Design Trends from KBIS 2025: Curves, Colors, and Freestanding Vanities

What happens when design trends come full circle? In this illuminating conversation with kitchen designer and educator Jan Rutgers, we explore the fascinating evolutions and throwbacks dominating KBIS 2025. Having toured the show for three consecutive years, Jan shares how today's cutting-edge designs are actually sophisticated reimaginings of elements from decades past. The reign of hard, angular kitchen elements is giving way to what Jan calls "soft geometry" – curved islands, arched cooki...

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