CORE kitchen system with suspended overhead module
Future Kitchen System · 2040
Human at the Core

CORE

The system manages complexity. The human keeps the ritual.

CORE imagines the future kitchen not as a fully automated machine, but as a calm domestic environment where technology steps back and human experience comes forward.

01 / 2040

A quieter technological future.

By 2040, everyday life is shaped by climate pressure, resource scarcity, smaller homes, and increasingly invisible technology.

As AI and automation become part of the background, people begin to value tactile objects, manual actions, cooking, and social rituals more strongly.

Bis 2040 wird der Alltag zunehmend von Klimadruck, Ressourcenknappheit, kleineren Wohnräumen und immer unsichtbarerer Technologie geprägt.

Während KI und Automatisierung in den Hintergrund treten, gewinnen haptische Objekte, manuelle Handlungen, Kochen und soziale Rituale wieder an Bedeutung.

01

Climate pressure

Water, energy and material use become visible design concerns.

02

Smaller homes

Compact living demands multifunctional and spatially efficient systems.

03

Invisible technology

AI moves into the background and supports rather than dominates everyday action.

04

Human rituals

Touch, preparation, sharing and collective cooking regain value.

CORE compact modular kitchen
02 / CORE

Compact, modular, quietly intelligent.

CORE responds to this future with a compact and modular kitchen system that quietly manages energy, storage, and resources while keeping the human actively involved.

Instead of replacing everyday actions, it supports meaningful participation through touch, preparation, sharing, and collective cooking.

CORE reagiert auf diese Zukunft mit einem kompakten und modularen Küchensystem, das Energie, Stauraum und Ressourcen unauffällig organisiert und gleichzeitig den Menschen aktiv in den Prozess einbindet.

Statt alltägliche Handlungen vollständig zu automatisieren, unterstützt CORE bewusstes Zubereiten, Berühren, Teilen und gemeinsames Kochen.

People gathered around CORE
CORE central work surface and overhead tools
03 / Design

Less automation. More participation.

01

Invisible Intelligence

Technology assists without demanding attention.

02

Designed Friction

Meaningful rituals remain intentionally manual.

03

Circular Living

Materials, food and waste operate as connected systems.

04

Adaptive Domesticity

Compact living requires flexible spatial organization.

05

Human-Centered Automation

Automation removes repetitive tasks, not meaningful experiences.

06

Timeless Industrial Aesthetics

Durable materials and restrained forms replace short-lived trends.

Technology steps back. Human experience comes forward.

CORE / 2040