Archive for Universal Design |
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Apr
17
2010 |
Best of KBIS |
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Today at KBIS, the winners of the Best of KBIS competition were announced. The eight winning products, selected for their functionality, quality/durability, flexibility, aesthetics/style and innovation, were each introduced in the past 12 months and, for the first time, eligible to win in two new categories: Universal Design and Green/Sustainable Products. The panel of judges included Kimball Derrick, CKD, of Kimball Derrick, LLC; Jamie Gibbs, of Jamie Gibbs Associates; Jennifer Gilmer, CKD, of Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath, Ltd.; Kristin Okeley, ASID, CKD, of Kitchens by Design; Susan Serra, CKD, of Susan Serra Associates; David Stimmel, of Stimmel Consulting Group; and Richard Walters, of Visualize Inc. Without further ado, the winning products are: BEST OF KITCHEN Gold: King Slide‘s 1A88 push-open silent soft-closing undermount slide  Doug Krainman, publisher of K+BB, and J.C. Wang, executive VP of King Slide. Silver: Element Designs‘ eluma DecoSplash (below)
 Nelson Wills, of Element Designs, and Doug Krainman, publisher of K+BB. BEST OF BATH Gold: TOTO USA‘s Aimes eco-powered shower lighting system (below)
 Doug Krainman, publisher of K+BB, and Katsuhito Nojima, executive VP at TOTO USA. Silver: Schluter Systems‘ Schluter Kerdi-Board  Doug Krainman, publisher of K+BB, and Larry Horton, Schluter Systems' national sales manager, USA. BEST UNIVERSAL DESIGN PRODUCT
 Doug Krainman (far left), publisher of K+BB, and Ian Crawford (third from left), of HealthCraft Products. BEST GREEN/SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT
 Joe Hutko, of Everpure, and Doug Krainman, publisher of K+BB. BEST OF SHOW
 Doug Krainman, publisher of K+BB, and Thorsten Platt, Liebherr's VP, North America. PEOPLE’S CHOICE (voted on by all attendees) Safety Tubs‘ Safety Tubs for Kids (below)
 Doug Krainman (far left), publisher of K+BB, and Rob Buete (second from left), CEO of Safety Tubs. —Sallie Moffat  |
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