Back when I actually used dishpans regularly they were under the sink.
We do wash dishes using two dish pans in a shallow sink in a cabin in Vermont. We had some issues with the spring some years and had to be fairly conservative with water. The dishpans hang together and don’t take up a lot of space.
I probaby am one of those cooks using a lot of big pots and pans.
I totally love my deep single sink.
I wash the dogs in it, I can put huge pots of water and pasta in it to drain, it’s just one of those things that I love so much more than a double sink that it’s a must-have for me in the next house. Not that I wouldn’t buy a house with a double sink, but I would change it out, having lived with double (and the worst, triple) sinks in the past.
@mathmom wrote
I am in love! :x
We have a double sink…but one side is deeper and a bit larger than the second side. We can fit those large pans in it.
We also opted for a silegranite sink…not stainless steel. @FlyMeToTheMoon mine is white also! LOVE it!!
I think single bowls sinks are trendier in upper-end kitchens, but I don’t ever want one. My dog weighs 82 lbs, so that doesn’t affect me 
I love having 2 equal, deep bowls. I am way too much into symmetry to do otherwise. I hand wash our dishes 99.5% of the time.
Woo! Just got my new countertops and new sink in. Love them!! We went with Blue Pearl Granite (I like the sparkles) and a black undermount blanco sink. Two basins as I usually am doing two different things at the same time. I am so happy! We ordered a new stove as our 20 year old stove is bisque so it really clashes. I am getting a Samsung black stainless one. We will probably replace the fridge in the new year. The next part of the project is taking off the old backsplash and getting one that goes better; but we have made progress.
What is the thinking on islands with some sort of wooden counter- butcher block, but the trend seems to be not end cuts, instead lengths? I thought butcher blocks were 70s/80s, but apparently they are back.
Part of my kitchen is butcher block (Boos). We’ve had it almost 20 years and have been very, very happy with it. Versatile, warm, great surface to work on for making bread, rolling pie or cookie dough. We had it refinished about 2 years ago and it looks brand new.
I love my Boos butcherblock table. It’s worth getting Boos - I have some counter by someone else which looks good, but doesn’t have the same smooth feel. Butcherblock is not for people who want a surface that always looks perfect. If you have it you should use it as it was intended and cut on it. We’ve got a few stains from balsamic vinegar bottles sitting on it. It needs to be oiled periodically.
I’m too much of a germaphobe to use wood as a food prep surface-it’s too porous and not safe for raw meat.
@MotherOfDragons I don’t use the butcher block in lieu of cutting boards and as a cutting surface although I do use it for dough. Also, I’ve read much that using wooden cutting boards for meat isn’t a bad thing as has been claimed.
One reference of many (first item):
http://lifehacker.com/5847591/10-stubborn-food-myths-that-just-wont-die
^ that’s from @doschicos article. :-& it doesn’t make the germaphobe feel any better…
Plus I run my cutting boards through the dishwasher on the sanitize cycle, and that would kill the wooden ones.
Well, I’ve used wooden cutting boards forever and NOBODY has ever had food poisoning from my kitchen. I’d be more worried about food sourcing in our food system than wooden cutting boards. 
I prefer a really big, really deep double sink, heavy stainless steel. The larger bowl of mine is plenty big for a roasting pan, my huge stock pot, etc. I can use the other bowl as a drainer for such large items. I can use the big bowl to hold soapy water and items while still having a sink in which to run water and rinse vegetables and so forth while involved in a big cooking project.
Mine is very similar to this, but with three holes instead of 4. One of them is for the undermounted hand soap dispenser, which is the greatest thing since sliced bread. 
http://www.elkay.com/sinks/top-mount/lgr3322
But most people don’t need or want that much sink.
Love, love, love having an undermounted dispenser that I use for my dish soap (wash my hands with it, too). Less countertop clutter.
I have an 8 foot wide SS industrial sink with built in backsplash, two drains, and a wall mounted faucet. There is room for a dish pan, piles of dirty dishes, a drainer and more. Was originally placed in a health facility, but they didn’t want it - I purchased it for 45$ at Habitat for Humanity re-store. Love my sink, though wish I had installed a disposal. (I could add one in now if I wanted…). It stretches practically the whole width of my kitchen and it much commented upon by guests.
I love having my big single stainless steel sink. Whatever doesn’t fit in that sink fits into the deep stainless laundry sink in that is also in the kitchen.
We are staying in a vacation condo, and the sink here is almost like the one in Consolation’s link, just undermount. It is great!
@anxiousmom , I never thought I would encounter someone with a bigger sink than I have!
@doschicos – I also love the undermounted soap dispenser and used one w/o issue for twenty years, so thought nothing of replacing it last year when replacing a section of countertop, sink, faucet, etc. Well the new one is horrible! Stopped working within months. Grohe sent out a replacement immediately, and it also stopped working within months. Tried watering down the soap as suggested, but it still does not work. So frustrated as I just assumed a new model would work as well as the twenty year old one it replaced.
Also a huge fan of large, single bowl sink but made another purchasing mistake. The new sink does not slope toward the drain (no pitch). Again, something I did not consider as the one it replaced did. I have to push food debris toward the drain after each use. I just never imagined that a company would produce a sink that did not drain. Will probably have this one for another twenty years now!
Also a fan of wood cutting boards. Can’t stand the sensation of knives on plastic.
Hate anything that requires an extra hole in the countertop. One hole for the sink, one hole for the faucet… That’s plenty of holes. Soap dispensers get crud around them. Never an undermount one in my kitchen.