ABK Ensemble

With Profilé, Alexis Schmeler reimagines the art of pasta making through the lens of industrial design. At first glance, the object resembles a precise piece of workshop equipment – yet it’s a culinary tool, designed to extrude pasta in carefully developed forms. Schmelzer’s concept bridges two worlds: the emotional, tactile rituals of cooking and the rigorous, technical language of manufacturing.

What makes Profiléparticularly compelling is the formal connection between the tool and its output. The three custom-designed pasta shapes are not arbitrary; they are deliberately modeled after extrusion profiles – a visual echo of the machine’s mechanics. In doing so, the design makes its inner workings legible in the final product. The form of the pasta becomes a direct expression of the process behind it.

This interplay between function and form reflects a deeper idea central to Gaggenau’s philosophy: that precision and sensuality are not opposites but partners. Profilé doesn’t just make pasta – it communicates how pasta is made, and in doing so, turns production into performance.