Italian kitchen solutions opens showroom in Cebu

CEBU, Philippines – Luxury Italian kitchen system solutions is now in Cebu through the opening of Dada/Armani brand showroom.

Exclusively distributed in the Philippines by Cucina Mobili Inc., the Armani designed kitchen solutions strengthen Cebu's fertile market for quality and define sleek taste.

Although Dada/Armani kitchens have already established presence in other countries in the Asia Pacific, it is positioned to do well in the Philippines, including Cebu, where real estate growth in consistently growing, fueled by the Filipinos knack for designs.

Cucina Mobili Inc., vice president Venus Ngu said that unlike in the past that Filipinos have to travel and spend expensively just to look for quality home furnishing, especially kitchen system. Today, the "world's best is already here."

The entry of designer kitchen solution system of Dada brand, Ngu said will complement Cebu's already well known name for world-class furniture. While local exporters are enjoying the dynamic domestic market, foreign complementary brands are coming to further satisfy the highly contemporary market-based.

The Cucina Mobili Inc., showroom in Cebu is located at the second floor of Design Center building at A.S. Fortuna Street on Mandaue City.

"Cebuanos love only the finest," Ngu said adding that the presence of the brand here, which was established in 1920s by Italian artisan makers for kitchen, would complete the wide array of choices for the fast growing real estate sector.

Its kitchen packages makes it more attractive for the market to play-around with their allocated budget, with no less than an Armani prestige of quality and class attached to it.

According to Kara Lim, managing director of Cucina Mobili, Dada is the “first of its kind" kitchen of technology in the Philippines.

Last June, the company opened its first showroom in the Philippines, in Manila.

“The kitchen is a place of ‘work’ but it is also the home’s core, where family bonds are strengthened. I envisioned a kitchen that would incorporate these elements, forming a ‘bridge’ between two worlds,” said Armani in the company’s catalogue, entitled, Storie/s.

The kitchen is made with rare Sukupira wood from Brazil, and finished with hand-painted bronze, resembling a woven net draped over the kitchen.

The company was founded in the 1920s, but was acquired by Gruppo Molteni (and is still family owned) in the 1970s.

Armani was known for dressing the power set of the 1980s, the style of which is now reflected in the sleek designs of Dada kitchens.