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…

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 looki…

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. The ‘Blurred Spaces’ concept says that technology and changing habits mean that design must accommodate all aspects of our lives as they merge into one. Other drivers such as an ageing…

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. He’s the UK’s leading expert in what has traditionally always been called accessible design but, as you’ll hear, he is also at the forefront of the drive to redefine that as multi-generational design. At our k…

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-od…

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 liv…

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 D…

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 f…

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 everyo…

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 …

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…

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…

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 essen…

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 desi…

A very special episode this week as we meet the kitchen design finalists in the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2020. The Awards are the biggest kitchen and bathroom competition in the U.K. & Ireland. 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 m…

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 i…

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 KB…

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 accomplis…

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 desig…

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 …

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 interpr…

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…

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 Bed…

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 ab…

Everything you ever wanted to know about the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards in 20 mins. This is a bit of a side-episode, a mini-pod if you will, where Taylist Media managing editor Andy Davies and kbbreview editor Rebecca Nottingham answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the biggest awards in the kitchen and bathroom industry. W…

We’re looking at trends this week, specifically at how trends influence the consumer and what role the design expert needs to take in curating the sheer volume of choice they faces when they do a new kitchen or bathroom. Joining Kitchen Bedrooms & Bathrooms editor Lindsay Blair is designer Hayley Robson from DayTrue and Marianne Shillingford, the c…

This week we're looking at compact design - in other words, squeezing kitchens and bathrooms into small spaces. In a rare trip out of the office, Andy manages to get as far as Fulham to see Sofia Bune Strandh from Sola Kitchens and Rupert Colwill from BathroomsByDesign to talk about how they approach designing small spaces, how they manage client e…

It's episode 2 of the Kitchen & Bathroom Design Podcast from Taylist Media and we've managed to get the editors of all three of our magazines in one place. Elspeth Pridham from Studio; Lindsay Blair from Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms and; Rebecca Nottingham from kbbreview ...Talk with managing editor Andy Davies about whether we're in a golden age …

It's the launch episode of the Kitchen & Bathroom Design Podcast from Taylist Media. We're the home of kbbreview, Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms and Studio magazines so, in theory, we mostly either know what we're talking about or know someone who does. To kick us off we've got a very special interview with Charlie Smallbone, a name inextricably lin…