Cooking has been a basic life function for human sustenance that has existed for over millennia. This led to a basic room for humans to come and prepare their meals known as ‘kitchens’. Kitchens, as we know them today, are an undeniable component of our modern-day lives. They are a representation of the zeitgeist, influenced by societal and economic factors. It was not until the 19th century where the concept of ergonomics (an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely) was introduced in kitchen design.