Do kitchen and bathroom designers sometimes play it too safe when it comes to the architecture of the space? Is putting a farmhouse-style kitchen in a quaint cottage - or indeed an ultra-contemporary kitchen in a brand new apartment - the path of least resistance? Is it a designer’s job to challenge these kind of conventions and produce the project that will come up with something that meets the client’s brief but also surprises them, in the best possible way, with something...

Welcome to Episode 3 or Season 2 of the Kitchen & Bathrooms Design Podcast from Taylist Media. The ease of the lockdown is turning many people in the kitchen and bathroom retail sector towards reopening their showrooms and, with that in mind, we thought it was a great time to put out this episode all about showroom design. Specifically, we’re looking at showroom design that really works not just as a fantastic gallery for products and design, but also as means to pulls in the customer...

Changes in society are blurring the lines between how we live, work and enjoy leisure time and this will become a major driver of kitchen and bathroom design trends.

Welcome to the start of season 2 of the Kitchen & Bathroom Design Podcast and we’re kicking off with a fantastic interview with Adam Thomas.

It's the end of the first season of the Kitchen & Bathroom Design Podcast! But don't panic, we'll be back at the start of April for season two. In the meantime, here's our pick of some choice bits from season one looking at an underlying theme of all of our episodes - how top designers get to know their clients. Talking to such experts across 20-odd episodes has really brought home how much they are teasing, cajoling and managing their clients, and how often they have to be therapists,...

Do the best designs come when there’s full collaboration between designer and client? How do you manage that relationship to everyone’s advantage and make sure that expectations are met and exceeded? And when do you say ‘no’ to clients who think they’re an expert in interior design thanks to Pinterest and Instagram? It's the last of our special live recordings of the Kitchen & Bathroom Design Podcast at kbb 2020. Rebecca Nottingham, editor of kbbreview, is in the host's chair with...

We're taking a little dip into the world of the Smart Home in this, our third special live episode of the podcast from kbb 2020. In particular, does it give designers new options for creativity and design or is it about using the functionality to help your clients improve the way they use the projects you have designed? This one is hosted by Andy Davies with Stephen Dick from Residence Interior Design, Rob MAscari from Mascari Kitchens and James Kington - group manager for connected home...

Why don’t more kitchen and bathroom retailers charge design fees? Are they undervaluing their own skills? Or is it simply too much of a barrier to purchase? Here’s the second of our special episodes recorded live at kbb 2020 look at this very thorny subject. Elspeth Pridham, editor of Studio, is the host and she’s in discussion with Hayley Robson from DayTrue, Richard Hibbert from KSL Sudbury and Diane Berry from Diane Berry Kitchens. If you haven’t visited kbb 2020 yet, you’ve got two...

We're LIVE at kbb 2020 in Birmingham with the first of our four daily podcasts from the show. Our four editors are up first - Andrew Davies, Elspeth Pridham, Lindsay Blair and Rebecca Nottingham - and we're discussing something that seems to be a key request from virtually every kitchen and bathroom client - they want the 'Wow Factor'. So if everyone wants it, is it possible to define it? Can you measure it? Or is the whole point of it that it's in the eye of the beholder? We also run...

Ever wanted to know how to get your projects featured in top magazines? Well look, or listen, no further as we have the editors of Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms, Studio and kbbreview to reveal all. (SPOILER: It’s not as difficult as you might think) On top of all that, we give all the details on the live episodes we’ll be recording at the kbb show next week! The exhibition runs from March 1-4 at the NEC – and we’ll be there at 2pm in the main bar everyday so come along and see us! To...

This is officially a special bonus episode! We’re looking at the role product innovation plays in advancing the art of kitchen and bathroom design and what exactly constitutes innovation in the first place. We are, as you know, supported in this season of the podcast by kbb 2020 - the biggest kitchen, bedroom and bathroom trade show in the UK - and a big part of that show is the Innovation Awards. These are product awards that look at new developments and creative ideas in the sector and...

This week we’re looking at how to design spa-like bathrooms. Bathrooms are so often described as being a sanctuary, a haven and a place to relax, and this catch-all phrase of ‘spa-like’ seems to come up all the time in client briefs. But what does it really mean? How do you as designers give the client what they want? And how do you transform a day-to-day family bathroom into this spa-like experience and back again? And what is a ‘Netflix Shelf’? We met up with a couple of fantastic...

This week as we look at designing kitchens for entertaining. The open plan nature of modern kitchens means that having guests, family and friends round for get togethers has become a prime function of the space and is top of the list of requirements in most briefs. But how do you balance what the client wants with what they need? What are the essential elements that make it work and how can you balance the desire to entertain with the day-to-day needs of a family kitchen? We met up...

It’s the turn of bathroom design as we continue our look at the finalists in the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2020. All the finalists came to present their projects to the panel of judges at the amazing Fulham showroom of our Bathroom Design Judging Partner Roca, and we were there to chat with them and find out more about their shortlisted designs. To see them simply go to kbbreview.com/podcast and click on this episode. Don’t forget, we’re just a few weeks away now from kbb...

A very special episode this week as we meet the kitchen design finalists in the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2020. All the finalists came to London to present their projects to the panel of judges in person so we caught up with them as they came out to find out more about their shortlisted designs. To see the designs go to kbbreview.com/podcast and click on this episode. A huge thanks to Smeg, our Kitchen Judging Partner, for hosting us at their flagship showroom in Regent...

The editors of kbbreview, Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms and Studio are back and we're looking at what we really know about how people use their kitchens and bathrooms in the real world and what that means for the pre-conceptions of designers and, we admit it, journalists. And because it's his default position for tackling most subjects, Andy does it all in the form of a quiz. For example.... What's the average cost of a kitchen? How often do people clean their bathrooms? What's the most...

We’re back! It’s a new year and new decade so we’re kicking off the 2020 run of episodes with an exclusive interview with proper design royalty - product and interiors superstar Marcel Wanders. His studio has worked with the likes of Alessi, Baccarat, KLM, Hyatt Hotels, Louis Vuitton, Puma, Swarovski and many other design-lead brands. But in the KBB world he’s done fantastic work with the likes of Boffi, Bisazza and Laufen. His New Classic Collection for is available now and Studio...

This is our last episode before Christmas, so we’ve decided to see out 2019 with a very special interview with architectural designer and TV presenter Charlie Luxton. You may know Charlie from his TV presenting shows Modern British Architects, Build a New Life In The Country, Homes by the Sea, and Building the Dream. But he is also a very accomplished designer and his company specialises predominantly in sustainable living projects around the UK. As you’ll hear, he’s a fascinating guy,...

In this episode we’re looking at a vital area of kitchen and bathroom design that perhaps doesn’t get discussed as much as it should - lighting. Get it right and it can lift your designs up, get it wrong and it can flatten them like a pancake. We went over to the John Cullen Lighting showroom on the Kings Road in Chelsea to meet up with their design director Luke Thomas and Helen Fewster from Suna Interior Design.

We’re going all out bathrooms in today’s episode and in particular we’re looking at the wider trends that are influencing design in the commercial washroom sector. Even you’re a residential designer this is really worth looking into as there’s no doubt that commercial bathroom design – offices, hotels, gyms etc – is heavily influencing residential design. Ideal Standard has commissioned a really interesting report on this looking at how social-life work patterns, demographics,...

This week we're looking at the evolution of open plan design into broken plan design - the idea that opening everything up in cavernous spaces isn't always the best way to achieve liveable design. We're joined by two excellent designers - Stephen Dick from Residence Interior Design and Dan Stronge from Jones Britain - to talk about how they interpret broken plan design principles in both kitchens and bathrooms. Are kitchen islands getting too big? How do you preserve the character of the...

This week's episode is all about biophilic design. If you don't know what that is, don't worry, all will be revealed but at its core it's the art of incorporating nature into interior design - but that's not just sticking pot plants everywhere, it’s about the psychology of how we as humans react to the environment we’re in and how natural materials, shapes, smells and sounds all trigger positive vibes within our brains. It's fascinating stuff and there's no one more qualified to talk...

Is staying in the new going out? And how is that affecting kitchen and bathroom design? And how can you as a designer be sure that the bathroom products you're specifying are not only fit for purpose but also safe to use and comply with all legal standards? So yes, a bit of a mixed bag of an episode as we gather together the editors of Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms, Studio and kbbreview. That also means, of course, that we have the regular Opening Of An Envelope and Survey Of The Week...

This episode is a really fascinating interview with the kitchen design icon that is Johnny Grey. Even after 40 years or so of designing kitchens he is as enthusiastic about advancing the art as ever and continues to push both manufacturers and other designers to consider influences way beyond the furniture. For him, it’s about thinking much more about wider societal trends and how the human brain computes the space it’s in. One of his major passions at the moment is the Kitchen Design...