Family-owned and operated kitchen brand Arclinea’s star of the show was Proxima, a kitchen system that caters to the American market’s relatively larger living spaces with its new modularity. Other interesting highlights included new kitchen element Hortus, which is a software-controlled indoor garden that allows you to cultivate produce right in your kitchen. Here’s hoping this innovation makes its way to land-scarce Singapore!

Celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, Molteni&C has enhanced its signature VVD kitchen system by creative director Vincent van Duysen with new additions and elements. These include a redesigned snack top, Lepanto Red marble option, eight panel colourways and the PT40 door that is available in push, pull and pivot variants, offering limitless design possibilities for your kitchen.

Titled Gravity of Light, the Poggenpohl showcase at Palazzo Landriani in Brera presented the kitchen as an independent sculptural element that enriches an interior and its ambience far beyond its functional purpose. The three bespoke +Modo kitchen systems presented on the palazzo’s ground floor incorporated elements of light, sensors and a myriad minute design touches that took their aesthetics and functionality to another level. Think of a colour-changing backlit lava stone surface, and exquisite details that remind one of a well-tailored suit.

Occupying the palazzo’s library was the piece de resistance: a +Modo kitchen by German company Bernd Kussmaul, which specialises in highly technical customisations for luxury sports cars, and yacht and jet design. The result exists comfortably at the intersection of design, technology, and art.

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A stone’s throw from the Duomo, Liebherr opened a 2,260 sq ft pop-up showroom at the Hotel Rosa Grand to launch its new products. Two of them will make their way to the Asia Pacific region in 2025: the Monolith French door refrigerator, and the freestanding and under-counter wine cabinet, both of which feature innovative technologies that are tailored to Singapore’s climate.

Valcucine’s presentation featured spaces designed by internationally renowned practices Neri & Hu, i29, and ARRCC. Neri & Hu’s interior, christened The Hearth, featured the Artematica collection by Gabriele Centazzo, and recounted the familiar Asian narrative of the kitchen’s dual role in the form of a public space facing an open square and also a private space where it was contained within a wooden structure, thus highlighting the versatility of Valcucine’s offerings.

Known for its freestanding cookers, luxury appliances brand Bertazzoni launched gold-finish versions of its renowned Heritage series, an induction cooktop with precise cooking technology, and a 90cm French door built-in refrigerator column complete with ice maker and water dispenser from its Professional series, expanding its offerings for custom kitchens with typical Italian flair.

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Stepping inside German appliances manufacturer Miele’s showcase felt just like entering a hip nightclub, thanks to its remarkable, full digital-screen entrance tunnel. The brand took up 10,764 sq ft of exhibition space to commemorate its 125th anniversary. Among the highlights of its showcase was the launch of two new matte colour schemes—Pearl Beige and Obsidian Black—as well as a slew of smart features that offers greater convenience, indulgence and sustainability in the kitchen.

There was an abundance of eye candy on show at Smeg’s EuroCucina showcase, from the twee car-shaped refrigerator co-created with Fiat and the Blu Mediterraneo collection conceived with Dolce & Gabbana to the new colours of its iconic FAB refrigerator. But the star of the show was undoubtedly Isola, created in collaboration with Stefano Boeri Interiors, which is helmed by the architect who designed Milan’s iconic green towers, Bosco Verticale. Isola is a collection of deceptively simple yet innovative cooker hobs and hoods that suits the brand’s aesthetics beautifully.

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