The Mindful Kitchen

Our living spaces seem to be changing with the possibilities of digitization. However, the kitchen seems to be the exception in the integration of digital systems. For some reason, kitchen design lags behind on these aspects. Is this just a coincidence or does the kitchen house some essential social interactions? Historically, the kitchen was...

The design of a mobile outdoor cooking island for Dutch design label Weltevree

The project began with the need of Dutch design label Weltevree for a new outdoor cooking product. Analysis of the outdoor cooking landscape revealed that the main part of an outdoor dinner, the preparations, often take place indoors. Why not moving this main part of the dinner more towards the outdoor environment, whereby the host feels more...

Design of a Quooker hand shower

This thesis describes the development of a hand shower for Quooker, manufacturer of boiling water taps. Current taps cannot reach all the parts of the kitchen sink to clean. Goal of the hand shower is to help directing the water exactly where the user wants it. This makes tasks like food preparation, clean up and the filling of large pots more...