McDuffee Design News

Travel with us to the center of Paris to check out this beautiful, minimalist designed apartment. The creator of the masterpiece was Pascal Grasso Architecture, a Paris-based studio. White boxes are incorporated into the design, functionality and even into the furniture.  Check out the geometry of the place, it’s incredible! Click here to go to Paris.

Here’s something you don’t see everyday. Check out this house designed by Andrea Oliva. It’s really more of a work of art! The house is designed in the shape of a rectangular and is set back 60m away from the street- giving the paperboy a run for his money. As if the house isn’t cool enough the house is self-sustaining with its solar power panels. See for yourself, click here.

This is a quick video from Kristalia showing on of their table designs, “Sushi.” In just one minute find out just how big a small table can become.

Here is a short video of the Kristalia office in London. It looks like a really neat environment where a lot of fantastic work is made.

Here is a video from Design Week in 2009 at Minotticucine in Milan, Italy. The model being presented in the video is Terra. Enjoy.

Kanye West is one of the many celebrities to have Minotticucine in his 2007, Claudio Silvestrin-designed New York apartment. Click on the link to see pictures of West’s apartment.

Your bed should be more than just a place where you sleep at night, it should say something about who you are. FEG makes an absolutely amazing bed called, “The Mantra,” that was designed with Feng Shui in mind. An article from Trendir.com, “Mantra Bed from FEG – the Feng Shui bed,” says, “Those of you compelled in involve the Feng Shui principles into your bedroom may want to start with this beautiful piece.” To read the full article about this incredible bed, click here.

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McDuffee Design Group Chicago has just introduced R T, a new high income Referral Team coupon program benefiting designers, architects and others interested in turning their contacts into income. The R T goal is to be ahead of the curve on the increasing demand for contemporary kitchens, especially Italian kitchens. R T members earn 7% up to $10,000 for each referral resulting in a client purchase.
There is no limit to how many clients R T members can refer, or the number of cash rewards. R T members automatically qualify for an additional 15% discount on all personal purchases from McDuffee Design. Anyone can apply with an email to info@mcduffee.com, call 312.705.7053, or fax 312.705.7057

McDuffee Design offers high commissions to the architect / designer who will bring the buyer for one of our collection of Italian kitchen displays.
The specifics:
1. This sale is exclusively for the architect and design trade, and it ends January 20
2. The commission amounts are listed below
3. Commissions are payable upon receipt of final payment
4. Prices represent appliances as displayed
5. Kitchens are sold as is, but packaged for delivery
6. Delivery and installation can be quoted upon request

Minimalism has ironically become a more perceived ingredient in kitchen furniture design through the application of contradictory themes. The new approach utilizes cognitive dissonance, or the employment of two opposing ideas at the same time. Period concepts are being mixed with the old minimalism. Historical elements are being presented with fresh bravado.

Several Italian manufacturers are winning new design clients by straying from the pack, and developing breathtaking signature looks of their own. Mixing historic period elements with established minimal is catching on in European kitchen product design. Eclectic mixture will not always please the minimal purist. But it clearly yields a surprisingly delightful array of new ideas from among some independently minded Italian designers.

Pierre Lisone first revealed this new post minimal thinking to the US at the start of the millennium in Boffi’s New York showroom by introducing a defiantly ornamented glass chandelier above a white lacquer minimal kitchen island. The look was unique and surprising. It satisfied a certain longing, and the evolution has been rapid and dramatic.

However, Minotticucine continues to set new frontiers with a clear vision of minimal purity, while extending its world wide recognition. Alberto Minotti’s work is ongoing, providing new reasons to cherish this pure minimalist philosophy and he has, more than any other, been its unrivaled leader.