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The 15th edition of the SaloneSatellite Award, held in Pavilion 7 as part of the 64th Salone del Mobile.Milano, celebrated the theme New Craftsmanship: A New World
EuroCucina 2026: the kitchen of the future is at the heart of the home
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Scavolini, EuroCucina 2026
The Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026 confirms the kitchen as one of the most advanced spaces in the contemporary home. No longer a closed, technical interior, but a permeable place, open and connected with all the other spaces in the home
EuroCucina 2026 clearly brings out a new idea of the kitchen: more sensuous, smarter, more fluid. The traditional workspace becomes a domestic ecosystem with design, technology, conviviality and well-being coexisting without hierarchies. Between immersive pavilions, advanced materials and integrated solutions, the message shared by the major international brands is clear: the kitchen is no longer just the heart of the home, but its most strategic space.
The kitchen: an expanded space
One of the dominant themes of the 2026 edition is the progressive elimination of boundaries between the interiors of the home. The kitchen dialogues with the living room, opens up to the exterior and enters everyday space naturally and seamlessly. Veneta Cucine interprets this transition with its Spazio Continuo concept, with interiors and exteriors connected through large monoblocs, islands and surfaces that ideally traverse the house and continue into the terrace and garden.
Snaidero, for its 80th anniversary, instead chooses synaesthesia as a narrative key. Kitchen and living room become a single landscape made up of materials, light and relationships. Scavolini continues to evolve the integrated home with Flair and Stilo, systems connecting kitchen, bathroom, living room and home office through coherent and transversal languages. Miele speaks of the kitchen as a mobile and responsive setting with the concept Designed to Move with You, where spaces adapt to the rhythms of the day and the needs of the inhabitants.
Invisible technology for practical intelligence
If the form is opening out, technology is also adopting a new outlook. The smart kitchen in 2026 does not seek special effects: it works discreetly to simplify everyday life. Miele presents CulinaryCoach, an AI assistant capable of suggesting personalized recipes and transferring the correct settings to connected appliances. Whirlpool evolves its 6th SENSE universe with systems capable of automatically optimizing the parameters of use. Siemens, celebrating 100 years since its first home oven, brings the evolution of a century of innovation to Milan with smart ovens and new Matt Edition finishes. LG confirms the direction of the connected and smart home, while Signature Kitchen Suite strengthens the premium segment with a high-performance kitchen. Beko focuses on integration, reliability and connectivity through the Midnight Line, included in an installation designed by Mario Cucinella Architects.
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When air and light become architecture
Among the strongest trends of 2026 is the dematerialization of technology. Cooker hoods, extractor fans and lighting are no longer plain technical functions, but project elements that redesign space. Elica presents the new proprietary ID Technology platform and the Matrix interface, focusing on an increasingly advanced cooking experience. Falmec, with the Mimesis concept, imagines the kitchen as a breathing organism, where technology is naturally integrated into domestic architecture. Bora continues to promote a kitchen free from visual constraints, where the culinary gesture remains the protagonist and the extractor fan disappears from view.
The return of materials and aesthetics
Alongside digital, there is a growing desire for real surfaces, deep textures, materials it is a pleasure to touch. Here design finds an emotional and sensory dimension. SMEG stands out as one of the most representative brands of this trend with Musa, a new collection that interprets the kitchen as a sophisticated furnishing, and with Isola, a project in which the product returns as the scenic protagonist of the domestic space. Surfaces, colour and materials become expressive, confirming the brand’s ability to blend technology and Italian design culture. Next125, Schüller’s premium brand, brings LumiQ to Milan, an advanced lighting system that transforms lighting into an emotional experience. Very Simple: Kitchen redefines the modular kitchen with minimalist steel structures and a smart shelf developed with Falmec and Philippe Malouin. Finally, La Cornue brings the French tradition of handcrafted haute cuisine kitchens to Milan, as symbols of timeless luxury.
How will we experience spaces? How will we use artificial intelligence? How do we want to feel at home? If we can sum up EuroCucina 2026, it is this: the kitchen today embodies all the great questions of contemporary design. It is the place where innovation and materials, function and emotion, aesthetics and everyday life find a new balance.
23 April 2026
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