Moda Interni Marks Philippine Debut of Innovative Curved Kitchens by Pedini 

Local high-end luxury furniture store Moda Interni presents their newest offering in state-of-the-art craftsmanship as they debut the latest innovative curved kitchens designed by Italian brand Pedini to the Philippine market.

Goldwin Sison, CEO of Moda Interni, and Francesco Giuffrida, Brand Export Manager of Pedini, showcased the brand’s Arkè collection, a series of innovative structures that differ from the traditional straight kitchen islands with its ergonomic design, use of sustainable wood-based materials, and cooking-friendly design.

“Curved kitchens represent a refined evolution in kitchen design, one that balances visual harmony with daily performance,” Sison said. “With Pedini’s curved kitchens, we’re not just offering a luxury product. We’re introducing a new standard for how the modern Filipino kitchen can feel and function.”

Sison has been a fan of Pedini’s kitchens since discovering the brand in 2016. He was impressed with their particular design features and found it to be a perfect fit for the needs of the Philippine market.

“I think it’s very—bagay siya sa market ng Filipinos,” he said. “ Its ease of use [works with the] very limited space [in] Filipino houses. This one can help you save space. It can bring you confidence, it [also] brings you a sense of success. So we want to impart all those to our Filipino clients.”

Elevated Kitchen Experience

The Italian brand has been making modular and luxury kitchen models since 1957, and designed the curved kitchen islands with its inaugural Francesca model. Their new Arkè collection is handmade and individually designed to optimize the space in each home.

“This Arkè line features curved elements that are shared and can be applied to multiple elements of the kitchen base units, upper units, and [other] units,” Giuffrida said. “It’s a transitional type of product together with the modularity. With the models, the finish is evolved as well, and these curved kitchens present and [feature] unique materials and unique techniques that nobody else in the world can do.”

The company works with environmentally-friendly and sustainable solid wood or wood-based materials. These components are chosen for their ease of customization. And through rigorous research and development, Pedini has found this to be the best materials to use for making curved kitchens. 

“I mean, curved kitchens are not doable with other materials due to the fact of the limits of the material themselves,” Giuffrida said. “Generally speaking, we’re trying to work with ecological materials, sustainable resources, and certificated sources of materials.  And then [these] get treated, get painted, and have a lot of processing going on to make them, for example, look like metal while it’s not metal.”

Pushing Forward Family-Friendly Designs

Both Sison and Giuffrida believe that the Arkè kitchen line from Pedini fits in the Philippine market because it allows for more engaging family interactions. 

“With the limited time we spend at home, just imagine a straight kitchen,” Sison said. “You have several people that you want to talk to at home: your maids, your husband, your kids. Of course, sometimes they have friends over. 

“[In a] curved kitchen, they can surround you. Kapag straight [kitchen], sometimes who you want to talk to is on the other side, you cannot talk to them. So it’s really, really family friendly. It increases the time you spend with people you love.”

This family-centric approach, Giuffrida admits, is why Pedini partnered with Moda Interni in the first place. Pedini believes that Filipinos and Italians share similar values when it comes to that aspect of our cultures.

“This collection is the result of decades of innovation and Italian design heritage,” Giuffrida said. “At Pedini, it’s about shaping spaces that reflect the way people live today, with elegance, efficiency, and emotion.”

“We thought that this market had a lot in common with our company’s values, meaning that Filipinos, like Italians, tend to appreciate the kitchen and all that revolves around the kitchen,” he elaborated. “Because again, kitchens are where you attend [to] your guests, your family, your friends, and that’s where you really live [in] the house.”

A New Frontier for Kitchen Design

So far, Moda Interni has been receiving good feedback with regards to Pedini’s products in the Philippines. Sison hopes that the curved kitchens will catch on in Filipino homes, allowing for a more open-ended, family-focused kitchen design that’s “sculptural yet practical, timeless and refined.”

“Over the past few months, we’ve heard from fellow architects and designers that more clients are asking about curved kitchens,” Sison said. “It’s exciting to see this interest growing. It signals the beginning of a new design movement here in the Philippines. And at Moda Interni, we’re proud to lead this conversation with Pedini, one of the world’s best when it comes to curved kitchen design and now the leading brand for it in the country.”

Photos provided by the company.

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