Counter Space Exhibition Opens at MoMA

Snaidero 1968 Fold-out Kitchen.

Anyone who cooks frequently likely has an opinion about kitchen organization and convenience, and all have their little differences. Seemingly small decisions like which drawer holds silverware, and the proximity of cooking pans to the stove can suddenly become noticeable issues when using a kitchen layout other than your own. There are accepted standards to this stuff, however, and architect Grete Schütte-Lihotzky was one of the first to establish them through the design of the "Frankfurt Kitchen," created for public housing buildings in Germany post-World War II. The MoMA recently acquired an intact Frankfurt Kitchen, which serves as the centerpiece to the exhibition Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen, opening tomorrow at the museum.