The Cooked Kitchen
A Poetical Analysis
1st Edition
Published on 21. April 2008
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-3-99043-182-5 (ISBN)
Description
EOOS, the internationally known design office, has redefined the kitchen cosmos with 40 kitchen utensils. EOOS has abandoned the beaten paths of design theory and design history and used 'poetic analysis' to describe creative design and use processes. This design philosophy searches for intuitive images, rituals and myths that serve as starting points for EOOS' design process. Ancient rites meet up with high tech today. EOOS meets the demands of this complex theoretical and practical design starting point with their approach. Kitchen images from different times (wood cuts, paintings, photography, actual objects) are transformed into one uniform shape. All objects therefore seem to have equal rights, first as shadows, but they also have corporeal and material features. This creates a completely new image and text discourse that is independent from time and space. This is a new design philosophy.
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Persons
The design studio EOOS was founded in Vienna in 1995 by Martin Bergmann, Gernot Bohmann and Harald Gründl and is currently active in three areas of design: flagship stores, furniture/products, and basic research.
Content
Preface. - Images, Rituals, Myths: The Wiener Schnitzel in the Rorschachtest; Dough as Primal Form; The Bough as the First Fork; The Devil's Fork; The Hand as a Tool; Skeleton of a Dish for the Eyes Only; Ritual Dress; The Fish Club as a Can Opener; The Cooking Spoon as a Scepter; The Stewpot as the Picture's Substrate; Krippendorff's Cup; Barthes' Chopsticks; Murals of the Rich and Poor; Cleaning Rituals; Dreyfuss' Cake Server; Kitchen Decor; Workshop Kitchen; Rabbit or Duck (based on Wittgenstein); Kandinsky's Cooking Spoon; The Sink as a Cutural Code; Hole or Hook; Separating and Collecting; The Clothespin in the Kitchen; Drawer and Tool Wall; Rustic Farmhouse Room; Swedish Kitchen; Cooking Box; Fire Myth; Doing Away with Design!; The Futurists' Kitchen; Taylor in the Kitchen; Bottle Dryer; Ladder Chair.- Kitchen Conversations: The Kitchen as a Workshop; The Branch in the Kitchen; The Gender of the Corkscrew; Pastry Board; Kitchen Credenza; High-Heeled Shoes in the Kitchen; The Carp in the Bathtub.- Poster - EOOS Clears out the Kitchen!.- Theory: Poetical Analysis.- Index: Bibliography; List of Illustrations;Acknowledgements.