Porsche's Kitchen for Men

He's the Home section's majordomo of design, our domi-phile of the domicile, reviewing new innovations headed to a home near you. This week Dan Neil test drives the Porsche Design Kitchen P'7340, a collaboration between creators of a certain sports car and modern cabinetry manufacturer Poggenpohl, which staged the kitchen's West Coast premiere in West Hollywood earlier this month. Gentlemen, start your garbage disposals ...

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Dudes, it's as sleek and cool as a certain sports car. There's even a TV. But what if you want toast?

By Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 23, 2008

You're an evil genius, bent on world domination. You have a nuclear weapon simmering away in the basement of your underground lair, deep within some Polynesian volcanic island. You still have to eat.

Bring me a sandwich, fool! Hah-hah-hah!
Which means you need a kitchen. May I suggest the Porsche Design Kitchen P'7340 built by Poggenpohl?

If cool, nocturnal and sinister are what you're looking for in kitchen cabinetry, then this suite of modular units and appliances is your ticket: free-standing islands and wall-mounted cabinets, high-tech Miele appliances and black chrome Dornbracht fixtures, all framed in brushed aluminum. Penned and engineered by Porsche Design -- a branch of the company that also makes a certain sports car -- the P'7340 had its West Coast premiere at the Poggenpohl showroom at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood earlier this month.
Porsche's Kitchen for Men
Los Angeles Times, CA