Kitchen Design Think Tank

There is some very cool contemporary elegance on display here.   A kitchen that just oozes superior style and that has avoided being clearly categorised!   The designers have resisted the urge to create a clear boundary between the kitchen and the open plan living space by not including an island.   Placing a long island in the foreground with the tall units, appliances and shelving behind, would have created a more condensed and potentially more efficient working environment; but as it sits the island becomes a peninsula and the working environment is extremely open!   This open access feel presents a different approach, diluting the appearance of the kitchen and allowing the open plan space to gel.   Traditional room definition has been removed, being replaced with a free flowing, social environment; in many ways achieving this can be seen as the Holy Grail of contemporary kitchen design!   However the Mogul would question several design features.   Firstly the housing provided for t