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5 Modern Kitchen Design Inspirations
July 14, 2013
From a wooden angled open space to a Parisian art director's room with an island, here is a cool quintet of kitchens we wouldn't mind cooking in. For a curated assortment of kitchenware goods, click here.
The First LEED Gold-Certified Family Home in San Diego
In the kitchen, custom walnut cabinetry and Caesarstone counters are paired with Bertoia stools and Ikea pendant lamps.
Photo by: Ye Rin Mok
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In the kitchen of this tightly-packed apartment in Helsinki, Finland, Susanna and Jussi tore down the ceiling and wall cabinets with the help of Jussi’s father, a skilled craftsman. “Behind the cabinets we found lovely little nooks that work perfectly as shelves for things like salt and pepper mills. When you strip everything to its original state, you are able to see what the house is truly about.”
Photo by: Petra Bindel
Originally appeared in Fine Finnish: Kitchen
Modern Space-Efficient Family Home in San Francisco
Inside this Noe Valley kitchen, artist Riley McFerrin installed custom floating shelves.
Photo by: Daniel Hennessy
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Originally appeared in A Couple Tackles Conversion Challenges and Builds a Modern Renovation
A Furiture Collector's Renovated Flat in Paris
French art director Jean-Christophe Aumas designed the kitchen island in his 10th-arrondissement flat in Paris, which is covered in marble tiles from Carrelages du Marais—the geometric floor tiles are from the same place—and strung the matrix of lights up above it. The barstools by Charlotte Perriand were discovered in a vintage store in Antwerp, Belgium. The green wall is covered in paint from Emery & Cie.
Photo by: Christian Schaulin
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Originally appeared in A Furniture Collector's Renovated Flat in Paris
Omer Arbel, the creative director at industrial design firm Bocci, was given three parameters when he began designing a home for his colleague Randy Bishop: Create a “profound” connection between the internal and external spaces; build only one level; and, most crucially, utilize a wealth of 100-year-old beams salvaged from a series of warehouses owned by Bishop’s ancestors.
Photo by: Jason Schmidt
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Originally appeared in Modern Angular Rural Family Home in Canada
The First LEED Gold-Certified Family Home in San Diego
In the kitchen, custom walnut cabinetry and Caesarstone counters are paired with Bertoia stools and Ikea pendant lamps.
Photo by: Ye Rin Mok
Photo by Ye Rin Mok. 
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