Handle-free kitchen

Modern kitchens and design handles

Gone the age of the models of kitchen furniture with handles of all types and of all sizes, has emerged in recent years the trend of style that make us prefer the kitchen models without real handles applied to the doors.

Thanks also to some technological solutions such as push & pull and, above all, thanks to new materials malleable at will, it was possible to break free from forced choices and stylistic study of design alternatives.

No longer, therefore, the simple solution with the throat undertop, but various types of handles formed directly in the door itself, as in the slotted plate of the finishing material, or as an invitation in the very structure of the door or the frame, as in the case of glass doors.

In this regard, I point out why it is always striking the kitchen HD 23 by Rossana, designed by Massimo Castagna, which takes advantage of the technological characteristics of the wood and high strengthlacquered finishes, to build a model of flexibility linked endlessly thanks the modularity of the basic components.

The door of this kitchen model has a recessed central handle in vertical cut. This solution adds personality to a kitchen that makes of customization its main quality: no composition will never be the same as another, due to the possibility of aggregation of a number of elements that, in addition to the basics, contribute to the creation of their own kitchen.


HD 23 is therefore a project, rather than a model of kitchen, original and innovative, based just on the assembly of special pieces, conceived as objects, where the choice of the type of handle is only the final signature to express your own taste and unambiguously define the effect you want to achieve for the so furnished environment.

The project-kitchen model TK 38 is the latest brainchild of Castagna, always Rossana, and is the prototype of the timeless contemporary kitchen made for the chef and for those who love cooking (cit.).


It is a technical kitchen that goes beyond the usual aesthetic concept of the all stainless steel while remaining perfectly in line with the directives that want modern kitchen designed to be especially functional and therefore closely linked to the various stages of preparation of food and different cooking methods, typical features of a professional kitchen designed in a domestic environment.

TK 38 is a kitchen of essential design and technology which is integrated in the same building structure of the house, so it is also considered and defined interior structure. The main aesthetic feature is represented by a door with the box frame made in steel, which thanks to the high thickness of 36 mm, allows a secure grip, so the handle is integrated in the frame itself.

Kitchens and art

We remain in the field of special effects created by the design of a door without a handle to signal the Mondrian kitchen, designed by Roberto Semprini for TM Italy, playing on the inclusion of red and orange colored niches carved into the white fronts and, consequently, the handle does not exist to allow for evocative solutions wih a graphic character.


It is precisely the reference to the great artist, in fact, to characterize all the kitchen environment thus conceived, starting from cubist lines to finish the choice of colors, or white for the volumes of bases, counters and cupboards, and the red and orange for the niches in vertical thickness.

The real attraction of the kitchen is the volume of the monolithic workbench, apparently in closed and static forms, really dynamic with a remote control that allows you to scroll horizontally to the top and sides made of DuPont™ Corian®, revealing the washing and cooking area.

The simple design hides a complex skill but docile high-tech machine ... when surprise is an art (cit.). This, in brief, the philosophy of the Mondrian kitchen.

Kitchens without handles urban chic

It is looks typically contemporary the one of the new kitchen Mila, by Cesar. Indeed, it is an urban-chic look, strong as well as the perfect synthesis of new lifestyles. The rooms are comfortable with this style concept and catchy, scratchy due to the materials chosen, due to essential lines and volumes defined.


It is a project, a solution of furniture also this, rather than a model of kitchen. The finishes are innovative and created ad hoc to stimulate tactile feelings and intriguing detail, as in the case of melamine materials that reproduce the uneven surface of the concrete or the knotted larch.

If you want a more determined and sophisticated aesthetic effect will be chosen the white satin lacquered finish. The choice of pure and essential lines and the absence of handles applied to the door does not detract from the functionality and ease of use, rather, the discreet opening groove formed in the panels as well as being very practical, add an elegant touch to the dynamic aesthetics of the final composition.

This dynamism of lines is found in open containers Fold with tapered profiles at 45° to break the continuity of the elements with doors, and new tables Wing made with metal structure in support to the foundation.

The dynamic and essential character of Mila makes it ideal for those looking for a young and functional kitchen at an affordable price.