Working on a kitchen as part of a construction or renovation project but not sure where to start" Here are 10 kitchen design ideas taken from Dezeen's archive of lookbooks, featuring tips for colour, materials and layout.
Since 2020, Dezeen has published more than 300 lookbooks providing visual inspiration for all kinds of interiors based on the stories we publish.
Below, we organise 10 recent lookbooks into a useful guide that captures several of the key contemporary trends in kitchen design.
Read on for 10 ideas and tips for designing a standout kitchen:

Photo by Megan Taylor
Clad it in wood
If you want to avoid the kitchen feeling sterile, wood is a reliable way to introduce a sense of cosiness and homeliness.
Our lookbook on kitchens with wooden panelling and cabinetry features examples that use birch plywood, pale oak, salvaged cypress and pine ? each providing a different level of warmth. Pictured is Curve Appeal, a 1920s house in London renovated by Nimtim Architects that combines wood with decorative arches.
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Photo by Giedrius Mamavi?ius
Make it pink
While it's not to everyone's taste, pink always adds personality to functional spaces.
Dezeen's pink kitchens lookbook highlights various approaches to using the colour, from splashing rosy shades across all surfaces to more restrained pops on tiles and cupboards.
Pictured is House and the River in northern Lithuania, where Vilnius-based studio After Party punctuated the monochrome c...