Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen

by Juliet Kinchin and Aidan O'Connor

Book Overview

A look at the transformation of the kitchen in the 20th century from modernism to the present, from fitted kitchens to single implements

Over the course of the past century, the kitchen, more than any other room in the modern dwelling, has been the focus of intensive aesthetic and technological innovation. Historically, European and American kitchens were often drab, poorly ventilated, and hidden from view in a basement or annex...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870708082
• ISBN13: 9780870708084
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.2"