Design for Dreaming (1956 General Motors) Frigidaire Kitchen of the Future – A short promotional film produced by GM and Frigidaire presented as a dream of the future.http://www.archive.org/details/Designfo1956
- The kitchen that cooks for you.- Everything is push button and self-timers.
- “Just like a man, you give him a break, and you end up in the kitchen baking a cake. But this was a kitchen like none I had seen, put a card in the slot and onto the screen comes a picture of just how your dish will look; It has all the ingredients you need to cook. No need for the bride to feel tragic, the rest is pushbutton magic! So whether you bake or broil or stew, the Frigidaire kitchen does it all for you!”
1957 "Paris Exhibition of the future"
- IBM punch card recipe file, automatic dispensing and online TV ordering.
- Glass domed oven
- Glass refrigerator
- Pop-up cutlery and dish racks
Libby Owens Ford’s Transforming Kitchen - 1943
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=kitchens+source:life&imgurl=6dc56f65b56f73e9
- Countertops that hinge open to reveal built in appliances like waffle irons and toasters
- Sink operated by foot pedals
RCA Whirlpool Kitchen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLEKsupcOU&feature=player_embedded
- Early version of the Roombah zooming around the floor
The 1967 Philco Ford Kitchen
- A kitchen that watches your diet, and provides a balanced meal of real ingredients delivered by a conveyor belt.
- There is no dishwasher; plates are extruded as required and thrown out after.
- Saarinen table with Thonet Chairs.
Out of This World (1964) Frigidaire division of General Motors – Futurama, a visit to the NY Worlds Fair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=mQEzzE8KNP0&feature=related
- Oven cooks a roast in minutes via electronics
- Refrigerated cart to wheel into a game room or patio for informal entertainment.
- Plethora of frozen food.
- Wall ovens
- Cooktop seamless part of countertop.
- Global views of kitchen – Mediterranean, Eastern, South American
1999 A.D. (1967 film)
http://www.fanboy.com/2007/05/kitsch-futuristic-kitchen-film.html
- Monitors setup with housewife as command center.
- Available meals are tracked by the kitchen/computer system. Nutritional information shows on master screen, and suggests healthier options.
- Food appears at the press of a button.
- Frozen food in individual portions, when selected food is automatically put into a microwave.
- Disposable dishes.
- Thonet chairs at the table, and Danish modern pieces elsewhere.
The Jetsons – (1962-1963) An animated Hanna-Barbera sit-com set in a futuristic utopia intended as a counterpart to the Flinstones.
- Countertops that hinge open to reveal built in appliances like waffle irons and toasters
- Sink operated by foot pedals
RCA Whirlpool Kitchen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLEKsupcOU&feature=player_embedded
- Early version of the Roombah zooming around the floor
The 1967 Philco Ford Kitchen
- A kitchen that watches your diet, and provides a balanced meal of real ingredients delivered by a conveyor belt.
- There is no dishwasher; plates are extruded as required and thrown out after.
- Saarinen table with Thonet Chairs.
Out of This World (1964) Frigidaire division of General Motors – Futurama, a visit to the NY Worlds Fair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=mQEzzE8KNP0&feature=related
- Oven cooks a roast in minutes via electronics
- Refrigerated cart to wheel into a game room or patio for informal entertainment.
- Plethora of frozen food.
- Wall ovens
- Cooktop seamless part of countertop.
- Global views of kitchen – Mediterranean, Eastern, South American
1999 A.D. (1967 film)
http://www.fanboy.com/2007/05/kitsch-futuristic-kitchen-film.html
- Monitors setup with housewife as command center.
- Available meals are tracked by the kitchen/computer system. Nutritional information shows on master screen, and suggests healthier options.
- Food appears at the press of a button.
- Frozen food in individual portions, when selected food is automatically put into a microwave.
- Disposable dishes.
- Thonet chairs at the table, and Danish modern pieces elsewhere.
The Jetsons – (1962-1963) An animated Hanna-Barbera sit-com set in a futuristic utopia intended as a counterpart to the Flinstones.
- Push button with food appearing in seconds
- Robot maid producing meals the size of vitamins
The Matrix – Released 1999 by the Wachowski brothers depicting a world controlled by machines, which derive power from human beings maintained a vegetative state under the belief they are living normal lives at the dawn of the 21st century.
- The combined kitchen and dining area of the Nebuchadnezzar (the hovercraft) is stark, bleak and utilitarian.
- The crew shares meals around a table with benches.
- The food is a milky broth with solids. It appears very unappetizing, but provides essential nourishment and vitamins.
Firefly/Serenity – A space western television series created by Joss Whedon set in 2517, aired in 2002. Later adapted for film: Serenity released 2005. A crew of nine renegades making a living on the outskirts of society.
- Kitchen and common dining room in a spaceship
- Meals are primarily shared as a group family style around a large table with conversation and laughter.
- Food supply is limited especially fresh produce. A crate of strawberries is cause for excitement.
Other futuristic movies/tv we might check for kitchens:
Awesome list from MIT - House of the Future
http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n/web/resources/links/movies.html
Invention of modern kitchen appliances:
The Matrix – Released 1999 by the Wachowski brothers depicting a world controlled by machines, which derive power from human beings maintained a vegetative state under the belief they are living normal lives at the dawn of the 21st century.
- The combined kitchen and dining area of the Nebuchadnezzar (the hovercraft) is stark, bleak and utilitarian.
- The crew shares meals around a table with benches.
- The food is a milky broth with solids. It appears very unappetizing, but provides essential nourishment and vitamins.
Firefly/Serenity – A space western television series created by Joss Whedon set in 2517, aired in 2002. Later adapted for film: Serenity released 2005. A crew of nine renegades making a living on the outskirts of society.
- Kitchen and common dining room in a spaceship
- Meals are primarily shared as a group family style around a large table with conversation and laughter.
- Food supply is limited especially fresh produce. A crate of strawberries is cause for excitement.
Other futuristic movies/tv we might check for kitchens:
- Terminator
- Dune
- Metropolis
- Blade Runner
- 2046
- Clockwork Orange
- Star Wars
- Fifth Element
- Gattaca
- Back to the Future
- 2001: Space Odyssey
Awesome list from MIT - House of the Future
http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n/web/resources/links/movies.html
Invention of modern kitchen appliances:
- Dishwasher - Modern dishwashers are descended from the 1886 invention of Josephine Cochrane, also hand-powered, which she unveiled at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
- Refrigerator - the General Electric "Monitor-Top" refrigerator was the first to see widespread use in 1927. The introduction of Freon in the 1930’s expanded the market with separate freezers.
- Microwave – The heating effect of mircrowave was accidentally discovered in 1945 by engineer Percy Spencer who was working on radar sets. The microwave oven evolved in the market throughout the 1960’s. In the 70’s it was reengineered and dropped to a more affordable price point.
- Oven – Ovens and kilns have been in use since prehistoric times.
- Stove - The first enclosed clay stoves appeared in the Chinese Qin Dynasty circa 200 BC. Gas stoves were invented in the 1820’s but did not become a commercial success until the 1880’s. The electric stove was patented in 1859. A high-end gas stove called the AGA cooker was invented in 1922 by Swedish Nobel prize winner Gustaf Dalén.
- Toaster - General Electric submitted their first patent application in 1909 for the toaster oven and theirs was the first commercial success. The automatic pop-up toaster was first patented by Charles Strite in 1919.
- Kitchenaid Mixer - The first electric mixer was invented by Herbert Johnston in 1908 and sold by the KitchenAid division of the Hobart Manufacturing Company.
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