Throw out all the rules; here are 14 examples of the next wave in kitchen design, which we pegged as an emerging trend a while back in our post 15 Interiors Trends for Autumn 2015 (a reader agreed with us: “I’m all over this trend. Perfect looks suburban.”).
![The Unfitted Kitchen 14 Deconstructed Spaces portrait 6](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/the-apartment-the-line-remodelista-kitchen.jpg)
![elle decoration sweden kitchen](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/elle-decoration-sweden-kitchen.jpg)
![a kitchen in japan with a mix of concrete and wood by naruse inokuma architects 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/setagaya-apartment-kitchen-naruse-inokuma-architects-3-733x1100.jpg)
![The Unfitted Kitchen 14 Deconstructed Spaces portrait 6](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/japanese-kitchen-remodelista-50.jpg)
![a kitchen made up of stainless and wood components from steal this look: s 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/stadshem-scandinavian-kitchen-remodelista-1-768x575-733x549.jpg)
![The Unfitted Kitchen 14 Deconstructed Spaces portrait 6](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/general-architecture-kitchen-styled_0.jpg)
![a small kitchen with a custom counter of cubbies for fixtures, appliances, and 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/beatrice-valenzuela-remodelista-kitchen-733x489.jpg)
![german designer katrin arens own kitchen in italy from slow design: pallet as p 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/katrin-arens-deconstructed-kitchen-733x1099.jpg)
![a kitchen in todos santos, mexico, photographed by laure joliet from a soulful 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/todos-santos-kitchen-remodelista.jpg)
![The Unfitted Kitchen 14 Deconstructed Spaces portrait 6](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/noodles-corp-kuechenschrank-basic-100-white-remodelista_1.jpg)
![in his own kitchen, jonas bjerre poulsen, a partner in the copenhagen firm norm 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Monochrome-Home-Hilary-Robertson-Norm-kitchen-Remodelista_0-733x489.jpg)
![half of the rye kitchen in london is comprised of stainless steel workbenches a 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Rye-London-kitchen-stainless-steel-storage-10.jpg)
![a curtained kitchen with a small tiled backsplash from kitchen of the week 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Christen-Starkenburg-Jan-de-Jong-Slow-Wood-kitchen-Netherlands-Anna-de-Leeuw-photo-Remodelista-5A-733x1100.jpg)
![The Unfitted Kitchen 14 Deconstructed Spaces portrait 6](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/hans-verstufyt-kitchen-boxes-remodelista.jpg)
For more ideas head over to Gardenista to see a deconstructed outdoor kitchen in Outbuilding of the Week: A Cookhouse at Kurtwood Farm on Vashon Island.
N.B.: This post is an update; the original story ran on September 16, 2015.
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