Johnny Grey on Kitchens of the Future
The nephew of food guru Elizabeth David, Grey found validation for his design approach in the field of neuroscience.
“A lot about what makes people feel happy in their space is based on how we’re hard-wired,” says Grey, a champion of the “unfitted kitchen,” in which furniture, color, diverse materials, and rounded edges create a sense of ease. “Sharp objects trigger a primitive fear response in the brain. Soft geometry is more comfortable to move through and thus increases usable space. The market is finally catching up.” In open kitchens, “the space needs to be managed—people feel better when their backs are covered and they can see what’s coming.”
Table of Contents
- 101 Kitchen Design
- An Introduction to Kitchen Design
- Open Kitchen
- Model Worthy
- Lunch Boxes
- Daniel Patterson on Kitchens of the Future
- Johnny Grey on Kitchens of the Future
- Cardenio Petrucci on Kitchens of the Future
- Christine Rosen on Kitchens of the Future
- Antonio Citterio on Kitchens of the Future
- Scott Hudson on Kitchens of the Future
Tools
Comments
-
Johnny has been leaps ahead of everyone for years now. Glad to see that the likes of Bultaup and others finally accepting the philosophies of free standing furniture and soft geometry. It just makes sense.
Add a Comment
-
Related Articles, Products, and More
Articles
-
101 Kitchen Design
No matter how cozy your living room or den, the kitchen is usually the heart of a home. Whether you use yours to reenact Iron Chef or simply to zap a TV dinner, you'll find helpful how-tos and…
-
101 Kitchens
From IKEA-mania and back to the farm, we wonder if the perfect kitchen might be an oxymoron.
-
Daniel Patterson on Kitchens of the Future
According to this chef who routinely pushes the boundaries of how food is prepared and presented, the ideal kitchen will look back to the future.
Products
-
Cozy in Grey
Cozy in Grey, by Finnish designer Harri Koskinen, plays with the look of light through the "beauty and changing reflections" of glass, which is mouthblown with a textile cord (also comes…
-
Axor Starck Kitchen Faucet
Designed by star architect and product designer, Phillipe Starck, the Axor Starck Kitchen Faucet fuses modern elegance with functionality. Featuring a solid brass body, single control operation…
-
Kohler Stages Kitchen Sink
The Stages line of kitchen sinks, part of the Chef inspired Collection, was developed in collaboration with professional chefs in order to meet the needs of the serious home cook. The large, deep…
Dwell Collections
-
A Look at Kitchen Renovations
A collection of some of our favorite kitchen renovations from our archives.
-
The Intelligent Kitchen
-
Kitchen Wishlist
Editor Sarah Rich: "I'm an enthusiastic collector of kitchen tools and cookbooks from decades past. Whether it's a brightly colored enamel corkscrew or a recipe compilation from Gold Rush-era…
Tips
-
Stainless-Steel Kitchen Islands: Ideal for Small Kitchens
When the Stonorovs set out to design their 400-square-foot house in Oakland for themselves and their young toddler, the kitchen required particular attention. They found a kitchen…
-
Inexpensive Art for Kitchen Splash
Paint (art of your choice) on the back of matte-finish plastic panels with Alkyd paint. Then roller the whole back to fill any clear background left (again with Alkyd paint). Take color samples…
-
What Lies Beneath...the Cabinets
We needed a cheap way to update our 1970s kitchen cabinets, so we turned the cabinets inside-out to use the simple frame of the interior instead of the elaborate curvy countryish look of the…
Videos
-
The Future of Play
For an article on the future of playground design, appearing in the December/January 2009 "Future" issue, artists Mike Perry and Jim Stoten not only collaborated on the illustration that…
-
The Future of Driving
San Francisco–based industrial designers Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers sit down with Dwell's Editor-in-Chief, Sam Grawe, to talk about their thoughts on the future of transportation.
-
The Intelligent Kitchen: Jeffrey Beers
Architect, homeowner, and culinary guru Jeffery Beers shares his personal tenets on kitchen design, and why it’s important for the most social room in house to know its chef.
Events
-
Future of Design Conference
Thirty designers, critics and thinkers will come together to brainstorm about how design is evolving across various disciplines including architecture, landscape architecture, interactive…
-
Sustainable Futures
This exhibition showcases a range of design and architecture projects that explore the most important issues associated with sustainability. Celebrated through a selection of pioneering and forward…
-
Design USA: Contemporary Innovation
This exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction…
-
