1. Creativity, Process and Intuition
Creativity is a mystery to many of us. Somehow, when planning a project, we must go from the practical to the creative and back again. Designing your kitchen is no exception. You start with an existing or planned space, systems that must be worked with and limitations of budget and/or time. You have a set of very real requirements for functionality yet you want a final room that is esthetically pleasing and comfortable. The combining of these practical and pleasurable concerns is the essence of the design challenge you face.
Creativity in design combines a practical step by step process with an intuitive set of choices, choices that determine the final appearance and usefulness of your kitchen. In this chapter we’re going to show you a practical process for getting started on both aspects of designing your kitchen. We’ll go through the process of producing good working drawings of your space now and as a potentially changed environment and we’ll start to look at how you can get in touch with the intuitive part of you that makes choices in colors, light and tactile surfaces.
The basics of this process start with the actual space you have to work with. But before we walk into your space, its a good idea to start a collection of all the ideas and information you’ll be gathering as you go through the process of designing your kitchen.
