The Kitchen - Where Function meets pleasure

The Kitchen by Jolanthe Kugler examines the kitchen as a living environment through the history, design, and cultural significance of its most emblematic objects. Drawing on concrete examples, the curator, urban planner, and design historian explores how kitchen objects have evolved alongside changing social practices, technologies, and representations of everyday life.

Originally published in 2025, this new edition offers a thought-provoking reflection on the relationship between design, domestic space, and society. Kugler looks beyond the seemingly ordinary kitchen to reveal how objects, materials, spaces, and visual forms reflect broader cultural and social transformations.

Published by mudac – Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts in Lausanne as part of the Raddar series, the book brings together design research, cultural history, and critical reflection. The series explores the role of design in contemporary culture, addressing its aesthetic, material, technological, social, political, and economic dimensions.

An engaging book for readers interested in design history, kitchen design, architecture, interiors, everyday objects, contemporary design, and cultural studies.