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"Of all things essential to us, the kitchen is an excellent personal barometer of change. A lifetime of experience with this vital space, as creator and consumer, lays a strong foundation for extrapolating its potentially shifting function into the future," said Futurist PJ Wade, contributor to the annual KitchenAid Kitchen Trend Report.

"Upon realizing the kitchen's potential, the ability to forecast and therefore guide relevant change in other areas will improve drastically. The perspective gained by considering what may be coming is helpful in setting current priorities."

PJ's forecasts in the 2007 Kitchen Trend Report were entitled, "Evolutions in an Age-Free Environment" and dealt with kitchen-centric, multi-unit housing and our first age-free environments, and outlined room for improvement in areas that included:

• Bulk ordering and cooperative arrangements
• The refrigerator as a wireless health monitor

"No aspect of home and housing will see as many changes as the multi-purpose kitchen over the coming decades. Since the origins of the word 'kitchen' relate only to cooking, these evolving spaces may eventually earn themselves a new name," concluded PJ in that Report.

A full copy of The 2008 Kitchen Trend Report is available at The Kitchens for Cooks Institute. PJ Wade's contribution begins on page 4.

The Kitchen Trend Report is a product of the KitchenAid Kitchens for Cooks Institute (KFCI). The KFCI was created to bring the newest information about kitchens and cooking to home enthusiasts. The third-annual Kitchen Trend Report is a series of trends and insights from four different experts.

Click to view a full copy of The 2008 KitchenAid Kitchen Trend Report, or visit kitchensforcooks.ca.

Contact for information and interviews:
Erin Stewart
Harbinger Ideas
email: estewart@harbingerideas.com
site: www.harbingerideas.com

Background:
Strategist and Futurist PJ Wade, known professionally as "The Catalyst," is an internationally-recognized authority on Boomers & their multi-generation families. Through her firm (also called The Catalyst), PJ provides strategic communication and advanced education services to organizations and the clients they serve. An accomplished professional speaker with more than 8000 hours in front of audiences, PJ Wade specializes in taking people outside “the box”—way outside the limitations of stereotypes and past experience—and helping them thrive there.