Residential furniture retailer IKEA and IDEO, a global design firm, along with a group of 50 students from Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre at Lund University in Sweden and the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, teamed up to design the kitchen of the future that includes a wooden table with electronics and induction cooking coils embedded.

The 2015 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show will expand KBISNeXT, showing modern and international perspectives on kitchen cabinetry and bathroom vanities at the annual exhibition January 20-22.

The Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) introduces KBISNeXT™: a destination for discovering the next ideas, trends and innovations in the kitchen and bath industry.

Increased focus on upscale design features signals strengthening market conditions.

Increased focus on upscale design features signals strengthening market conditions.

Karetsky/Naughton Kitchen, a kitchen remodel, is an entry in Woodworking Network’s BEST Kitchen Design Contest, sponsored by Timber Products Company.

A kitchen design using natural oak colors, kitchen - house T, is an entry in Woodworking Network’s BEST Kitchen Design Contest, sponsored by Timber Products Company.

A kitchen renovation project, claudine, is an entry in Woodworking Network’s BEST Kitchen Design Contest, sponsored by Timber Products Company.

Robertson, a kitchen featuring frameless cabinetry, is an entry in Woodworking Network’s BEST Kitchen Design Contest, sponsored by Timber Products Company.