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INNOVATION

Defining Tomorrow‘s Cooking Space

Cooking is a huge trend at the moment. And its current popularity is one of the reasons why the kitchen has become a central gathering area in any living space. Yet, the demands on the design of the modern cooking area are changing: in urban areas, available space is often limited with high importance placed on digital features.

“Cooking FUSICS®” was the motto for the SCHOTT CERAN® Design Awards 2017 . The concept combines a number of challenges that the kitchen of tomorrow – fully utilizing CERAN® cooking surfaces – must meet:

When it comes to cooking – whether it is gas, induction or eletric – CERAN® glass-ceramic cooking surfaces are highly versatile. But what about the other functions? An integrated scale, displays for recipes and instructions or Smart Home connectivity?

Challenge

Never stop inventing

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When it comes to cooking – whether it is gas, induction or eletric – CERAN® glass-ceramic cooking surfaces are highly versatile. But what about the other functions? An integrated scale, displays for recipes and instructions or Smart Home connectivity?

CERAN® glass-ceramic is a sustainable and durable material. What other materials could enhance the value of CERAN®? What other sustainable compounds, processes or cycles are conceivable?

Lighting can help create the mood; even when standing at a CERAN® cooking surface! What are the plausible light scenarios? Ambient lighting? Radiant operating elements? Or perhaps a combination of both?

The cooking area transforms into the Smart Kitchen: What are the essential interactive features? Will a basic connectivity be ample, or must other smart, new features be added as well? What might those be?

Cooking is a passion which becomes humanized at the stove. But what does tomorrow‘s social experience at a CERAN® cooktop look like? What roles do other cultures play? How does diversity add to the cooking space?

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Re-imagining the cooking experience

The Vision: The FUSICS® Table Prototype

To ensure that “Cooking FUSICS®” was not just an interesting slogan but a tangible concept that could be realized, SCHOTT came up with some guidelines to serve as a starting point and commissioned Frankfurt designer Robert Cristinetti to bring it to life.

It was already clear with the initial design of the FUSICS® Table: this concept should inspire both designers and architects. An event in the creative epicenter from East London served as the setting for the presentation of the prototype.

Innovation

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Multi-zone induction cooktop which can be operated from both sides

Scratch-resistant glass-ceramic cooktop with Miradur® coating

LED color bar activated by a proximity sensor

Interactive cooking application on a 4K multi-touch screen – direct connection to a recipe database with tutorial videos and step-by-step applications

Status color LED controllable with a capacitive slider

Surface made of SCHOTT NEXTREMA® glass-ceramic

SCHOTT NEXTREMA® glass-ceramic with scracht-resistant coating

The FUSICS® Table Prototype

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SCHOTT at London Design Fair

“In the best case, design contributes to the usability of technology in future kitchen concepts – only when design and technology merge, it makes everyday life better.”

People

– Robert Cristinetti, Jury Member SCHOTT CERAN®

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Let’s design tomorrow‘s kitchen together today.

Kathrin BeckerHome TechSCHOTT CERAN®

Links

Award-worthy innovation: FUSICS® table prototype wins kbbreview Retail & Design Award 2018 (blog post)

Discover Miradur®

Cooking FUSICS® at London Design Fair 2017

Contact

At the London Design Fair the winning designs were selected by the jury members of the Design Awards 2017: The numerous submissions from throughout the en-tire world are a clear indication of the virtually unlimited possibilities provided by glass-ceramics.