Kitchen Culture: Reinventing Kitchen Design

Kitchen Culture: Reinventing Kitchen Design

by Alex Wilson (Photographer), JohnnyGrey (Author)

Synopsis

What is kitchen culture ? Life that revolves around the activities, feelings and ideas associated with the use of a space at the centre of home, from where food is prepared and hospitality emanates. Our lives are physically lived in our kitchens more than any other room. Therefore, a room for this range of uses needs to be carefully planned. There is a return to valuing family life where quality time between family members is suddenly considered to be vital for a healthy and happy life. The new interest in food now valued as a culture also helps us to create a new focus upon the role of the kitchen. The amount of input that can go into the planning of a kitchen can be as light or thoughtful as you care for. The more you investigate the culture of the kitchen the more you realize what a huge role it plays in making a house become a home. Its value is potentially great for enjoyment and function. It reflects the society and culture in which we live in a fascinating way, particularly in the field of design, but also in many other cultural aspects. The design of houses in the future will be most affected by the way we view the kitchen. Each generation recreates their senses of what a

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Publisher: Jacqui Small LLP
Published: 23 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 1903221285
ISBN 13: 9781903221280

Author Bio
Johnny Grey is a leader in the field of kitchen and home design. An architect by background he has been called the World's best Kitchen designer and celebrated by in the media by House and Garden magazine, Met Home, New York Times and countless others. After spending twenty years designing kitchens in the UK, America and Europe, he has developed a following as an original designer and trend setter. He has been responsible for developing the Unfitted Kitchen and for steering us towards new thinking with concepts such as soft geometry and dedicated work areas. In this new book he takes the kitchen one stage further by looking at the future through the prism of his work over the last seven years. He provides practical advice, plenty of new thinking and offers visually rich examples of how to create wonderful kitchens with the shell of your own home. He lives in West Sussex, UK with his wife and four children and works from his studio with a team of skilled designers and travels regularly to San Francisco where he has a showroom and design studio.