Abstract This paper reviews the article written by two professionals in the sphere of architecture who represent Istanbul Technical University. In their work, Yazıcıoğlu and Kanoğlu (155) focus on the peculiarities of kitchen interior design. The authors want to reveal how basic design rules and user requirements can be aligned to enhance the success of the performance-based design. This topic is selected because the literature review reveals that the professionals who developed associated studies, failed to consider this very aspect of design. In addition to that, a kitchen is selected for this experiment because it is a room people enter more than 80 times a day and a place where they conduct constantly repeating actions. The study developed by Yazıcıoğlu and Kanoğlu (156) is qualitative. It is based on a literature review and following the classification of the received data. The study is very important for practice because it provides a kind of a guideline that can be used by professionals when they deal with those projects that presuppose the necessity to develop kitchen interior design, meeting particular user’s requirements (both physical and psycho-social). To reveal this information, the authors not only analyzed more than 80 authoritative sources but also extracted 130 design rules from them. Further, professionals also aligned these rules with 12 major user requirements. In this way, Yazıcıoğlu and Kanoğlu (156) managed to conclude that kitchen design success could be enhanced significantly if professionals use a systematic classification of rules and requirements. The design project should be developed in three steps. The scope of work should be identified so that a range of purposes can be developed and prioritized. Finally, the way of implementation should be discussed in detail. Kitchen Interior Design: Article Analysis Deniz Yazıcıoğlu and Alaattin Kanoğlu are professionals in the sphere of architecture who cooperated to prepare a high-quality article regarding interior design. Both authors represent Turkey, as they come from Taşkışla, Istanbul. Yazıcıoğlu has a doctoral degree and works in the Interior Architecture Department at Istanbul Technical University. His occupation proves that the professional has knowledge and skills needed for the development of their paper that reveals critical for practice information. Kanoğlu, in his turn, is a professor at the Architecture Department of the same university. In this way, both professionals have a great opportunity to cooperate while working, which makes it easier for them to focus on mutual research. Combining their knowledge and experience in the field of architecture, Yazıcıoğlu and Kanoğlu develop a way of enhancing the success of kitchen interior design. They consider that a systematic approach provides the best opportunity for professionals to develop a design that is based not only on the design rules but also on people’s preferences. Revealing the relational links between these objectives, the authors manage to provide designers who practice with information that can be used to create a successful performance-based design that appeals to the users and is aligned with the associated rules. This kind of contribution is critical because it allows us to overcome an existing knowledge gap, as the literature review reveals that previously conducted studies failed to consider the possibility to unite two design approaches that are mainly foc