Friday, March 2, 2012

10 Compact Kitchen Designs for Very Small Spaces

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Article taken off digsdigs.com

10 Compact Kitchen Designs for Very Small Spaces

Not all of us have a lot of space for kitchen. In some apartments this very important room is too small for comfortable cooking and dining. Although there are solutions for such situations. Designers all over the world create compact kitchen units that could fit all necessary kitchen equipment on a very small space. Even one square meter is enough to bring a fully functional kitchen-dining area to your home. Here are some of the most coolest of these solutions:

This small modular kitchen is created by German designers Kristin Laass and Norman Ebelt. The kitchen occupies only one square meter when closed and can serve as a dining table at this state. Although there are an induction cooktop, a refrigerator, an oven and a storage space for different kitchen tools and tableware.












Circle® Kitchen from Compact Concepts is ideal for small spaces. It occupies 1.8 square meter of space and features all characteristics of usual kitchen. The kitchen is fully circular, rotating a full 180 degrees and incorporate everything from kitchen sink and dishes to microwave and dishwasher.
















Carre is designed by Robert Schierjott and Ulrich Kohl. This kitchen allows to customize a culinary space for customer’s needs. It taking up a surface are of 1 square meter with two modules that can transform from a compact cube into a spacious cooking area in six different configurations. The kitchen includes a gas port, a kitchen sink, a counter for cooking preparation and a storage space.






















The 360 degrees kitchen is designed by Farziska Winter, Katrin Sillmann and Ulrike Sandner. It is a flexible mobile kitchen unit with different areas for cooking, eating and cleanup. Еhe tower which provides users with storage shelves can be rotated 360 degrees.



























Kitchen Studio by Fendi Casa is a compact and very luxury in the same time. Kitchen Studio’s length is only 246 cm but there are all necessary appliances integrated.




Stewart & Justin Case is mobile unit that combines all the essential elements of kitchen into one compact design created by Maria Lobisch and Andreas Näther. The unit affords many possible configurations equipped with sink, drying rack, shelving system, and a dining table for four.


























Kleine Kuche is designed by Christopher Meyer and Vicky Muller. It integrates all the necessary elements of a culinary space into one piece of furniture. Small items such as food, bowls, and pots can be easily hide within the side silicon panels of the kitchen unit. It also can be transformed into a kitchen table.


















Come together is a collapsible kitchen unit designed by Albrecht Seeger and Martin Klinke. It has everything necessary for cooking and could be used with up to three guests as a serving counter.




















Grandma’s Revenge is a concept kitchen from Klaus Michel. It is a new interpretation of a good old kitchen dresser. Grandma’s revenge is both a kitchen and a dining room, all in only 4 square meters. When closed, it portrays two dimensional view in a dining room scene. The outlines show a table, two chairs and a lamp in a minimalistic way.


Rubika, is a kitchen unit concept designed by Lodovico Bernardi. It’s a kitchen furniture which can satisfy all people needs and at the same time occupy a minimum of space.