Two qualities that turn up consistently in innovative European furniture and appliance design are grace and function. The lines are clean and beautiful, but practicality is always a high priority.

Even in a studio apartment, the kitchen often feels like its own little nook — and that’s true for Anna Meyer’s (@wittlenycrat) 200-square-foot apartment. “My apartment is one tiny room,” she says.

Studios layouts have evolved to include bigger, fancier kitchens and baths in recent years. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Graphics: The Dupont, Getty For decades, studio apartments have been the ...