johnnygreystudiosMar 63 minA dinner kitchen party rebornAuthor: 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...
johnnygreystudiosNov 2, 20212 minCosmic circlesMaggie and Charles Jenck’s circular kitchen in their Cosmic House in Holland Park was a project I worked on in around 1980. The kitchen...
Johnny GreySep 24, 20213 minMultigenerational Kitchens: Bringing Life into the Hearth of our HomesMemphis 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...
johnnygreystudiosJul 25, 20204 minWhat will the kitchen of the future look like?I asked designer Johnny Grey. Here are his 3 key insights...
johnnygreystudiosJan 24, 20201 minCo-kitchensThese 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,...
johnnygreystudiosJan 24, 20201 minTrekstock Sanctuary RoomJGS has been involved in a new kind of project designing a retreat room for young adult cancer patients at UCL Hospital. Known as the...
johnnygreystudiosJan 24, 20202 minKitchens without limitsJohnny, Peter Gore and his team at the National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA) and Newcastle University have been working for the...
JohnnyNov 13, 20192 minThe country kitchen in 2020This 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...
Becca GreyMay 29, 20193 minKnives – go eastMost 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...
johnnygreystudiosFeb 20, 20192 minThe beauty of clean airLast weekend The Guardian reported new research that shows that Cooking Sunday roast causes indoor pollution 'worse than Delhi'. Air...
Johnny GreyOct 3, 20183 minTHE KITCHEN: REPORTS OF ITS DEATH EXAGGERATEDI believe we have a problem with the word ‘kitchen’. While language definitions are necessary for all sorts of reasons, the kitchen may...
JohnnyJun 1, 20182 minOur top 3 hobsWhen 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...
johnnygreystudiosFeb 27, 20182 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...
JohnnyJan 28, 20182 minBreaking up is easy to doBroken plan is a welcome tweaking of open plan to provide areas of peace and order without boxing anyone in. It is...
johnnygreystudiosNov 28, 20172 minAll dressed upIs your kitchen winter-ready? While we will probably wait a week or two longer before getting into full Christmas preparations, the cold...
johnnygreystudiosNov 17, 20173 minWeights and measuresThe kitchen has always been the scene of both spontaneity and careful weighing up. Back in the day we had balance scales with nests of...
johnnygreystudiosNov 7, 20172 minEating 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...
johnnygreystudiosOct 9, 20171 minSmart Kitchen Summit in TokyoJohnny spoke at the first Smart Kitchen Summit in Tokyo on Future Kitchen Living. The audience were interested in the kitchen as a social...
johnnygreystudiosSep 18, 20173 minJapanese woodArriving in Kyoto in 35-degree heat and 96% humidity, I floated jetlagged through narrow streets absorbing the atmosphere of old wooden...
johnnygreystudiosAug 15, 20173 minNext-generation kitchens: a process of smartening upI predict the rise of a new kind of kitchen company in the near future, as human expertise works in tandem with information technology....