The Art of Kitchen Design: Planning for Comfort and Style

Grey, Johnny

ISBN 10: 0304343846 / ISBN 13: 9780304343843

Published by UNKNO, 1995

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Synopsis:

Moving away from the idea of the kitchen as merely functional and "fitted", this work provides guidelines to designing kitchens. As well as case studies, ideas and opportunities prompt the imagination.

Reviews: It certainly can jump start a career to be related to a celebrated personage in a similar line of work--in this case, Johnny Grey to much-beloved food writer Elizabeth David. Talent, however, will always triumph over genes. So despite not-so-humble beginnings, this British architect and kitchen designer has produced some of the most innovative yet comfortable all-purpose rooms around, starting with his aunt's winter and summer kitchens. His philosophy is key to the aesthetics shown: a kitchen has become more than just a space for cooking, and its furniture--not fitted cabinets--must reflect the owner's activities. Included among his idiosyncrasies in the dozen or so kitchens illustrated and written about are the use of inlays, whimsical pane decorations, plate and hanging racks, and freestanding dressers and cupboards, along with an insistence on the very best in materials and craftpersonship. A true dream and wish book, because only a few can afford the results from a man Metropolitan Home honors as the "world's best kitchen designer." Barbara Jacobs

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Art of Kitchen Design: Planning for ...
Publisher: UNKNO
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: good