Have you considered open shelves instead of cabinets?

I like that idea. My main concern is fitting the appliances in the lower cabinets. I'd love to put the refrigerator on the end ( only tall appliance) speed oven, microwave ( maybe) , induction range top. On the opposite island large sink, dishwasher, garbage.

I have 36 linear feet of lower cabinets which includes all appliances and a pantry. I have 6 feet of upper cabinets. I am a pretty serious cook, but there are only 2 of us in the house at the moment, although sometimes we have 6. I have "just enough" storage for all my stuff. If I want something new that takes up much space I have to get rid of something.

To me, the trump card is how much storage you have. If you don't have enough for an average cook, you will never be able to sell if you decide to move at some point.

I am not a big fan of the upper cabinets, provided you have methods to store what you have. I see you have a pantry so that makes a big difference. The only upper cabinet I installed was to hold my glassware and cups. Everything else is in lower drawers.

Without an interview to find out how you and your family use your
kitchen and other common living areas it is hard to say. Obviously
storage will be your largest challenge. When I am designing it helps me
to look at the kitchen in sections when assessing needs. For
instance, divide your space conceptually into work areas such as range top cooking, prep, cleanup, oven cooking,
serving, and so on. Once you have divided up your areas assess what you
need close to each one and how many people in the family will access
them. Once you have this information organized it should be much easier
to get the aesthetic you are looking for while maintaining the function you need.

Your space as designed looks like it has potential to
get crowded or to spread you out in an inefficient way. If you have a
sink, DW and range all in the island you are left with only the little space
in the base cabinets between the refrigerators and maybe a little left
over in the island for storage of items needed for each of these activities. So will you walk around the corner for a glass then
back to get ice and a drink? Will you be traveling from a dishwasher
around a wall to put items away?

...

Maybe you have it worked out to be
able to store everything you need in which case you are ready to go. ThesMaybe you have it worked out to be able to store everything you need in which case you are ready to go. These are the questions I believe you want to ask yourself though.

Here is one option. In the layout below you would take one of your refrigerator or freezer towers and move it to the other side of your wall. This might allow nonessential kitchen "helpers" or visitors a space where they can get drinks or help with clean up without getting under the cooks feet. By using a Galley Sink http://galleycollection.com/ you can double your work space and sink space as well as having pull out trash and storage underneath. Panel the frig tower and use a chefs pantry to balance it on the other side if you like the balance. Now there is tons of storage within just a few steps of your main work area.
This is of course just one option but maybe it will start you thinking of other ways you could arrange the space to work for your lifestyle while still getting the look you are going for. The best advise I can give though is to hire a good kitchen designer to partner with.

Thanks for providing a challenge this morning to give me a break from the kitchens I should be working on:) It is an exciting process so have fun with it!