Known for balancing classic design history with a modern design language, PLATE, David Thulstrup’s contribution to Reform's kitchen series, goes deep into modern simplicity with a pared-back take on tradition that draws on the prize-winning architect and designer’s keen eye for laying bare the essence of materials.
Matte and brushed surfaces are interchangeable options in a kitchen that feels iconic yet remains refreshingly contemporary; deep colors and bold textures like granite sit neatly alongside the matte, industrial sheen of brushed aluminium and stainless steel for a look that’s raw, honest and elegantly unfiltered. Designed to last in terms of style as well as materials, PLATE is classically modern and big on sincerity.
The kitchen fronts of PLATE have been designed and produced as a layered structure with aluminium plates on either side of a classic, black MDF plate, which is colored in the mass. The edges are exposed, which makes the layered structure visible from the side, creating a timeless and unpolished look that lays bare the essence of the materials in an honest, unfiltered way.
The aluminium plates are available in a modern, painted version as well as in a hand-brushed version, which makes the surface less harsh and industrial in a milder more tactile way. Besides the raw appearing aluminium, the available colors for this treatment are matte white and matte chocolate on both sides of the produced fronts. In addition, the brushed version is available with a special, ground surface, which lends it a unique and original expression, found on both sides of the produced kitchen fronts.
“I work with a theme around honesty in materiality.” – David Thulstrup
In the painted design variety, the core material is an MDF plate, which has been colored in the mass, and the surface is an aluminium plate with powder lacquer. PLATE has been designed with an innovative, integrated handle solution, meaning that the kitchen is ‘handleless’ in the sense that the differences in the placement of the plates become the handle itself.
The countertop comes in solid, stainless steel as well as two modern granite varieties: Belgian Blue Limestone and Baltic Brown Light granite. The variety in limestone has a timeless grey/blue hue and, it has a lightly ground surface, and it functions as a durable work surface as well as a matte contrast to the eye-catching, white color on the kitchen fronts.
