No matter how pretty our kitchen utensils
and accessories are, we tend to just throw them into a drawer without giving
them a second thought. Kingston University graduate Oliver Richardson created
kitchen accessories that stack up into little totem poles when they aren’t in
use, giving them a chance to shine as the lovely objects they are.
Richardson created three stacks with items
for three different scenarios: egg cups and an egg timer for breakfast; a salt
container, pepper mill, and steak tenderizer for making dinner; and a
candleholder, bottle stopper and corkscrew for a quiet night in.
In each totem pole, the items are arranged
in the order in which they would most likely be used. The kitchen ritual with
which they are associated can be completed easily by disassembling the stacks
of objects and using them one at a time.
Unlike traditional totem poles in which
each figure represented a person or an animal, Richardson’s totems represent
the objects we use each day to make life easier, more comfortable and more
pleasant.
When you are done using the individual
items in the groups, the stacked totems look like sophisticated sculptures for
your kitchen. Their tidy arrangement and variety of materials make them
suitable as table centerpieces – and if your guests don’t look closely enough
they’ll never know that your objects d’art are actually useful sets of
kitchenware.
