Meeting John Brookes, the man behind Room Outside
It took me 14 years to meet landscape designer John Brookes. We were both writing books for the same publisher when our editor suggested...
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johnnygreystudios
Oct 7, 20113 min read
Goodbye Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs and his wife Laurene almost had one of my kitchens. We’re going back 18 years to the autumn of 1994 when they contacted me...
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johnnygreystudios
May 16, 20113 min read
The Kitchen Debate at Grand Designs Live
Elegantly chaired by Aidan Walker and focused around Kevin McCloud’s new book 43 Principles of Home, five of us joined in a panel debate...
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johnnygreystudios
Mar 25, 20112 min read
A Kitchen Afloat
Each week I visit my little local library in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Named for a British loyalist and our town’s first private...
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johnnygreystudios
Jan 25, 20113 min read
Inside Fictional Homes: The End of the Land Part II
In The End of the Land, David Grossman writes: At 7:30 in the evening she stands cooking in the kitchen, wearing jeans and a T-shirt,...
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johnnygreystudios
Jan 13, 20112 min read
Inside Fictional Homes: The End of the Land
Throughout 2011, I will be quoting passages from contemporary fiction, as I come across them, on kitchens and interior spaces, selected...
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johnnygreystudios
Dec 22, 20103 min read
Elizabeth David on Untraditional Christmas Food
This week we’re posting excerpts from Elizabeth David’s Christmas. Here’s Elizabeth’s take on how to keep it simple at Christmas*: If I...
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johnnygreystudios
Dec 21, 20102 min read
Elizabeth David’s Pumpkin & Tomato Chutney
Pumpkin & Tomato Chutney recipe from Elizabeth David’s Christmas
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johnnygreystudios
Nov 1, 20102 min read
30 years of kitchen design
Johnny Grey Studios is turning 30. I have long wanted to thank my clients for their tremendous believe in my work...
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johnnygreystudios
Aug 10, 20103 min read
With fire comes civilisation, via the kitchen
It appears Darwin can shed light, or rather add fuel to the fire, to the debate about why kitchens are important, how they have helped...
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johnnygreystudios
Jun 8, 20102 min read
Michael Pollan’s Food Rules liberate kitchen design
“Eating in our time has gotten complicated, needlessly so.” The opening lines of Michael Pollan’s new book, Food Rules, remind us how to...
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johnnygreystudios
May 29, 20102 min read
The Unfitted Revival: a move to simpler, more democratic kitchens
A modern update on the unfitted kitchen
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johnnygreystudios
May 21, 20102 min read
William Wordsworth, the accidental kitchen wordsmith
William Wordworth’s poetry set the 19th century alight and changed how we view our relationship with nature. He believed that sensitivity...
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johnnygreystudios
Apr 25, 20102 min read
A Mid-Century Modern Alice
Johnny recently wrote about about Alice in Wonderland’s imaginary kitchen and asked for ideas inspired by this theme.
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johnnygreystudios
Mar 12, 20102 min read
Function follows food
“Cooking is an art. By art I mean a lot of creativity and some necessary chaos. Food is a natural product and whatever is natural comes...
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