Franke Armonia sink turns thirty!

Franke Armonia sink turns thirty!
Few products in their production life reach the thirty-year milestone. One of these is the Armonia sink, a true design icon designed by the BCF design studio way back in 1992 and put into production in 1993. With millions of pieces produced, Armonia is a true best seller on the market, still representing a reference product in the Franke catalogue, a leading company in the production of kitchen sinks. The sink launch advertisement in 1993, a prophe...

Graffio and Modula: ceramic gives opposites sensations becoming the protagonist in two lines of bathroom furnitures made by Mia Italia Bathroom

Graffio and Modula: ceramic gives opposites sensations becoming the protagonist in two lines of bathroom furnitures made by Mia Italia Bathroom
Janus represents the guardian of every form of passage and change, in this case two diametrically opposed surfaces that evolve from the same material: ceramic. Graffio and Modula are two lines of furniture that use ceramic as the surface of the doors. Same material, but diametrically opposite surfaces to the touch and sight. One appears as a scratch and the other as a wavy surface, similar to the movement of water or the drawing of a cloud. Two wor...

Round Table: Litchic Ethics – Marmomac 2022

Round Table: Litchic Ethics – Marmomac 2022
An opportunity to talk about beauty, quality and sustainability On Wednesday 28 September Marcello Cutino, as President of the ADI Veneto - Trentino Alto-Adige delegation, moderated the round table entitled "Lithic Ethics", hosted at the Marmomac international fair alongside the exhibition of the same name organized by the delegation, in which the issue of sustainability in the production of marble objects has been addressed. Stone sustainability (I...

Roccia 45°38’27.2”N 10°57’28.9”E (Location Ronconi – Sant’Anna d’Alfaedo – Verona – Italy)

Roccia 45°38’27.2”N 10°57’28.9”E (Location Ronconi – Sant’Anna d’Alfaedo – Verona – Italy)
Roccia table presented at the "Tavoli d'Autore" exhibition at the Marmomacc international fair in Verona in 2021. The caption said: The table is composed of a rock about one meter high which forms its center and a crystal ring which serves as a surface. The rock is a primordial identifying element with respect to the worked stone: its shape dictated by nature and time becomes a significant element of the object itself which is expressed in the inscript...

The concept of Beauty in design

The concept of Beauty in design
The contemporary art gallery Studio la Città di Verona held a conference on Beauty on Saturday 27 November 2021. Among the speakers was the BCF design product designer Marcello Cutino in his role as President of the ADI delegation of Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige. The conversation, moderated by the art historian Paola Marini, saw the succession of other different illustrious speakers: the ancient art collector Pino Bianco, the contemporary art collector ...

100 years of Berndes Vanguarde and design in top products

100 years of Berndes Vanguarde and design in top products
The story of Berndes began in Arnsberg in Germany one hundred years ago: Heinrich Berndes began developing the first utensils for the culinary art in 1921 responding to the needs of both amateur and professional kitchens, inspired by the eating habits and cooking trends typical of each decade. Even today, Berndes products are characterized by the lines of pots and pans with a revolutionary touch, evolving over time for the elements in die-cast aluminum an...

KTL 90 LXS ceiling hood, the made in Italy design by Smeg. The technology that furnishes.

KTL 90 LXS ceiling hood, the made in Italy design by Smeg. The technology that furnishes.
BCF design collaborated on the aesthetic realization of the KTL 90 LXS ceiling hood, an important piece of furniture for the technological level of the kitchen. Through relevant architectural solutions, the hood signs the space above the cooking center, an essential area for the operation and representativeness of the environment. Design of KTL 90 LXS Study of panels that follow one another in a play of inclined and flat surfaces, to hide the suctio...

MARMOMAC 2021 Welcome back to Verona!

MARMOMAC 2021 Welcome back to Verona!
From 29 September to 2 October 2021, the 55th edition of Marmomac is held in the Veronafiere exhibition center, the most prestigious international fair for the marble industry and market where design, architecture and stone culture meet. Verona is one of the most important centers of extraction and processing of marble in Italy with a stone tradition that dates back to prehistoric times but which developed above all in Roman times with the construction of...

Milano Design Week 2021 IV edition DDN HUB

Milano Design Week 2021 IV edition DDN HUB
Tuesday 7 september 11.00 Looking with new eyes by Marcello Cutino, product designer and president of BCF design During the Milanese design week BCF design will be present at Fuorisalone 2021 within the schedule of DDN HUB, the exhibition dedicated to solutions for contemporary living and living, a path full of installations, debates, moments of meeting and exhibitions, to deepen the various issues that revolve around design. On Tuesday ...

Italianness

Italianness
For over thirty years BCF design has accompanied the Moneta brand in the creation and communication of the most popular cookware products by Italian consumers. The cover of the 2021 catalog is a tribute to the Italian spirit present both in the style and in the history of the brand known all over the world. The image, masterfully created by photographer Eros Mauroner, a longtime collaborator of Moneta, enhances all the qualities that characterize and i...