Thesis Question: How will the future of food affect our kitchens?
Designer Bio:
Hi, I’m Jack. Besides being an industrial and interaction design major, I’m also a printmaker and woodworker, as well as minoring in sculpture and a shop technician. I like making things with my hands. My favorite feeling in the world is holding a finished project and knowing I made it. That’s why I love design so much — I get to think of weird junk and make weird junk.
Project Description:
I initially had the idea to tackle the future of food for my thesis when reading 1960s cookbooks. Those guys were freaks — they ate tons of jello, canned meat and the densest salads you’ve ever seen. It was a disturbing read. But it made me think: if this is what food looked like 60 years ago, what will change in another 60 years? That train of thought led me to the Frankfurt Kitchen, which while nearing 100 years old accurately predicted and in some ways shaped the modern kitchen. It inspired me to try my own hand at it and tackle how overpopulation, sustainability and advancing technologies will affect what and how we eat in the future. My goal is to not only show how the kitchen will change in 100 years but explain why it has to.
