Abracadabra: Lasagna!

Alexander Pelikan may have been commissioned to show off Arpa’s gourmet-worthy laminates, but what he delivered is a metaphor for cooking, which the German designer says can reach magical heights when the right choices are made. Recognizing that the kitchen is a social space where the cook performs sleights of hand for the benefit of an audience of guests, he designed the limited-edition Curiosity Kitchen, an assemblage of drawers and cubbies out of which special ingredients appear like a rabbit from a hat.