HIGH ON-KITCHEN DESIGN

HIGH ON LIVING - KITCHEN DESIGN

From the fire pit to the fitted kitchen, the kitchen was merely a space where food was prepared and had a secondary priority. Due to the socialand cultural change of the last decades, the kitchen is increasingly becoming a living space and communicative nucleus of the home. Thus, not only is functionality decisive for the planning, but the design is also included in the overall architectural concept. The individual needs of the residents are considered in order to make the kitchen a place where people like to spend time. A place of encounter and enjoyment. The projects presented in this book are impressive testimonies to how this claim has been optimally implemented.

Curated by Ralf Daab

Hardcover with Jacket

Format: 225 x 260 mm

Number of Pages: 336

Languages: English/German

Cover photo: © Stefan Josef Müller

ISBN 978-84-9936-713-2

Retail Price: 35,00 €

The Curator

Ralf Daab has been active in the art book market for over 25 years. He started his career as a sales manager for TASCHEN in Cologne, Germany in 1993. In 1995 he moved to New York and set up the first TASCHEN office in the USA. In 1997 he became CEO of Könemann Publishing in New York and established the brand in the US market. He moved back to Germany in 2000 and took over the position as publishing and sales director at teNeues and created a new architecture & design book program with the famous COOL book series and established a worldwide distribution network. With this experience he founded his own label daab in 2003 and published more than 300 books on art, architecture, design, photography and fashion. Over one million copies were sold in over 100 countries. Besides that he released three music CD's under the label daab club 1-3 (still availble on iTUNES) and founded a fashion show in Cologne, first as COLOGNE CATWALK which he turned into the COLOGNE FASHION DAYS. He also ran an art gallery in Cologne, daab salon , where he hosted art exhibitions curated by Gérard A. Goodrow (former director of the ART COLOGNE) With HOL he has created a new label for concept books and a platform for architects and designers.