UPCOMING EVENTS

BDNY (Boutique Design New York )

November 10-11, Javits Center

HOLIDAY HOUSE NYC

125 East 65th St.

November 14 -December 15

CHAPTER MEETING

(REGISTRATION CLOSED)

Thursday, November 21

Host: Royal Green Appliance Center

Topic: Panel Discussion - The Latest in Appliance Technologies

COUNCIL MEETING

Monday, December 2

CONVENE NY

Wednesday, December 11

 

NYC DESIGN INDUSTRY WINTER SOCIAL - MEMBERS ONLY

Thursday, December 12

KBIS in Las Vegas

January 21 - January 23, 2020

 

Stay Tuned for Chapter Programming for January 2020 and Beyond!

Designing Small Kitchens with Big Impact at Fisher & Paykel Experience Center

L to R: Barbara Habermann, John Tudisco, Toni Sabatino, Barbara Kessler, Benoit Laroche, Julie Schuster

In October, the NKBA Manhattan Chapter gathered at the Fisher & Paykel Experience Center in the A&D Building for a conversation around designing for small kitchens. in a room filled with kitchen & bath professionals based in New York City, it was certainly a topic ripe for discussion and a challenge of creativity that we all know very well. Barbara Kessler , design development manager at Fisher & Paykel, led a CEU presentation focusing on current trends and how to address clients’ needs when specifying a small kitchen project. The course covered a number of solutions to consider that maximize utility, comfort and design. Chef Jennifer Jung prepared a beautiful spread for guests to enjoy. If you haven't seen the event photos on Facebook yet, click here to see the album .

President's Column | Toni Sabatino

I hope you have had a great National Kitchen and Bath Month! October is rich with events and a great time to start thinking about goals for the coming year.

KBIS planning for Chapter meetups is underway, as well as planning for a great 2020; a year full of entertaining education to keep your finger on the pulse of our industry. But first, we have our November meeting at Royal Green to look forward to. It’s a membership drive event so please consider bringing a guest. We have a fantastic group of eco-oriented door prizes and the lite bites include the latest food craze “Beyond Meat”. There will be wine and there is no guest charge. We hope you can be there to join in the fun! 😎

Design + Tech Connection Comes to New York City in December

Design + Tech Connection will take place on December 11, 2019, at Convene, 117 West 46th Street, NYC. The one-day conference, powered by the NKBA , KBB and CE Pro , will bring the brightest and most provocative minds from design, construction and technology together, to inspire collaboration and partnerships among brands, specifiers and installers.

“Residential consumers continue to demand more complex, seamless design integration in their homes,” said Bill Darcy, CEO, NKBA . “Our NKBA 2018 and 2019 Kitchen and Bath Tech Awareness & Usage market research studies confirm consumer desire and willingness to adopt better, faster and more complex whole-home integration systems. They are looking for trusted professionals from the design, construction and tech integration spheres to work closely together, for harmonious design and installation of these systems.”

Programming for this new conference is being developed with an eye toward educating interior design, kitchen and bath design and building communities about the speed at which the tech field is evolving, and how to smartly design residential spaces with confidence and authority.

Industry authorities including Darcy; Julie Jacobson, founding editor of CE Pro; Chelsie Butler, executive editor of Kitchen & Bath Business, and other industry experts will lead conversations, panel discussions and presentations on the Internet of Things (IoT), home automation, security, wellness-related technology, principles of good design integration and how to create a smart business partnership to deliver beautiful and functional residential spaces.

Sponsored by Control4 & Sub-Zero Wolf Cove 

Date: Wednesday, December 11

Location: Convene NY, 117 West 46th St., NYC

Info: designtechconnection.com/about/

Monogram at High Point Market

Last month, Monogram debuted two new luxury appliance collections – the Statement Collection and the Minimalist Collection – at High Point Market in a unique pop up experience. High Point is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world with more than 75,000 attendees twice a year. Monogram welcomed everyone to the pop up space through various events with key partners and designers, including Entertaining Beyond the Bar, a panel discussion moderated by Toni Sabatino, as well as tantalizing delicacies from Chef James Briscione. Learn more at https://www.monogram.com/collections. 

Open Call for the First Annual Luxury Kitchen Recycling Awards

Renovation Angel , a 501c(3) non-profit and the nation's largest kitchen, bath and furniture recycler, and the National Kitchen & Bath Association today announced the creation of the NKBA Renovation Angel Luxury Kitchen Recycling Awards. This partnership and awards program recognizes the astounding work done by design professionals nationwide who have made the commitment to be responsible renovators and choose to recycle kitchens (cabinets, appliances, decorative plumbing and surfaces) when possible, making the world more beautiful inside and out. The winners will be announced at KBIS in Las Vegas on January 22, 2020.

“Recycling kitchens is a win, win, win – for the homeowner, the designer, and the planet,” said Steve Feldman, CEO/Founder of Renovation Angel . “Every year over 50,000 luxury kitchens end up in landfills. That's 125,000 tons of waste. By donating your project to Renovation Angel , you're not only helping to save the planet, but you’re also helping homeowners save tens of thousands of dollars in tax benefits and removal costs.”

The awards competition is free to enter and is open to all kitchen designers, architects, contractors, interior designers and other industry professionals. The requirements are simple. Industry professionals should visit https://renovationangel.com/award/ and submit projects where at least 50% of the existing materials were recycled or donated. Projects must have been completed between January 1, 2017, and October 31, 2019. All entry packets must be received by 6:00 pm PST, Friday, November 22, 2019.

Be sure to check out news from National at the all-new NKBA.org

THANK YOU to the sponsors of NKBA Manhattan Chapter:

GOLD LEVEL

SILVER LEVEL

The National Kitchen & Bath Association is the ONLY professional organization that solely supports kitchen, bath and hardware with over 60,000 members in North America!

Learn more about the benefits of membership at nkbamanhattan.org/nkba-membership .