Throw out all the rules; here are 17 examples of the next wave in kitchen design, which we pegged as an emerging trend in last week's post 15 Interiors Trends for Autumn 2015 (a reader agreed with us: "I'm all over this trend. Perfect looks suburban.").
Above: The kitchen at The Apartment in SoHo, NYC, is composed of stainless steel restaurant components. Photo by Thomas Welch via Selectism.
Above: A Stockholm kitchen with a workbench kitchen, via Stadshem via Ems Design Blogg.
Above: A kitchen in Japan by Heft Design.
Above: In Sweden, a modular Bulthaup kitchen via Bolig Magasinet
Above: A kitchen in Japan with a mix of concrete and wood by Naruse Inokuma Architects.
Above: The kitchen in the Fujimidai house in Hujimidai by Snark Architecture.
Above: A modular kitchen from a Berlin company; see more at The New Old-World Kitchen from Noodles, Noodles & Noodles Corp.
Above L: Tyler Hays of BDDW was an early adopter of the trend (photo by Ngoc Minh Ngo), as was Ted Muehling (R); photo by Christoph Kicherer via Automatism.
Above: An airy cooking space in Scandinavian Simplicity: A Reimagined Swedish Summerhouse.
Above: An open kitchen in a simple, economical 1950s cottage in the Gothenburg archipelago by Johannes Norlander Architects.
Above: A stainless steel open kitchen in Japan by Naruse Inokuma.
Above: A kitchen in Todos Santos, Mexico, photographed by Laure Joliet.
Above: In his own kitchen, Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, a partner in the Copenhagen firm Norm Architects, installed a cooktop set into a workbench for a sense of airiness.
Above: Belgian architect Hans Verstuyft opted for open shelving in a kitchen in Antwerp; see more at Sober Luxury in Downtown Antwerp.
Above: A farmhouse kitchen from the portfolio of UK photographer David Charbit.
Above: Two examples of sinks on pedestals or counters via Boro.
See more Trend Alerts here and head over to Gardenista to see a deconstructed outdoor kitchen in Outbuilding of the Week: A Cookhouse at Kurtwood Farm on Vashon Island.
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