There are two types of small kitchen; there's the type that takes up a small part of a much larger room; and then there's the sort that needs to be fitted into a tiny room. A lot of kitchen design guides are talking about the first type, when they mention small kitchen design ... which seems to be very irritating for those looking for the tiny room variety.
Do you want to know how to decide on your kitchen layout? Forget those work triangles you've been told about ... and ignore all those kitchen design guides you've seen that tell you your kitchen should be a galley shape, or an L-shape, or a U-shape. Some kitchens are best laid out in those shapes but many more are not ... especially in older and larger UK kitchens, which have often been extended a few times.