I Scandinavian design meets Art Nouveau; this is how Nordiska Kok describes its latest kitchen collaboration with interior design studio AO/JN

ITH ITS MINIMALIST DESIGN, ROUNDED CORNERS, striking kitchen island in Arabescato corchia marble, and contrasting details in stainless steel, The Statement Kitchen from Swedish kitchen brand Nordiska Kok is a contemporary kitchen that aims to match eye-catching detail with functionality.

By combining the minimalist, grey-beige cabinets with marble, stainless-steel and smart design features, the result is a contemporary yet timeless design by Stockholm-based AO/JN Interiors. The kitchen gives the turn-of-the-century room a bold, modern twist and the choice of materials and finishes are intended to add an extra sense of elegance.

Alexandra Ogonowski & Jesper Nyborg, AO/JN Interiors’ Founders, said: “When setting the new style, we think that the first step should be to look at the existing architecture. Is there something in it that you want to highlight, strengthen, or perhaps suppress? In that case, start from this when you start planning the design of the kitchen.

“Usually, you want to highlight a particular detail from the original architecture, but in this case the Art Nouveau-inspired stucco was a bit too cute for the client and they wanted something to balance the impression. That’s why we chose minimalist cabinets, an expressive marble and stainless-steel details. To tie the two styles together, we let the kitchen ‘grow out of the wall’.

“What we wanted to create was a beautiful and expressive kitchen with a slightly raw and youthful feel that would contrast the historic and cute.”

In this kitchen, the marble plays the main role, with all appliances hidden behind cabinets that are painted in a harmonious colour, allowing the marble to become a work of art, framed by the kitchen.

To accentuate the stone, the sides and ‘ceiling’ in the niche framed by the kitchen cabinets were also set in stone. The stone has small steps in the outer edges, while to create a bolder feeling in the room, a stainless-steel worktop were chosen.

The Statement Kitchen is available in Nordiska Kok’s kitchen range from April 2023. Locally manufactured in Nordiska Kok’s carpentry studio just outside Gothenburg, Sweden, all kitchens are built from scratch. Each cabinet and drawer can be customized in size and style to create a bespoke design, with kitchens available in any colour and a variety of materials. nordiskakok.com, aojnd.com

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