The trend to downsize US kitchens might not have caught on just yet - but we're excited by the concept. Take Boffi's recent re-issue of designer Joe Colombo's MiniKitchen. We spoke with a Boffi rep in LA who admitted that while the West Coast sprawl mentality might not be ready to fully embrace the minimal cube-as-kitchen, many other friends in cities such as Austin and Seattle - as well as NYC where space is always a consideration - are onto the trend. Equally exciting to us is the contemporary Japanese kitchen, where a minimal cooktop and stainless sink in a cubby-meets-galley cooking "space" seems like just enough. With so many people moving house, changing careers, downsizing, going mobile, how does this change the concept of a kitchen? We think there are a lot of exciting new trends that will emerge in this area.