Artematica Vitrum Arte

Unrestrainable in its creativity, Valcucine destroys the barrier of lines and volumes giving vitality and expressive power to the surfaces of its most exclusive kitchen: Artematica Vitrum. After three years of research, Valcucine has developed a technique to make inlaid decors on glass. A highly technological process that has its roots in handicraft tradition and that emphasises the priceless value of handmade workmanship. A new way of conceiving furniture that frees the imagination and makes it possible to personalise every single kitchen with decors offered by young artists, by the designer or even by your own creativity. By means of the Artematica Vitrum Arte programme, Valcucine has created space for your freedom. VITRUM IS THE 1st KITCHEN WITH DOORS, TOPS AND GLASS GUARANTEED FOR 15 YEARS.



Artematica Synthesis
Pure units in single materials such as acrylic resin, glass or steel have been designed to take away that boring work area look from the kitchen. The arrangement shown has a system that makes it possible to camouflage the hob, sink, tap and oven, making the most of the formal clean-cut lines of the arrangement which, with all its concealed functional elements, becomes pure domestic architecture. VALCUCINE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Doors and worktops are in Cristalite, 100% antibacterial thanks to the presence of silver ions (already used as far back as the antique Romans). The 100% aluminium frame can be completely recycled. Less material used for the worktop and door.

Artematica Kembal
This is the model that Valcucine associates with the warmth of wood and the modernity and rigour of geometric lines, of constructive technology and of top design details. Kembal is a multi-laminar wood with a slim horizontal grain that reminds one of the colours and feel of teak and is protected by water-based varnishes and treated with oil. In fact, the name is inspired by the word that is used for teak on the Java island. It is a contemporary wood type that combines perfectly with materials such as steel and gloss lacquer and can be personalised with horizontal inlays in wood or aluminium.

Artematica Juglans
A contemporary kitchen that reinterprets the classicality of walnut in a very new way with a modern walnut that offers warm shades and a natural feel. This memorable wood and the feelings that are awaken by its features guided the creation of the multi-laminar wood that Valcucine uses for doors, snack bars, midshelves and back panels. This is a wood type to be used with stone or Cristalite tops, with pale lacquers or ruled laminate. It is possible to compose an Artematica Juglans kitchen combining horizontal and vertical grains and dark wood inlays in various positions and directions.

Light Artematica Robur
Oak, an ancient wood type, is used in a kitchen having a pure style and minimalist lines, giving it a warmer and more familiar tone. The surface is treated with natural oil mixed with white pigments that penetrates deep into the wood fibres and contributes to the stability of its original appearance. The oak used does not come from a primary forest but from plantations where a balance has been reached between felling and planting. Its horizontal grain gives the kitchen a more slender appearance while the thinness of the worktops, supports and glass door and wall panel frames give it a simple and light look.

Dark Artematica Fineline
Thanks to its pure volumes and its great formally clean-cut lines, Artematica Robur is in tune with fashion and current trends. It distinguishes itself from them though as soon as personalised elements and decorative inlays are added. These reflect the creativity of the designer and separate the product from prevailing mass production. Slender aluminium or wooden trims are applied to the oak veneer surface, respecting a modularity that gives order to the arrangement.


Artematica Cerasus
One of the laterest results of Valcucine's research is the wooden panel with a layered laminate support that gives the door better resistance and sturdiness features than traditional wooden doors. For the new wooden models, Valcucine has perfected a varnishing system based on natural oils and waxes that has made it possible to eliminate the toxic emissions of traditional varnishes. The wooden surfaces treated in this way have a pleasant feel and smell. In Artematica Cerasus, cherry wood is inlaid by hand with objects that are not influenced by passing fads: slender horizontal lines in aluminium or wood, geometric shapes such as the square or the circle, or ancient signs and symbols that never go out of fashion because they are part of the memory of Man and the history of many cultures.

Multiline Artematica
The "multiline" layered laminate left in view on the edge of the doors transmits a touch of originality to the kitchen. Laminate is available in 32 different colours, some of which are available both matt and gloss. The Valcucine layered laminate doors are completely untouched by humidity and heat: they can in fact remain immersed in water for a long time without being damaged. They do not have glued-on edges that come come unstuck because the panel has been layered throughout its thickness in a single process.


At last a steel that doesn’t stain
Steel is being used more and more often in the kitchen because of its technical characteristics of resisitance and hygiene as well as the sense of professionalism that it gives off. Steel does however have one serious fault: it shows handprints even if the hands are clean. Valcucine has adopted a new treatment for aluminium which, through a satin finshing and special oxidization, takes on the look of steel, but without the bothersome problem of fingerprints.

Artematica Pigmentus
Thanks to Valcucine's technology, the Artematica Pigmentus door, although lacquered, is very light because it is composed of a panel that is only 6mm thick combined with an aluminium structural frame.For this reason it has none of the problems connected with the weight of traditionally lacquered doors that in the long run jeopordize the functionality of the hinges. As a consquence, the doors remain perfectly aligned as time goes by. The lacquered door is available in a vast range of colours with matt or gloss finishes. The lacquer has a polyester base coat that guarantees excellent resistance to impact and a mirror-effect surface that is there to last.The matt lacquered door is obtained by integrating microscopic balls of rilsan in the varnish that give it a slight orange peel effect and make it more resistant to scratches and abrasions.

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items are from between 01 Feb 2002 & 12 Feb 2008.