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HYBRID KITCHENS
In many homes, the living area and the workspace are frequently one and the same, and as more
people have the opportunity to work from home the hybrid trend of “opening up” spaces in which
people can both live and work is becoming more popular in the hub of the home, the kitchen.
Daniele Brutto, Hub Kitchens Co-Founder comments;
“I can definitely see the hybrid homes trend growing as the need to go to an external office everyday
becomes less essential. The trend for working remotely means that as designers we also will have
to adapt to incorporate an at home working area in the kitchen. This will impact on the location and
number of sockets required as well as cabling for connectivity becoming far more important. These
hybrid spaces will also need space to store papers, folders and other work essentials as well as the
usual kitchen paraphernalia, so creating enough storage space that can be hidden away at the end of
the day is vital. A project we are currently working on includes a large table in the middle of the kitchen
for multi purpose use with sockets in the floor to make it work seamlessly as a desk and dining table –
the perfect hybrid between work and play!”
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