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INSIGHT | TRENDS FOR 2017


REALITY VISIONS


Speaking at LivingKitchen, Kirk Mangels, managing director of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Die Moderne Küche e.V. (AMK), the Association for Modern Kitchens, reviewed the market.


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ince its inception just 90 years ago, the modern kitchen has been the most rapidly evolving element within the home. Within the kitchen environment, nothing has stayed the same.


AMK conducted a survey of its members prior to LivingKitchen to capture new trends regarding kitchens and electrical appliances. What can we expect? How will our language of form develop? What is here to stay and what is not? In general, individual diversity will still be a trend. In this regard, we are mostly looking at dimensions and colours, arrangements and variants. The modern kitchen is therefore built according to taste, space, personal preference and budget; a tailored solution instead of mass-produced monotony. Generally, the following priorities can be seen for 2017:


THE OPEN-PLAN KITCHEN In new buildings, more than 25 per cent of Germans are living in a wall-free ‘cooking- eating-living’ space. Open-plan kitchens are getting more popular, combining kitchen and dining spaces, adjacent to the open living room. This creates a spacious living experience. The functional surface kitchen in new constructions is growing. On the other hand, due to the ongoing urbanisation, the demand for small, full-featured kitchens is growing. Especially in German cities with their increasing rents, single-income households are switching their


Open-plan kitchens are getting more popular, combining kitchen and


dining spaces Kirk Mangels, AMK


LIVINGKITCHENWORLD 2017


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