How micro-architectural details and new vertical systems expand the geometry of a design platform: a kitchen system evolving over time.
A linear metal bar, an ergonomic grip, and bespoke lengths ranging from 30 mm to nearly three metres. The new Contour handle, designed by García Cumini, introduces a precise geometric rhythm to the CESAR Maxima 2.2 kitchen system, an addition further enriching a design platform already recognised for its ability to continuously adapt over time.
Far from a static, configurable layout, Maxima 2.2 operates as an open design platform. Natively integrating new finishes, plinths, handles, and door fronts, the system preserves its aesthetic and functional coherence while granting complete compositional freedom. Every element can embrace new interpretations without ever losing its core identity.
The company vision, deeply rooted in the culture of CESAR, translates into a product adapting to the changing dynamics of contemporary living: a system designed to constantly renew itself without ever appearing dated.
The Total Living Concept: Boiserie and Passage Doors
For nearly sixty years, CESAR has been creating kitchens conceived as systems: evolving, coherent, and capable of responding to the complexity of contemporary living. The latest portfolio expansion introduces two new design categories — boiserie systems and passage doors — moving the brand’s formal and construction quality beyond traditional boundaries to sculpt a cohesive, harmonious living environment.
By aligning the language, finishes, and proportions of different domestic environments, these new elements integrate separate spaces into a single, fluid narrative.
Boiserie Systems: Active Vertical Architectures
The new boiserie systems transform the wall from a passive backdrop into an active architectural element. Conceived as true vertical structures integrating storage, display functions, and suspended small appliances within a single framework, they significantly expand compositional possibilities.
The guiding principle remains continuity. The same materials and construction quality defining the kitchen naturally extend into living areas, dining rooms, pantries, and utility spaces. The home acquires a new compositional grammar, organising space with absolute geometric precision.
Passage Doors: Defining the Threshold
Completing this vision, the new passage doors address one of the most delicate elements in interior harmony: the threshold between spaces. Engineered as architectural surfaces rather than simple closing elements, they contribute to the visual continuity of the entire interior.
Their physical presence is defined by a new 4 cm thickness — double that of previous versions — which provides greater solidity while ensuring a natural, flush alignment with the boiserie systems and surrounding vertical planes. The structural depth is balanced by complete compositional flexibility: configured either with or without handles, the doors adapt seamlessly to minimalist projects requiring discreet, almost invisible transitions. For spaces demanding a different kind of connection, the collection introduces glass doors featuring slim aluminium frames, a choice designed to maximize visual lightness and foster a fluid, open relationship between adjacent rooms.
Geometric Aesthetics and Customisation
Moving from the grander scale of thresholds and walls down to the micro-details, the new Contour handle reinforces the contemporary character of the kitchen core. Designed by García Cumini, the handle extends along both the height and width of the door front.
Created to ensure maximum customisation, Contour adapts seamlessly to different configurations and proportions. The handle takes the form of a metal bar with an ergonomic grip, carefully designed to dialogue with the materials and formal linearity of the surrounding surfaces.
<With Maxima 2.2, we are never satisfied. Every update stems from the pursuit of a subtle nuance capable of introducing a new perspective. Contour embodies exactly a linear gesture — a detail transforming the character of the entire kitchen without altering its balance.>
— García Cumini, Art Director CESAR.With the introduction of Contour, Maxima 2.2 reaffirms its nature as a living system: a kitchen growing alongside those who inhabit it, continuously updatable in its details while remaining coherent as a whole. A tangible response to the growing demand for durability, personalisation and quality.
The systemic integration marks CESAR’s transition from a kitchen manufacturer to an architectural partner. Through a shared vocabulary of finishes and proportions, the brand masterfully bridges the gap between detail and architecture, transforming the contemporary home into a singular, integrated composition.
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