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Kitchen Confidential | Jeppe Dueholm Sørensen
Kitchen Confidential
We step inside five unique kitchens and into the minds of designers to see how they conceptualise and create their own functioning spaces.
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JEPPE DUEHOLM SØRENSEN | studio ARC & Nordiska Kök
ambient | embracing | functional
WHAT INSPIRED THE RELAXED COLOUR PALETTE?
With an eventful life balancing small children, work and activities it was important to create a calm backdrop. The effect of a tone-in-tone palette makes the interior seamlessly come together and appear evident in the space.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR KITCHEN IN THREE WORDS?
Ambient – Embracing – Functional
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Photography © Andrea Papini
HOW DOES YOUR KITCHEN REFLECT A DANISH AESTHETIC?
The kitchen is made with great craftmanship and attention to details, making it both simple, practical and beautiful to the eye. This might be a way of characterising a Danish aesthetic.
I believe that what makes the design interesting is the playful use of old and new. The design is traditional yet it’s modern with seamless integrated technology such as built-in cooktop extractor and sparkling and boiling water from the tap.
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HOW IS YOUR KITCHEN RESPECTFUL TO THE 150-YEAR-OLD TOWNHOUSE IT LIES WITHIN?
We chose to work with sustainable materials and a colour palette that was already present in the house.It was important to create a kitchen that will age along with the house. The decision to use fumed oak was a way of connecting the ground floor with the exposed dark wooden beams on the second floor. The same goes for the frame cabinets that refers to the wooden beams in a classic yet playful way. The boxy wall cabinets are playing with the exterior brick façade and the rounded seating bench is mirroring the organic staircase connecting the three floors.
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WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COOKBOOK?
I truly enjoy cooking. Normally I don’t read cookbooks as I like to be creative and improvise with seasonal pescatarian ingredients. Although, I do get a lot of inspiration from looking at Mikkel Karstad’s Instagram feed (@mkarstad) and then do my own take of his beautiful dishes.