Recent surveys have shown that kitchens are fast becoming the prime household location for socialising and entertaining, with appliances like sinks and taps now adapting to being in the spotlight.A new focus on the kitchen as a pleasant and stylish environment looks to be impacting kitchen design, with leading sink manufacturer Franke developing its product in accordance.Franke claimed that its recently released range of Mythos sinks and taps collection put a new premium on succinct and subtle design, explaining that its new products boasted pin sharp and crystal clear styling.The company said that geometric shapes were rapidly overtaking curves in the style stakes, as kitchens adapted to their new central role in the home a belief at the heart of the angular new range.The precision-manufactured edges of Frankes Mythos sinks available in sleek stainless steel, frafanicite and ceramic models look to have adapted their style to the sleek trendiness in favour with the iPod generation.New household trends have seen the kitchen rise in popularity at the expense of traditional dining room arrangements, with a growing penchant for relaxed entertaining drawing more and more people to welcome guests in a combined cooking and eating area.