Young Girl In The Kitchen

Unit/Fitted
Friedemir Poggenpohl, led innovation in the kitchen area by presenting the 'reform kitchen' in 1928 with interconnecting cabinets & functional interiors. The reform kitchen was a forerunner to the later unit kitchen, & fitted kitchen. Poggenpohl presented the form 1000, the world's first unit kitchen, at the imm Cologne Furniture Fair in 1950.
The idea of standardized dimensions and layout developed for the Frankfurt kitchen took hold while Poggenpohl began exporting to neighboring countries which for the first time required a kitchen specifier known today as a kitchen designer. The equipment used remained a standard for years to come: hot and cold water on tap and a kitchen sink and an electrical or gas stove and oven. Not much later, the refrigerator was added as a standard item. The concept was refined in the "Swedish kitchen" using unit furniture with wooden fronts for the kitchen cabinets. Soon the concept was amended by the use of smooth synthetic door and drawer fronts, first in white, recalling a sense of cleanliness and alluding to sterile lab or hospital settings, but soon after in more lively colors, too.
Unit construction since its introduction has defined the developed of the modern kitchen, with pre-manufactured modules using mass manufacturing techniques developed during World War Two greatly bringing down the cost of a kitchen. Units which are kept on the floor are called "floor units," "floor cabinets," or "base cabinets" on which a kitchen worktop, originally often formica and often now made of granite, marble, tile or wood is placed. The units which are held on the wall for storage purposes are termed as "wall units" or "wall cabinets". In small areas of kitchen in an apartment, even a "tall storage unit" is available for effective storage. In cheaper brands, all cabinets are kept a uniform colour, normally white, with the interchangeable doors and accessories chosen by the customer to give a varied look. In more expensive brands, the cabinets are produced in a uniform with the doors colours and finishes, for an older more bespoke look.