Department of Industrial Design. Universal Kitchen records (08.10.01)

Photographs, negatives, videos (VHS and 8mm), 2 audio cassettes, slides, drawings, reports, and research records document the Universal Kitchen project, 1990-2002. The bulk of the collection contains extensive visual documentation including approximately 5800 slides, 59 videos, transparencies and negatives, and multiple portfolios of drawings and large photographs. Documents include Max, Mid, and Mini kitchen models, time-motion studies(behavioral maps), confidential reports from corporations, and so on.

The video and audio cassettes have been digitized and will be posted on the Fleet Library at RISD's Digital Commons website. The slides, photographs, drawings, and research records are published and available to researchers.