Every year, Wallpaper* searches for the greatest kitchens trends from some of the best specialist brands, blending functionality with sleek design and expert manufacturing. Here, we select the most impactful kitchen design ideas for 2025, from textured surfaces to multifunctional islands and a touch of the unexpected. Discover our kitchen trends, with kitchens that blur the boundaries between a utilitarian approach and aesthetic splendour, with inventive new ways to cook, prep and host.
Kitchen trends 2025: the Wallpaper* edit
Ultra-accessorised kitchen islands
These voluminous kitchens come with an impressive array of extras, addressing every food prep need in style.
‘Isola’, by Officine Gullo aims to become the epicentre around which family and friends can gather: the five models in the ‘Isola’ collection can be seamlessly integrated into any kitchen project. The wide range of customisable options allows for the creation of dream set-ups with accessories that include pasta cookers, steamers, lava stone barbecues, mirror-finished fry-top plates, coup de feu burners and direct-cooking electric grills.
‘Proxima’, by Antonio Citterio, for Arclinea is a high-performing stainless steel kitchen defined by its bold handles, which appear along the entire perimeter of the island, allowing for the effortless opening of doors and drawers. The minimalist design, which integrates large American appliances, also aims to encourage proximity, both in terms of easy access to cooking tools, and fostering sociability in the preparation and consumption of foods.
Grooved cabinet surfaces
A new approach to minimalism, these grooved surfaces elevate the most effortless designs with a contemporary aesthetic.
‘Tangram’, by Garcia Cumini Studio features two new innovations by Cesar that add elegantly bold visual effects to the brand’s ‘Tangram’ collection. the ‘Nuances’ worktop showcases a dynamic use of colour that evokes the fluidity of polished and frosted glass, while the oak ‘Groove’ doors feature an irregular pattern of three-dimensional vertical grooves designed to camouflage the joints between cabinets and give the impression of a harmonious, unified surface.
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This kitchen island, by Carlo Presotto and Andrea Bassanello for Modulnova is clad in Silver Roots marble slabs, with ‘Groove’ walnut doors in a new Moka finish. The island appears to float on a narrow stone base but can still integrate a large appliance such as a dishwasher. Handle-free doors conceal an LED light bar that emphasises the interplay of textures and materials, while a versatile ‘Glass’ door component can be used in various applications, such as bases, wall units and columns.
Multi-functional layouts
‘XO’, by Elisa Ossino, for Boffi is inspired by Luigi Massoni’s classic 1972 ‘Xila’ kitchen (the first model without visible door handles). Ossino’s island is part of a new generation of kitchens as destinations, where prepping, cooking and entertaining all exist within a cohesive design. The XO focuses on geometries that combine precise lines and delicate edges. Hovering only 2cm above the floor, its handle-less doors are framed by a thick Breccia Imperiale stone top and side panels, while a circular solid wood counter, with a matching curving leg, creates a place to congregate.
Invisible tech
Gaggenau's collection of perfectly balanced designs seamlessly integrate into worktops (so your kitchen can be a rock should you wish it to be). The kitchen authority has distilled the cooktop to its essentials: all that is visible is an LED ‘dot’ in the smart cooking zone and a front-mounted performance knob. Designed to integrate exclusively with the stain- and scratch-resistant Dekton stone countertops, the range is accompanied by a series of removable magnetic protectors for existing cookware, which reduce noise and ensure optimal cooking performance.
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Informal cooling solutions
Designed to be useful throughout the house, these refrigerated drawers, by Patricia Urquiola, for Signature Kitchen Suite, can be used as freestanding or under-counter elements in a kitchen, or to store drinks in a bedroom or beauty products in a bathroom. Featuring strong textures and colours, thanks to Urquiola’s ‘Cimento’ tile cladding, the compact two-drawer module can be combined with matching storage cabinets. As well as the ceramic tiles in five colours, a natural or stained wood finish is also available.
The new marble
Marble in the kitchen is nothing new, but designers David/Nicolas' approach to the material gives it an unexpected twist. Their ‘Ratio’ kitchen trolley for Marsotto is part of a collection that includes a more traditional kitchen island and plays with the modernist possibilities of the material. Their sculptural bar cart stands out, thanks to its concave modular marble panels and contrasting circular inlays. It is available in various combinations of materials, including Lasa white, Zimbabwe black, Roman and Titanium travertine, and Lava stone, while the inside can be lined in sanded oak, mahogany or ash.
This article appears in the July 2024 issue of Wallpaper*, available in print on newsstands from 6 June, on the Wallpaper* app on Apple iOS, and to subscribers of Apple News +. Subscribe to Wallpaper* today
