d76 DESIGNER KITCHEN & BATHROOM AWARDS 2018


Quooker Co-director Walter Peteri with Martin Allen-Smith, Editor of Designer Kitchen & Bathroom


Design Classic Award


The journey from an initial flash of inspiration to a fully-fledged ‘must-have’ product category was a long and challenging road for Dutch manufacturer Quooker, but ultimately one that has earned the product an important place in many homes…


first launched, but which have also helped to shape kitchen or bathroom design thinking ever since.


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This year’s Design Classic is a product which started out life as something


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he Design Classic Award is a category created to pay


tribute to some of the landmark designs that have had a big impact when they were


of a niche idea, but which has since become a must-have for many homeowners. The idea for a boiling water tap first cropped up in 1970 when Dutch engineer Henri Peteri was working on the development of instant soup for an international food company. It occurred to him that the soup would never be truly ‘instant’ without boiling water on tap, so he left the company he was working for and set about pursuing this idea, working from his cellar to develop an appliance


that would dispense boiling water. The initial designs for the storage tank that would be the heart of the product proved challenging.


Eventually, prototypes found their way in to a number of homes and their users were extremely enthusiastic. Even so, the project had taken its toll; Peteri had taken out a seventh mortgage on his home and was forced to discontinue the plan to go back to earning a living for his family.


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