/kloc-for more than 0/00 years, the successful brand of Lizhu has always absorbed the essence of inheritance and integrated into the vision of the future. Julie was founded on 20 1 1, which is the result of the merger of five most successful building materials and housing enterprises in Japan. Up to now, Julie Group has Julie Kitchen, INAX, American Standard and Gaoyi from Japan, as well as famous brands such as Tongshitai, EXSIOR, INTERIO, SUPER WALL and KawashimaSelkon Textile. In terms of residential technology.
We not only produce products, but also have stories.
Although the whole Julie Group is relatively young, its brand has a long history of common progress with mankind. To this end, we have opened a column called "Lizhu Story" to share the brand story of Lizhu Group with you.
Topic of this issue: Visiting Japanese kitchens.
The kitchen, which literally means "cooking space", may be one of the most changed spaces in the history of human family development. This change not only reflects people's exploration of food, but also reflects the evolution of a lifestyle and attitude towards life.
China kitchen in 1970s, the picture comes from People's Daily Online.
In Japan, which is separated from us by an ocean, the changes of home living space have also occurred continuously in the long history with the needs of human beings.
Today, let's talk about the development history of Curie Kitchen, a traditional Japanese kitchen brand.
/kloc-Japanese kitchens in the 0 th and 9 th centuries
/kloc-in the 0/9th century, there was a dome in the traditional Japanese family, which was hard mud and used as the entrance hall of the house. At that time, the living part of the house was located on the wooden floor, which was higher than the surrounding ground.
/kloc-Japanese housing in the 0 th and 9 th centuries
Traditionally, the dome includes a wood-burning pot (wood-burning cooker) and a sink, or water supply system. The dome and the adjacent living space constitute what we call the kitchen today. This kitchen, traditionally managed by women, is usually located on the dark and cold north side of the house. Women need a lot of physical labor, including moving back and forth between the dome and the living room.
Japanese kitchens in the 20th century
During the post-war reconstruction in 1950s, in order to help solve the housing shortage problem, apartment buildings began to stand on top of traditional houses. Under the background of modernization and urbanization, a movement to improve housing and living conditions has begun.
Tile sinks in Japanese apartments
In these apartments, people gradually turn to the room layout where western-style restaurants and kitchens are integrated, combining the space that used to be a cooking area (kitchen) with the space to enjoy meals (restaurant) in a single room, and placing western-style tables and chairs next to the kitchen, further freeing housewives from a lot of work, so that they can chat with their families while cooking. At this time, ceramic tile sinks are high-end products, and polished cement sinks are also very popular.
The Evolution of Modern Kitchen
Now the kitchen gradually cancels the partition wall with the living room, extends the cooking space and forms an open kitchen. This openness and integration make the whole home space more transparent and bright.
There is a growing demand for a kitchen-centered lifestyle, and various kitchen solutions have emerged. Modern families require the kitchen not only to enjoy the cooking process, but also to meet the requirements of open dining and become a place to socialize with family and friends.
Breakthrough innovation of kitchen life
From 65438 to 0956, Sunwa. VE, one of the founding companies of LIXIL, developed a technology for mass production of stainless steel sinks, which was a breakthrough innovation in Japan after the war. Prior to this, stainless steel sinks were all welded by hand, and the price was five times that of standard sinks. Thanks to this new technology, Japanese housing companies have equipped stainless steel sinks in every apartment in newly developed large residential areas since 1957, which further confirms the trend of using high-quality and low-cost stainless steel sinks in Japanese kitchens.
1956, Sun Wa. VE, one of LIXIL's founding companies, produced the first stainless steel sink.
The kitchen is becoming the center of people's life. LIXIL constantly pursues technological innovation, aiming at enhancing functions and design, such as smoking-prone, pull-down rack, space capsule and other products, and the concept of combining with human body fit technology follows.
Living kitchen w multifunctional auxiliary sink
Living in the kitchen is convenient for smoking and three-dimensional storage structure, which is convenient for storage and taking.
Living in the kitchen pull-down rack, temporary storage space, retractable and drainable.
Live in the kitchen space capsule, the special storage space for seasonings, and make full use of the vertical space in the kitchen.
There is a Japanese proverb: "Life hangs by a thread" (ぃっしょぅけんめぃ), which means to spare no effort to do something worth pursuing all your life. Now it is often used to interpret the connotation of the craftsman spirit.
With the changes of the times, LIXIL has created a kitchen space suitable for cooking operators, turning the cooking process into enjoyment and spending more time with family. Get satisfaction from the kitchen and enrich your daily life.
Julie Group provides comprehensive solutions for kitchen, bathroom and home improvement products in more than 50 countries. Its brands from Europe, the United States, Japan and other places, in addition to guarding the initial intention of "helping people create a better home life" with their own innovation and technology, have also left their own stories in every corner of the world.
See you next time.