Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, Fisher & Paykel’s Three Pillars of Kitchen Perfection suggests a dynamic approach to designing spaces for cooking, gathering and living. Alongside Design Freedom and Ultimate Kitchen Solutions, The Beauty of Choice offers a curated set of product styles and modular concepts that afford homeowners and designers the freedom to create without constraints.
Fisher & Paykel’s Beauty of Choice is the idea that kitchen perfection lies not only in customised layouts or optimal product combinations, but in the ability to create spaces that reflect personal taste, lifestyle and architectural intent. The company’s product ranges and integration capabilities speak directly to this, facilitating intuitive and individualised spaces.
Whether integrated or on full display, Fisher & Paykel’s distinct design styles are uniquely placed to support specific design narratives. Minimal Style, which is grounded in a quiet sophistication, favours restraint, precision and subtlety. Visually recessive and highly tactile, these appliances facilitate a sense of clarity and calm. The range shines in the K14 kitchen system designed by Norbert Wangen for Boffi, where a reduced palette and fine detailing – like the island top’s 30-degree bevelled edge, or the CoolDrawer panels’ 45-degree mitred seams – are visually sharp and ergonomically adept.
In contrast, Contemporary Style appliances are refined yet expressive, featuring a clarity of form, crafted details and materials such as stainless steel, brushed aluminium and matte glass. They are designed to stand proudly within the kitchen while still maintaining a level of harmony with their surroundings, as seen in the Arclinea Contemporary Kitchen, where luxury materials and sophisticated colourways converge.
Notably, J-shaped finger pulls maintain the clean-lined aesthetic and allow easy access to the seamlessly integrated DishDrawers, and flush-fitted cooktops suggest an environment for living as opposed to solely for cooking.
Lastly, Professional Style offers bold, performance-led appliances inspired by the rigour of commercial kitchens. Defined by robust stainless steel, bullnose handles, deep grills and oversized dials, this style champions capability and durability through a design-led lens.
The HenryBuilt Professional Kitchen superbly showcases this range in-situ. Highlights include the wall-hung wet bar with CoolDrawer modules at one end and twin freestanding ranges with powerful ventilation at the other, aged brass hardware and bespoke chopping boards – ideal for the serious design-inclined cook, indeed.
Irrespective of style, Fisher & Paykel believes the kitchen should be conceived as a unified space – a considered composition of cabinetry, surfaces, textures, appliances and colours. Achieving this demands a skilled understanding of scale, materiality and form, and in this, integration is a powerful tool. Concealing appliances behind cabinetry reduces visual clutter and streamlines a design. It can also help to celebrate the craft and materiality already at play by highlighting custom joinery and hardware, or by redirecting the focus to a signature element like a striking lighting fixture or a piece of art.
Kitchen Perfection translates differently for every homeowner and designer – be it the desire for a minimal palette, highly crafted details, culinary excellence or cutting-edge technology. Fisher & Paykel recognises this, and The Beauty of Choice brings creativity and consideration to this deeply nuanced ideal, paving the way for personal and pragmatic spaces for cooking, gathering and living, no matter the brief.
