| Kay's Kitchen Couture |
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The kitchen shouldn't be austere. It shouldn't just be functional. It shouldn't be the home solely of the microwave and the coffee pot. It should be joyous and beautiful: the heart of a home. My last flat had a tiny galley kitchen. There wasn't room to swing a cat. But I still painted it Moroccan lapis blue and put stars on the ceiling: it felt like I was cooking beneath a desert sky! So let's jolly things up a bit. Let's use beautiful things. What's the point of owning stuff if it just lives in a cupboard? If it breaks, it breaks. At least you enjoyed it for a while. And let's face it: it was made to be used. Every now and then, I'm going to introduce you to some of my favourite kitchen pieces, gadgets, design: stuff that was made to be functional and beautiful. |
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Russel Wright
Wright is best known for his colorful American Modern dinnerware, the most widely sold American ceramic dinnerware in history, manufactured between 1939 and 1959 by Steubenville Pottery in Steubenville, Ohio. He also designed top selling wooden furniture, spun aluminum dining accessories and textiles. His simple, practical style was influential in persuading ordinary Americans to embrace Modernism in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Wright's trademarked signature was the first to be identified with lifestyle-marketed products, paving the way for personality-driven lifestyle empires such as Martha Stewart, Ralph Lauren and others.