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The Farm Project, 2007
Photography courtesy of Meiré und Meiré
The Farm Project ⁄
Meiré und Meiré
“For years now there has been this
incredible urge to design everything,
as the result of which we have gone
without so many interesting, lovely
and enchanting things, especially
in the kitchen. I think that’s a
shame, because the kitchen has
always been a place of life, of living,
and of tolerance.” — Mike Meiré
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‘The Farm Project’ was created in
conjunction with the Dornbracht Edges
series to present the kitchen as a stage
for life and not as a showroom of
design. At Design Miami ⁄ 07 Mike
Meiré wants to bring life back into the
kitchen, thereby creating an alternate
pole to the minimalist design that has
taken over this space in recent years.
The kitchen is a highly complex
location, a permanent creation and
preparation area. It is the stage on
which life is enacted and a workshop
for the senses that thrives on
improvisation. Accordingly, ‘The Farm
Project’ is an improvised living space,
filled with materials, animals, plants,
and objects. It is also an attempt to
encounter the complexity and the
insecurity of our new millennium in a
more relaxed manner. ‘The Farm
Project’ becomes the focus of longing,
a place to be at home, a place where life
has regained its original character.