by laura | May 7, 2013 | Business & People News
Electrolux partnered with interior design expert Elaine Griffin to provide tips for creating a stylish, functional kitchen design that incorporates the latest trends. As designers are increasingly finding ways to marry form and function, Griffin offers suggestions for...
by laura | May 6, 2013 | Business & People News
North American architects and interior designers with a flair for color are encouraged to compete in the Benjamin Moore HUE Awards. The competition, now in its sixth year, recognizes the exceptional use of color in design and will accept submissions through July 12,...
by laura | May 6, 2013 | Business & People News
Tammy Erickson’s speech on “The Influence of the Generations on the Kitchen and Bath Industry” at KBIS was an enlightening discussion on how to cater to and attract these various generations. Erickson, CEO of Tammy Erickson Associates, a firm that specializes in...
by laura | May 6, 2013 | Business & People News
David Bromstad, HGTV personality and winner of HGTV Design Star, delivered an entertaining and enlightening speech covering trends, budgets and the consumer. With the struggling economy, Bromstad described economical consumer trends that designers now can use to their...
by laura | May 3, 2013 | Business & People News
Dacor’s Board of Directors has unanimously elected board member Charles J. Huebner as the organization’s next CEO. Huebner will succeed Mike Joseph, the company’s current chairman and CEO, effective immediately. Since 1965, California-based Dacor has been...
by laura | May 2, 2013 | Business & People News
Miele has announced “The Miele Call for Exceptional Kitchens” in partnership with Architizer. Architects, designers, builders and remodelers are invited to submit kitchen designs featuring Miele products through July 12, 2013, to win an all-expenses-paid trip for two...
by laura | May 1, 2013 | Business & People News
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) and the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) have awarded Samantha Emmerling, market editor for the Hearst Design Group, with its first-ever KBIS Outstanding Media Award. “As you know, not only is our industry...
by laura | Apr 30, 2013 | Business & People News
Glass was creatively used by the winning designers in both the Best Kitchen (pictured above) and the Best Bath (pictured below) categories in the 2013 Design Competition sponsored by the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA). The category winners in this...
by laura | Apr 29, 2013 | Business & People News
bulthaup recently hosted a conceptual kitchen installation at its Via Durini showroom in Milan, Italy, during Salone del Mobile 2013. Visitors to the showroom experienced a kitchen that was designed to challenge conventional views of interior space. The installation...
by laura | Apr 26, 2013 | Business & People News
The Decorative Plumbing and Hardware Association’s 2013 Annual Conference, taking place October 9-12, will be held in Chandler, Ariz. The theme of this year’s DPHA conference is “Thriving on Disruption.” “Disruptive innovations are like missiles launched at your...