Overview
An inspiring design guide and practical resource.
The kitchen is the home base for any family to prepare meals, eat, interact, read the paper, listen to the radio, watch TV, relax and more. No other room is used for so much by so many.
Kitchen Culture is a beautifully illustrated reference for creating the home's busiest and most important room. The book explores how the kitchen influences sociability, family life and relationships with food and also examines how changing attitudes towards family life are changing kitchen design. Each generation invents its ideal kitchen -- reflecting personal views, lifestyles and the latest design concepts and technology.
Kitchen Culture provides critical design advice for maximizing the role the kitchen plays. The book offers fresh ideas and fascinating possibilities for using the kitchen as a lounge,
retreat, library, art gallery, playroom, activity center and hospitality zone. Topics include:
- Effective kitchen storage
- Working triangles and ergonomics
- Cooking, small appliances and tools
- Facilities for cooking
- Lighting, floors and work surfaces.
Practical tips on materials and craftsmanship are also included along with a source list of suppliers and manufacturers.
Kitchen Culture is the ideal reference for anyone designing a new home or remodeling a kitchen.
Synopsis
An illustrated and practical design book for creating kitchens. Beginning with a look at the kitchen and how it affects sociability and family life, it then looks to maximize the benefits and possibilities. Tips on materials and sources included.
Library Journal
With more than 20 years of kitchen design experience, Grey (The Art of Kitchen Design) has advocated the use of freestanding furniture in the kitchen to create an unfitted design in which "pieces are ergonomically designed to accommodate specific tasks." Now he has added the use of soft geometry, "curved shapes that enable the whole space to work more efficiently." The majority of the book discusses how the kitchen is used, both historically and in today's home, with Grey's own design philosophy illustrated through color photographs of kitchens he has designed. Amateurs will have to wade through chapters like "Graceful Locations" and "Emotional Intelligence" before uncovering the practical advice that appears at the end of the book. For large and academic interior design collections. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.