Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2024
This built environment photograph presents an integrated kitchen appliance installation viewed from standing height approximately three meters away, capturing a moment where functional culinary equipment becomes architectural sculpture through material refinement and spatial choreography, with the composition organized in three horizontal layers that guide attention from floor through cabinetry to cooking surface. Beginning at the bottom of the frame and working upward, pale oak wood flooring with subtle linear grain runs horizontally across the lower portion, its warm honey-beige color and matte finish suggesting smooth, solid wood beneath one's feet, perhaps slightly cool to the touch and providing gentle acoustic softness underfoot. Rising from this foundation, lower cabinetry presents handleless drawer fronts in a soft grey-taupe color reminiscent of dove grey or pale concrete, their absolutely smooth matte surfaces appearing almost velvety in texture, as though coated in fine suede that would feel soft and slightly warm under one's palm, absorbing light rather than reflecting it. These cabinet faces extend horizontally across roughly the lower third of the image, their surfaces meeting in perfectly crisp vertical and horizontal lines that suggest precise manufacturing and careful installation. Just above this lower cabinet zone, a narrow dark charcoal horizontal band perhaps four centimeters tall creates a subtle visual separation, its deeper tone like slate or graphite, reading as a shadow line that grounds the cabinet mass and provides tonal weight. The central focus occupies the middle register where an oven drawer extends forward into the viewer's space, its exterior matching the dark charcoal tone but its interior revealing warm brushed stainless steel that catches light in linear horizontal striations, the metal surface appearing smooth and cool like touching a refrigerator door but with subtle directional texture from the brushing process. Inside this illuminated cavity sits a wire rack system, the parallel rods of stainless steel creating a rhythmic pattern of lines that would feel cool, smooth, and cylindrical under fingertips, their regular spacing creating an orderly geometric grid. Warm golden-amber light glows from within this oven cavity, its color reminiscent of late afternoon sunlight or candlelight at approximately 2800 degrees Kelvin temperature, creating a sensation of warmth as though heat were gently radiating outward, contrasting with the cooler ambient environmental lighting that fills the rest of the scene from the left side, this overall illumination feeling like diffused daylight on an overcast day, neutral and even without strong shadows. Above the oven drawer opening, a continuous horizontal surface extends left to right, its upper face covered in glossy black glass so reflective it almost mirrors elements above it like a still dark pool of water, its surface appearing absolutely smooth and cool as polished obsidian, likely feeling slick and glass-hard under touch. Centered on this black glass cooking surface rests a substantial cast-iron pot with fitted lid, both pot and lid rendered in matte black with a slightly granular texture that suggests the porous surface of traditional cast iron, their surfaces appearing as though they would feel slightly rough like fine sandpaper, the pot's rounded belly perhaps forty centimeters in diameter swelling outward then tapering toward the top, with two small loop handles projecting horizontally on opposite sides like small ears. The vessel's traditional form and deep black color create visual and conceptual contrast with the sleek contemporary surfaces below, suggesting slow cooking and artisanal food preparation. Behind and around these central elements, additional grey cabinetry continues the horizontal banding, its matte surfaces maintaining the sophisticated neutral palette. To the left background, a pale surface suggests wall or additional cabinetry in soft grey or off-white, while dark vertical elements frame portions of the composition suggesting doorframes or cabinet edges in deep charcoal or black. The right background contains darker grey surfaces with subtle reveals and panel divisions creating geometric subdivision of the wall plane. The overall environment feels ordered, quiet, and spacious, suggesting a generous kitchen with high ceilings and ample natural light entering from the left, the space possessing a calm atmosphere without visible clutter or decorative ornament, where attention focuses entirely on form, material, and the subtle play of light across varied surface textures.
Its name is spelt Lhov, but it's pronounced Love. Its name combines the essential elements of every kitchen: Hood, Hob, Oven and Ventilation; as well as a certain kind of love that unites them in a unique and never before seen product. A revolutionary appliance that makes the best use of household space, which will reshape our cooking experience. Lhov is a must in any modern home: a single, perfectly integrated ergonomic module able to enhance the lines of the kitchen. It is a highly value appliance, both in terms of design and technology, capable of challenging the limits of time and space.