Photograph courtesy Tom Dixon
Milano: Fuori Salone 2016 – Caesarstone – Tom
Dixon – The Restaurant. Taking over the Milan Children’s Museum (MUBA) in the
historical de-consecrated church, La Rotonda della Besana, leading quartz
manufacturer Caesarstone, in collaboration with British designer Tom Dixon,
unveiled The Restaurant, four conceptual kitchens and dining halls inspired by
the elements – Earth, Fire, Water and Air.
Designer Tom Dixon - Caesarstone CEO Yos Shiran
Photograph courtesy Tom Dixon
Earth – Kitchen
The Restaurant – Tom Dixon - Caesarstone. The
installation provided a unique interpretation of how food and surfaces can
interact in an exercise of distinctive tastes, smells and visuals within each
kitchen. Reflecting the individual element through color and texture,
Caesarstone's surfaces become the ultimate plateau for a creative dining
experience that engages all the senses.
The Earth
Kitchen was inspired by the ancient Roman aqueducts, incorporates earthy brown
tones of selected Caesarstone designs including light mushroom colored Tuscan
Dawn and Concetto Albero, made from assembled segments of petrified wood.
Earth – Food
The Root Box
roots | mushrooms |
terracotta | hay | brown sugar
Ingredients pulled from
the warm embrace of the ground are prepared to a recipe that makes use of the
flavorful surroundings of barns and soil. The recipe is prepared with the
traditional cooking method of the hay box, which uses hay to isolate the heat
of the cooking process stretching it for hours.
Arabeschi di Latte – Francesca Sarti
For this installation, a
food concept curated by Italian food design studio Arabeschi di Latte explored
the power of nature’s elements in a menu that combines traditional ingredients
with modern techniques. Cooking in the
kitchens, the chefs are creating a multi-sensory dining experience where food
is prepared and served on Tom Dixon designed Caesarstone surfaces, combining
rare, element-inspired cooking techniques with fresh and unique ingredients.
Photograph courtesy Tom Dixon
Fire – Kitchen
The Fire Kitchen was
inspired by charred wood and smoke, using blackened beams and hints of gold in
combination with Caesarstone's dramatic blacks and dark greys: Vanilla Noir,
Raven and Coastal Grey.
Fire – Food
Black Flat
layered dough | spices | cheese | smoke
Dough and heat go into
play around crispy surfaces and layers that are about to merge. Blackness, as
the remains of a lapsed fire, entirely en-laces the bread. Cheese balances out
with a savory softness.
Photograph
courtesy Tom Dixon
Water – Kitchen
The Water Kitchen
reflects the jagged edges of frozen ice and has been interpreted using a
spectrum of Caesarstone grey and white tonalities. Varying from steaming to
freezing, the kitchen will experiment with the material by subjecting it to
extreme temperatures.
Water – Food
Floating garden (aromatic stock with
frozen leaves)
frozen herbs and vegetables |
vegetable stock|
A twist on the
traditional “stock“. Hot steaming aromatic broth transforms frozen leaves into
moving green, tingling the liquid slowly.
An induction zone and chill blaster transform water into all its states.
Air – Kitchen
The Air Kitchen, inspired
by urban architecture, is created with thin, vertically-placed Caesarstone
slabs and cut-outs that serve as cooking counters. Caesarstone’s Raw Concrete
and Noble Grey create an urban, light background for the completion of the
culinary experience - the dessert bar.
Air Food
Skyfruit
cream | meringue | fruit of the air
| egg | aromatic herbs
In a small collection of
recipes, air is the very matter of preparation. Egg is the fruit of this
environment, its versatile combinations with air and whipped cream arranged
with other uplifting counterparts to create a landscape of aromatic clouds and
void.
Tom Dixon