Fantasy Island: the Cooking Table by ALNO

Fantasy Island the Cooking Table by ALNO
The creation of the Cooking Table by ALNO was based on the concept of combining the hearth and kitchen table as the focal point of home life once again.

Two young and talented designers have implemented their concepts and created "dream islands" for the modern kitchens.

The development of the ALNO Cooking Tables was based on an idea by Dieter Zimmer, Professor of Design at the Muthesius College of Art in Kiel, Germany.

From his earliest childhood memories, the kitchen was the heart of the home.

Everything took place around the cast iron stove and the kitchen table; two inseparable poles, with Grandma moving to and fro between them.

The kitchen was for baking and frying, cooking, eating and talking.

From time to time a guest joined this hub of family life, or perhaps children played or drew at the table.

As far as Professor Zimmer is concerned, the rules that applied to large families then still apply to small families today.

Only the scales have changed.

So the task for his students in the summer of 2005 was easy to define: Create a new kind of kitchen-island combining cook-top and table as one.

The students were deeply involved with the construction, manufacture, shipment and installation, but also with the versatility of the various designs.