So Dexter, the serial killer cum vigilante is going to have one of our kitchens. Having got over the surprise request from Metropolitan Home and Showtime TVs to design the kitchen at the Showcase in a Gramercy Park Brownstone owned by Michael Hirtenstein - I had no idea just how much we would all enjoy designing it. My family were suspicious – why do want to design a kitchen for a serial killer and where is the fun in it?  I now realise that using an external device –someone or something which is an object of humour, derision or intrigue is a perfect method for unlocking the thinking for a design project. It allows everyone to be playful which allows you to enter right into the fertile hunting grounds of creativity. From now on I would like all our design projects to have something like this especially if we are in a rut. I recommend this course of action to ordinary mortals, not just designers to bring a creative unblocking process. into a kitchen, interior, building or architecture project. It may seem idiotic but try it out even if it is a garden shed. You will be surprised by what it might unleash. The Show opens on 9^th September.