NikolaTesla Fit Extractor Hob | Descry Design
NikolaTesla Fit Extractor Hob by Fabrizio Crisa

NikolaTesla Fit Extractor Hob

Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2021

Scanning from background to foreground through this contemporary kitchen interior, the most distant element visible through expansive floor-to-ceiling windows reveals a lush hillside covered in evergreen forest rendered in soft sage and hunter greens that descend toward a calm body of water appearing as a cool silvery blue horizontal band, soft white sheer curtains frame these windows creating gentle vertical folds of cream-colored fabric that filter the natural daylight into a diffused ambient glow throughout the space, a dark steel-framed glass partition divides the kitchen from an adjacent living area where a plush gray sofa with multiple cushions sits facing the landscape view alongside a sculptural black floor lamp with an angular articulated arm, moving into the middle ground the partition frames create a grid pattern of dark rectangular lines against the bright window light establishing clear geometric rhythm, the right portion reveals wooden shelving with books and decorative objects in warm brown tones, progressing to the foreground a generous L-shaped countertop dominates constructed from terrazzo stone featuring a warm beige-gray base speckled with darker fragments creating a granular texture that would feel cool and slightly rough to the touch, set into this countertop occupying the lower center of the composition rests the featured appliance a rectangular cooking surface of deep glossy black glass approximately two feet wide that reflects ambient light creating subtle luminous highlights along its edges, at center a vertical black element rises perhaps eight inches tall representing the integrated extraction system, upon the right cooking zone sits a cream-colored Dutch oven with matching lid from which delicate wisps of pale steam curl upward suggesting warmth and active cooking, surrounding the cooktop various kitchen items provide domestic context including cream ceramic vessels at left a tall amber glass bottle of cooking oil and cylindrical marble containers with metallic lids at right, fresh green herbs grow in small containers adding organic softness, the overall atmosphere feels warm yet serene suggesting quiet morning or afternoon light creating an environment of calm domestic contentment

NikolaTesla Fit represents a concentrate of technology in which cooking and suction are perfectly integrated in a space that allows installation even on 60 cm kitchen bases. Ideal for small rooms, but also for those kitchens where it is not possible to install independent hobs and hoods. The conceptual effort has focused on finding a balance between performance, functionality, ergonomics, technology, small size and versatility. The great challenge in terms of design was to be able to contain all these elements in a formal synthesis that gave life to an object with clean and essential lines.