The OG open plan kitchen

About this episode

Della Hansmann explores the origins of the open plan kitchen myth in mid-century design with guest Atom Stevens.

Any Pinterest or web search on “mid-century kitchen” is going to yield a plethora of open plan kitchens featuring a central island. But as we learned a couple of weeks ago from friend of the pod (and mid-century houses everywhere), Atom Stevens, a mid-century kitchen is a room with four walls. So where did this “open mid-century kitchen” myth come from? I’m wrapping up our kitchen season with a deep dive into one of my all-time favorite open kitchen plans - it’s also very likely THE OG island...

People in this episode

Host: Della Hansmann

Topics covered

• mid-century kitchen
• open plan kitchen
• design myth
• kitchen design
• interior design

Keywords

• mid-century kitchen
• open plan
• kitchen design
• central island
• design history

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