The Good Kitchen on TV

Last Wednesday, a story about The Good Kitchen appeared on regional television TV2 Midt/Vest. Studio interview, field coverage featuring customers and staff and live interview from Hatch & Bloom. All in just 10 minutes.

To see the clip online, go to www.tv2regionerne.dk, select TV2 Midt/Vest, November 12th, 2008 and chose the story "Designpris til ældremad" (sorry, but their direct links do not work).

And the award goes to ...

Things have been going full speed for Hatch & Bloom since we started some one and a half years ago. One of our most far-reaching projects "Glad for Mad/Det Gode Køkken" (Happy Foods/The Good Kitchen) for the Municipality of Holstebro has just received The Danish Design Prize 2008/2009.

The jury stated: "The Good Kitchen is an excellent example of the capacity of a user-driven service design to enhance a solution in this case for a municipality. In a project supported by the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority, user needs and expectations were explored in a cross-functional approach actively involving the end-user.

No need to mention that we are immensely proud of the honor and that we look forward to hearing the elderly's response to the photo of the H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik in The Good Kitchen's next newsletter.

On the photo from the left: Mayor of Holstebro Municipality Arne Lægård, daily leader of The Good Kitchen Anne Marie Nielsen, Innovation director of Hatch & Bloom Lotte Lyngsted Jepsen, Director of Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs Søren Tegen Pedersen, Managing director of Hatch & Bloom Michael Keissner, H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik, and Managing director of Danish Design Center Christian Scherfig.

Open position as design researcher

Are you one of those who easily de-code patterns from the photos above? And are you passionate to uncover user needs and integrate these in design solutions? Then you might be perfect as our new design researcher. Deadline November 10th, 2008.