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      Kuhn Rikon (Hrsg.)

      Küchen Werkzeug / Kitchen Tools
      Design by Kuhn Rikon

      German/English | 21 × 31.5 cm | 96 pages | 70 illustrations | hardcover
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Kitchen tools — pans, knives, ladles, can openers, garlic presses — are found in every household and are used daily. And yet they receive little attention. After use they vanish into cupboards and drawers. Küchen Werkzeug / Kitchen Tools: Design by Kuhn Rikon provides a platform for products developed over the past five years at the Swiss kitchen tool manufacturer Kuhn Rikon, products that explore new directions in terms of function and aesthetics.
The photography by Cortis & Sonderegger lets them emerge from the background to become the true protagonists in playfully arranged everyday and not-so-everyday settings. The photographs are complemented by texts by Claude Lichtenstein, Christof Gassner, and Philipp Beyeler, and discuss the kitchen as a world en miniature, design for cooking, and the history of this iconic Swiss kitchen tool manufacturer.

キッチン器具 - フライパン、包丁、ひしゃく、缶切り、ガーリックプレッシャーなど - は、どこの家庭にもあり、日常的に使われているが、ごく控えめな注目しか集めていない。料理の後は食器棚や引き出しに消えてしまう。
本書は、スイスのキッチン用品製造会社、Kuhn Rikonで過去5年間に渡り開発された、機能的で美しいものを探るという新しい方向性の製品を制作するプラットフォームを紹介する。
Cortis & Sondereggerによる写真は、これらの製品を日常風景/非日常風景の中に遊び心を持たせて配置し、真の主役として見せる。Claude Lichtenstein, Christof Gassner, Philipp Beyelerによるテキストでは、キッチンを縮尺された世界ととらえ、調理器具デザインやスイスの代表的キッチン用品製造の歴史について論じる。
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