchen.
Using all potential synergies, Hettich develops solutions for numerous zones within the kitchen. The focus is not on the individual fitting, but on the fitting system that can be applied to a particular application. The Hettich "InnoTech" drawer system, as well as clever cabinet interior fittings, permit the logical provision of storage and work space for storing crockery and saucepans, food storage, preparing food, cooking and washing up. As an example, high-volume drawers, different drawer types and front pull-outs with cleverly devised interior organisation components as well as the "Cargo" pantry-unit and base-unit provide labour-saving access and a generous amount of space in the food storage zone.
Pot-and-pan drawers, as well as corner carousels for pots and pans, along with special base unit pull-outs for keeping spices ready to hand lend professional convenience to the cooking zone. Work in the sink area is facilitated by pot-and-pan drawers for cleaning products and detergents as well as by high-volume drawers with waste bins.
"EasyLock" is a practical addition to the sink base unit. Cleaning products can be locked away safely out of the reach of children. "EasyLock" is mounted out of sight behind the furniture front. It can be retrofitted with ease and removed again at any time.
This integrated approach to kitchens gives the manufacturer an edge in the market. Developing platform concepts, such as complete drawer systems with variable interior organisation, provides the kitchen manufacturer with many different ways within the system to stand apart from the competition, or to incorporate special options, like the high-volume drawer.
Dividing the kitchen up into function zones in the way Hettich communicates it to the consumer in a manufacturer-independent brochure facilitates sales talk for the retailer. This is because it is easier to put a case for the practical benefit of high-convenience fittings in the overall kitchen context. It improves the chances of conveying the aspect of added value, of setting kitchens apart in terms of more than just price, and of providing competent advice with strong arguments that will create the motivation to buy.
- Infolink Architectural online
10-Sep-2004