Platinum Home Appliances Design · 2024
Lhov Hob, Hood and Oven
- A' Design Award 2024 Platinum Winner in Home Appliances Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
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About Lhov Hob, Hood and Oven
Its name is spelt Lhov, but it's pronounced Love. Its name combines the essential elements of every kitchen: Hood, Hob, Oven and Ventilation; as well as a certain kind of love that unites them in a unique and never before seen product. A revolutionary appliance that makes the best use of household space, which will reshape our cooking experience. Lhov is a must in any modern home: a single, perfectly integrated ergonomic module able to enhance the lines of the kitchen. It is a highly value appliance, both in terms of design and technology, capable of challenging the limits of time and space.
Within the distinguished lineage of contemporary domestic design, Fabrizio Crisà's Lhov Hob, Hood and Oven emerges as a refined meditation on the integration of culinary technology within thoughtfully composed living environments, suggesting deep engagement with principles that elevate functional necessity to aesthetic experience. The composition presents this kitchen system within an aspirational yet attainable domestic context where careful attention to material relationships and chromatic restraint creates an atmosphere of sophisticated tranquility that appears to reference both Scandinavian design traditions emphasizing warmth within minimalism and the contemplative spatial philosophy associated with Eastern aesthetic principles. Technical accomplishment manifests in the seamless visual integration of cooking surface, ventilation system, and oven unit into a unified architectural gesture where the emphatic horizontal line of the suspended hood establishes formal dialogue with the extended countertop plane below creating geometric consonance that rewards sustained visual attention. The chromatic strategy demonstrates particular sensitivity in navigating the challenging territory between warmth and austerity, with careful introduction of organic wood tones and living botanical elements preventing the cool gray palette from approaching sterility while maintaining the refined restraint appropriate to contemporary sensibility. One notes the thoughtful staging that includes culinary vignettes suggesting actual use, the fresh leeks awaiting preparation, the steaming pot indicating cooking in progress, which grounds the technological object within human ritual and daily practice rather than presenting mere product documentation. The textured artwork visible in the background appears to reference natural topographic or geological forms, perhaps suggesting alignment between human dwelling and broader natural systems that resonates with current biophilic design discourse. Viewers might consider how the careful orchestration of material, light, and spatial relationship transforms the utilitarian kitchen into a space of contemplation and creative expression.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Lhov is a hob, hood and oven in one appliance. This product was born from this desire and establishes a new category of household appliances. A true revolution that makes the best use of space in the home, a product that will reshape the cooking experience. Its name Lhov evokes three essential kitchen elements (Hob, Oven, Ventilation), but also the love that went into combining them into a single product, never seen before, beyond the dreams of the most demanding customer.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 900 mm x 565 mm x 360 mm
- Tags
- #Lhov #hob #hood #oven #aspiration #ventilation #single unit
- Design Challenge
- Lhov consists of a single unit that maintains and enhances the linear appearance of the kitchen: no protruding corners, no interruptions, the suction system is cleverly concealed inside the appliance, while the oven, which is located under the hob, is at an ergonomic height, as well as leaving the space below free for additional storage. Interaction with the appliance is engaging and intuitive, controlled via the interactive display that evokes an experience similar to that of mobile phones, the voice assistant and the Elica Connect App.
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2019 in Elica – Fabriano, the first prototype was made in 2020 and was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in June 2022. We will launch in May 2024.
- Operation Flow
- The Lhov's powerful extraction system automatically removes vapours and odours not only from the cooking surface, but also from the oven: both the air released from the upper edge during cooking and the steam explosion when the oven door is opened. The Lhov oven is wider than a standard oven and therefore offers a larger cooking area on one level, without the need for multiple shelves, resulting in more even cooking. The large oven space offers many advantages: large food can be cooked without having to divide it up. Finally, Lhov incorporates in the induction hob with 5 cooking zones two lateral suction zones.
- Research
- The design research began by investigating which advantages could be brought to the product to facilitate consumer use. The issues that emerged and were solved by integrating them into Lhov are: receiving support in the cooking process; ensuring odour-free air and steam during cooking; having the lowest possible energy consumption during use; ensuring the multi-functionality and versatility of the product; ensuring space optimisation and total integration in the kitchen; intuitive interaction with the display; and minimising cleaning and maintenance. All this was possible by making emotional involvement and pride the goal.
- Inspiration
- In modern homes, nothing is left to chance: every inch is used wisely, reflecting the style and personality of those who live there. The kitchen has taken on greater importance, an extension of the living room, a multifunctional space in which to prepare food, work and have social gatherings. Intelligent, efficient and functional solutions that, together with technology, help achieve the desired results, saving time and effort, are therefore highly appreciated.
- Patents
- P07129/EM
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