Literary executorship
On her retirement after three decades, Jill Norman has appointed me to take over as literary executor and trustee of the Elizabeth David...
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johnnygreystudios
- Mar 6
- 3 min
A dinner kitchen party reborn
Author: Johnny Grey When I first saw the pictures I had a double take. This was a kitchen I designed 18 years ago that had morphed into...
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johnnygreystudios
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Cosmic circles
Maggie and Charles Jenck’s circular kitchen in their Cosmic House in Holland Park was a project I worked on in around 1980. The kitchen...
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Johnny Grey
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
Multigenerational Kitchens: Bringing Life into the Hearth of our Homes
Memphis and a trip to Milan in October 1979 comes to mind when I think of my earliest inspiration for designing fun into the kitchen. I...
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johnnygreystudios
- Jul 25, 2020
- 4 min
What will the kitchen of the future look like?
I asked designer Johnny Grey. Here are his 3 key insights...
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johnnygreystudios
- Jan 24, 2020
- 1 min
Co-kitchens
These are kitchen spaces for people beyond the nuclear family to come together to cook and eat. We see them as a blend of home kitchen,...
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johnnygreystudios
- Jan 24, 2020
- 1 min
Trekstock Sanctuary Room
JGS has been involved in a new kind of project designing a retreat room for young adult cancer patients at UCL Hospital. Known as the...
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johnnygreystudios
- Jan 24, 2020
- 2 min
Kitchens without limits
Johnny, Peter Gore and his team at the National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA) and Newcastle University have been working for the...
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Johnny
- Nov 13, 2019
- 2 min
The country kitchen in 2020
This one is in Hampshire, but the first thing to say is your country kitchen is a state of mind not a strict category. It’s a friendly...
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Becca Grey
- May 29, 2019
- 3 min
Knives – go east
Most of us have far too many knives, often blunt, cluttering up our drawers and knife blocks. If on the other hand you own just one or...
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johnnygreystudios
- Feb 20, 2019
- 2 min
The beauty of clean air
Last weekend The Guardian reported new research that shows that Cooking Sunday roast causes indoor pollution 'worse than Delhi'. Air...
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Johnny Grey
- Oct 3, 2018
- 3 min
THE KITCHEN: REPORTS OF ITS DEATH EXAGGERATED
I believe we have a problem with the word ‘kitchen’. While language definitions are necessary for all sorts of reasons, the kitchen may...
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Johnny
- Jun 1, 2018
- 2 min
Our top 3 hobs
When asked to recommend a great hob I can come up with a number of recommendations, depending on what you are looking for. Top of my...
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johnnygreystudios
- Feb 27, 2018
- 2 min
'Down boy!'
Our latest work surface sinks rapidly to table height at the touch of a button or a voice command and rises again as soon as you need...
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Johnny
- Jan 28, 2018
- 2 min
Breaking up is easy to do
Broken plan is a welcome tweaking of open plan to provide areas of peace and order without boxing anyone in. It is...
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johnnygreystudios
- Nov 28, 2017
- 2 min
All dressed up
Is your kitchen winter-ready? While we will probably wait a week or two longer before getting into full Christmas preparations, the cold...
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johnnygreystudios
- Nov 17, 2017
- 3 min
Weights and measures
The kitchen has always been the scene of both spontaneity and careful weighing up. Back in the day we had balance scales with nests of...
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johnnygreystudios
- Nov 7, 2017
- 2 min
Eating software*
Last month I cooked the best steak of my life. In Napa as part of my recent US trip that took in the Smart Kitchen Summit in Seattle, I...
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johnnygreystudios
- Oct 9, 2017
- 1 min
Smart Kitchen Summit in Tokyo
Johnny spoke at the first Smart Kitchen Summit in Tokyo on Future Kitchen Living. The audience were interested in the kitchen as a social...
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johnnygreystudios
- Sep 18, 2017
- 3 min
Japanese wood
Arriving in Kyoto in 35-degree heat and 96% humidity, I floated jetlagged through narrow streets absorbing the atmosphere of old wooden...
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