Lightbox Call for Kenwood Memories & Memorabilia

Do you remember when the Kenwood factory was based in Woking? If so you could be of help to The Lightbox gallery and museum.

Opening this spring, a new exhibition at The Lightbox will explore how, after founding Kenwood in a Woking workshop in 1947, design pioneer Kenneth Wood went on to develop iconic and familiar appliances, that over 65 years have transformed our daily lives.

If you worked at Kenwood, knew Kenneth Wood or have a story to tell about how using a Kenwood mixer transformed how you or your family cooked, The Lightbox would love to hear from you.

A700 Kenwood Chef by Kenwood

The Lightbox is also looking for loans of memorabilia and objects relating to Kenneth Wood and the Kenwood brand.

From the A100 Turnover Toaster – the first electric toaster to allow the user to toast both sides without touching the bread - to the Kenwood Chef, heralded the world over for its labour-saving abilities and classic design, this exhibition will look at the secrets behind Kenneth Wood's success and explore how advances in technology impacted on the social and cultural landscape of the 1950s.

If you are able to help please contact Jenny Webb by email: jenny.webb@thelightbox.org.uk or call: 01483 737808, by Friday 16 March 2012. The exhibition The Art of Design: Kenwood in the Kitchen will run from 28 April to 24 June 2012, entrance will be free (donations welcome).