Kitchen Design Think Tank

This is the latest flamboyant kitchen contribution from Karim Rashid who literally treats kitchen frontals like an artist’s canvas! In this design paints have been replaced with high pressure laminates and aluminium legs create a supporting frame for the free floating artwork.  This type of design may be overpowering if used on an entire kitchen but would work brilliantly as a colour accent to a more simplified and subdued kitchen palette.

Lately there have been many parallels drawn between the automotive and kitchen industry as both of the products created are functional, aspirational, driven by fashion and provide an immediate insight into the owners personal style choices and social position.   But the type of car you drive does not normally influence the architectural design of the garage it sits in; the same can be said of the modern kitchen.   This design showcases how, like the car, the kitchen is totally independent from the surrounding architecture, becoming a functional and artistic centre piece to the modern home.   And it is obvious by looking at this concept that kitchen designers are now exploring some of the more fluid forms and shapes usually introduced to aid high speed aerodynamics....possibly to keep up with the pace of modern life! Lovely job!!

Imagine that you have never seen or used a kitchen before, imagine that the kitchen design rule book has been thrown out the window and you now have an opportunity to design a kitchen that functions well and looks beautiful.   Would you create something like this? This design has all the influence of new age kitchen design and illustrates perfectly how the kitchen is now the focal point of our home lives.   The modern kitchen has “come out” of its architectural closet and now enjoys prancing around our home demanding our adoration.   The modern kitchen is no longer classified as an ineffective series of air filled boxes covering every possible inch of wall space; kitchens are now smaller, detached from the floor, asymmetrically balanced and designed with finesse and artistic flair.   There is now great attention to hidden detail which gives the kitchen confidence to subtly dominate our living space.   This design is brilliant and The Mogul would be happy with all of the elements seen