Timeless Kitchen by Alustil Sdn Bhd Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Kitchen Furniture, Equipment and Fixtures Design

Alustil Sdn Bhd recognized for kitchen furniture, equipment and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Timeless Kitchen by Alustil Sdn Bhd, designed for Alustil, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Kitchen Furniture, Equipment and Fixtures Design category. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Golden A' Design Award Explained

The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.

About Timeless Kitchen

Timeless is a kitchen furniture system that combines artistry, functionality, durability and customisation. The design carries a touch of nature through vertical lines inspired by water streaming down a window. The same lines appear in the shelving, the handles, the colour accents, the surface engravings and the pendant lampshade. The base cabinets are made of powder-coated aluminium, a material chosen for its structural strength. Cabinet interiors have edgeless corners for easy cleaning, and peg holes with brackets allow flexible shelf heights.

About Alustil Sdn Bhd

Making kitchens since 1995, the brand Alustil was officially inaugurated in year 2012. The name, Alustil means Aluminium in Style, which derives from the fusion of two keywords Alu- from aluminium and -stil from style in german. Alustil takes pride in delivering unique designs and introducing new elements -remarkably aluminium in their kitchen range. Aluminium articulates the forms of the Alustil brand, focusing on quality, function, innovation, durability and customisability into every kitchen that they make in today’s sustainable way of living, with the possibilities of designs and styles.

Award Record

This recognition makes Alustil Sdn Bhd a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Kitchen Furniture, Equipment and Fixtures Design Award

The A' Kitchen Furniture Design Award is an international furniture design competition recognizing good kitchen furniture best designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to kitchen furniture designers, industrial designers, kitchen equipment manufacturers and kitchen fixture specialists from all countries. Entries typically include cabinets, countertops, islands, pantries, tables and chairs. Awarded kitchen furniture designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/kitchen-furniture

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/119969
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119969
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119969
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/302032

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Timeless Kitchen
Function: Kitchen
Category: Kitchen Furniture, Equipment and Fixtures Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
Colors: Dark Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Black and Gray
Images: 5
Client: Alustil

The Recognition

Laureate: Alustil Sdn Bhd
Country: Malaysia
Recognition: Golden A' Design Award
Edition: 2020 - 2021
Design ID: #119969

Credits

Team: Alustil Team and Chris Bosse
Image Credits: The Copyright of the #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5 of TIMELESS Kitchen belongs to Alustil Sdn Bhd.

Design Details

Unique Properties: Timeless is a combination of artistry, functionality, durability, customisability and elegance in a kitchen. The design entails a touch of nature expressed through vertical lines inspired by water streaming down a window. The vertical lines of the shelving, handles, pops of colours, surface engravings, and lampshade is the expression of the water streams. The base cabinets are made of aluminium, for known its structural strength and environmental features. The cabinet interior is refined with edgeless corners for easy cleaning, and peg holes and brackets allow flexible shelf height.
Inspiration: Kitchen is the heart of a home, not just for food preparation but also as a communication hub and mini working space. We are inspired to elevate every ordinary cook space into a kitchen masterpiece. Incorporating a timeless elegance, this Timeless kitchen entails a touch of nature expressed through vertical lines inspired by water streaming down a window. The water streams are curated into the kitchen through the distinctive lines of the shelving, door handles, pops of colours, surface engraving and pendant lampshade.
Research: The design research was based on translating the reminiscence of water into the design and realising it with features of the materials used without compromising functionality, durability, and elegance. The production research was focused on manufacturing techniques to achieve the design and maximising the functionality, durability, elegance of materials and craft the components into a kitchen masterpiece.
Challenge: Challenges include 1. Engraving the vertical lines deep enough to create v-shaped valley on the already thin compact panels used on door panels and waterfall worktop of the island without compromising its structural strength. 2. Finding suitable materials to replace the wood of the pendant lamp to increase transparency so it resembles a cloud more than the original material designed. 3. Applying the designer's signature colour, Lava Green, with paint on to the powder-coated aluminium handles so that the paint could stick, withstand scratches and prolong its colour.
Realization and Technology: Powder-coated aluminium cabinet carcase, body and handles. Powder-coated metal and clear glass for open shelves. Compact panels on door panels, worktops and cabinet sides. Engraved compact panels with a new technique to create the v-shaped valley without compromising its structural strength. Painted Lava Green on powder-coated aluminium handles and coated with a protective layer to withstand scratches and reduce wear and tear. Acrylic ribs for the pendant lamp shade to increase transparency and to resemble the cloud.
Operation and Interaction: Timeless kitchen opens up to more eating, prepping, cooking and entertaining space than imaginable, with the kitchen island in the foreground while showcasing a clean, modern wall of cabinetry with a minimalistic pantry, enclosed storage and open shelving in the background. Users could experience daily life with functionality and elegance all at once.
Project Duration and Location: Project started November 2019 in Sydney, Australia and finish in March 2020 in Johor, Malaysia, and was exhibited on July 2020 in Guangzhou, China at the CBD FAIR (GUANGZHOU) 2020 - THE 22nd China (Guangzhou) International Building Decoration Fair.
Specifications: Timeless Wall of Cabinet Dimension: 4672mm x 615mm x 2500mm Timeless Island Dimension: 3040mm x 800mm x 2500mm
Keywords: Aluminium Kitchens, Kitchen Design, Sustainable Kitchens, Customisable, Kitchen Furniture, Nature