The compact revolution of Sanwa Company mini kitchens

You certainly took notice that in the kitchen world there are now two different trends: models with long structures as far as the eye can see, so that walking around them is taking a ride in the freeway, albeit the effort is compensated by a more than pleasant look; and small models “all in one”, for space and money shortage you don’t wanna hear anymore because they are depressing. But if the market impose compact dimensions, let there be superior advantages than the obvious reduce of surface. After all, the more something is small the more it has to create a certain impact to get some attention, don’y you agree? Right, it is a commonplace, nevertheless the ones who were so skilled in the adventure of creating an Impact of compact, a formula used to introduce a collection of mini kitchens blended in with furniture – when not furniture themselves – has been the japanese people behind Sanwa Company.

Here you are who was needed to refresh the glorious achivements of Joe Colombo’s Minikitcken: the kings of compulsive technological miniaturization. Just as much savvy to ask Alessandro Mendini, Elisa Ossino e Bestetti Associati to design the three compact top models: a cupboard with a geometrical pattern very much Mendini style, a monolite in total black if it wasn’t for a couple of white lines, an indoor/outdoor cart to carry around the house. However, the compact model that really gives satisfactions is the one called AC 01, because in a time where smartphones are used as credit cards then a desk can certainly hide underneath its surface an induction hob, right there where there was supposed to be a drawer. Designed by Yuto Rie, AC 01 is the real Sanwa’s transformer masterpiece. It’s one thing to hide a small kitchen inside a wardrobe, another one passing effortlessly from frying a couple of eggs to writing the usual one huondred daily mails, and without even getting up once.