cooking table

cooking table by Kai Zirz from germany

designer's own words:

The cooking tabel is a mixture out of an kitchen and an eating room. It´s the centre of an new room. Cooking, eating and speaking that´s all possible on this table in the middle of the room, all present people orient to this point. In the past people were working with the view to the wall in the kitchen, and the party was starting in the living room. With this table everything is changing, all people are cooking together on this table, and they can talk to each other while cooking.
In the table are four cookals, an sink, an garbage pail and many reservoir like boxes and drawers. All this technical mechanisms can be locked an the places can be used like on normal tables.
All other devices, like refrigerator or an baking-oven are placed at the walls around the table.
All this was tested with an 1:1 working model.
The cooking table is bringing a new way of communication into cooking and eating.

closed version

offen.jpg open version

modell.jpg working model