b'the changing nature ofthe kitchenMark ElmoreHead of Industrial DesignFisher & PaykelAuckland, New Zealand.Mark Elmore has been designing kitchen appliances for decades. He is particularly interested in the physical and architectural changes that have occurred, and in thesociological and psychological ways in which kitchens have changed over the years.The kitchen has not only evolved but it has also moved. No longer a place for one person at the back of the house or, in some cases, in the basement of the house, it has gradually moved forward to occupy the centre of the home. As well as this literal move, it has also changed in function. Not just the place where food is prepared and cooked, it is now also the place where food is stored. The kitchen has gained more functions: we use it as an office, we use it as a meeting place for the family, we use it to engage with the children, we use it to entertain, we use it to communicate social status. And sometimes we even prepare food in itbut even that is changing.sherpaykel.co.nz'