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Outdoor Living

Reimagining the Outdoor Kitchen

When:

November 16, 2022

Presenter:

Jessica Petrino, Editorial Director, A. J. Madison

CEUs: .1
What You Will Learn

Prime patio season is right around the corner, and outdoor entertaining will once again take center stage. Last summer was a banner year for backyard renovations, and we forecast even greater demand in 2022 and beyond. The great outdoors offers extended living space, a semblance of escape, and a safe place to come together.

Outdoor living is becoming a three-season or, in some cases, all-season affair. Adding an outdoor patio heater, fireplace, or three-season room extends the season. Draw inspiration from your favorite resorts with amenities that will keep clients comfortable under the stars. For larger estates, consider a secondary easy-access grill near the home for evening grilling.

Outdoor kitchens are more attainable than ever. There is a plethora of options in the world of outdoor kitchens and entertaining. Learn more about trending outdoor kitchen appliances, including gas and wood- fired pizza ovens, gas and alternate-fuel grills, wine coolers, and cocktail stations. Explore products that tailor to clients’ cooking styles, storage needs, and entertainment preferences. Whether you’re specifying a massive renovation or simply adding a grill to the backyard, personalizing your outdoor living area is an investment that can make a world of difference.

During this session, you will:

Establish the value of adding an outdoor kitchen to clients and other key constituencies.
Define outdoor appliances across five major categories: grilling, specialty cooking, cooling, storage, and clean-up.
Identify hot outdoor kitchen trends such as outdoor appliances with custom color and hardware, adding heaters to extend the season and a greater focus on permanent structures.

Featured Presenter
Jessica Petrino – Editorial Director – A. J. Madison

Jessica Petrino, Editorial Director at AJMadison, is a proud home appliances matchmaker. It’s her goal to make it easier for everyone to shop for products they will enjoy for years to come.

Her favorite industry education projects include serving as the Content Strategist and Editor for “AJ the Appliance Journal” and recording segments for “Ask the Appliance Experts” on WCBS News Radio. She was also recognized by the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) as an industry 30 Under 30.

Webinar Sponsor
Hettich

We create the perfect combination of intelligent technology, functionality, and design. It is with this claim that we develop and produce a variety of fittings for all sorts of different functions; including drawer box systems, slides, hinges as well as sliding and folding door systems. Because good furniture needs good solutions – for the home, working world and quality of life. Every day, over 6,700 members of staff take up the challenge of developing intelligent technology for furniture. The home of the family-owned business is in Kirchlengern, Germany

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Outdoor Living

Winning Outdoor Kitchen Design – Creating Sophisticated Spaces That Work

When:

November 3, 2022

Presenter:

Russ Faulk , Chief Designer, Head of Product, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet

CEUs: .1
What You Will Learn

Over the last decade, the interest in outdoor kitchens has continued to rise. This is reflected by the AIA Home Design Survey continuously naming outdoor kitchens as a key home trend. Outdoor kitchens add value to a home, extend living and entertaining spaces and brings the comfort of the indoors out.

This webinar identifies current market trends for outdoor kitchens, the scope of products available, decisions to consider before starting a project and design guidelines you need to know to create outdoor kitchens your clients will want to use all year round.

During this session, you will:

Apply proven indoor kitchen design principles to the specific needs of the outdoors.
Identify common outdoor kitchen design mistakes and misconceptions and how to avoid them.
Discuss options for outdoor kitchen equipment.

Featured Presenter
Russ Faulk – Chief Designer, Head of Product – Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet

Russ Faulk is the Chief Designer and Head of Product for Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, the leading manufacturer of luxury outdoor kitchen appliances and cabinetry. He has over 20 years of experience in product design and has designed the brand’s most recognized products including the Kalamazoo Gaucho Grill, Artisan Fire Pizza Oven, and the new Shokunin Kamado Grill.

Russ is also the brand’s resident grillmaster and an accomplished cookbook author. His most recent cookbook, Food + Fire was published in 2019 and features more than 170 of his tried-and-true recipes dedicated to the power, passion, and flavor of live fire cooking.

Webinar Sponsor
Hettich

We create the perfect combination of intelligent technology, functionality, and design. It is with this claim that we develop and produce a variety of fittings for all sorts of different functions; including drawer box systems, slides, hinges as well as sliding and folding door systems. Because good furniture needs good solutions – for the home, working world and quality of life. Every day, over 6,700 members of staff take up the challenge of developing intelligent technology for furniture. The home of the family-owned business is in Kirchlengern, Germany.

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Kitchen + Bath Month

How Color and Finish are Changing Kitchen Design

When:

October 25, 2022

Presenter:

Brendan Flanigan, Owner, Brendan Flanigan Interiors

CEUs: .1
What You Will Learn

From faucets to cabinet pulls, and accent finishes on ranges, today we have offerings at our fingertips that come in as many shades of metal as artisan welder can create. And, add to this the color vibrancy that is increasingly entering the kitchen on bespoke appliances and solid surfaces, and custom stained millwork.

Spend an hour with New York Interior Designer Brendan Flanigan for a look at the most innovative materials on the market- and how new collections are increasingly offering broad color and finish options that  are changing the way bespoke designers compose the luxury kitchen.

During this session you will:

  • Discover trends for innovative materials that are currently on the market.
  • Explore new collections that offer color and finish options.
  • Differentiate yourself as a designer and compose a luxury kitchen with options for your clients.
Featured Presenter

Brendan Flanigan – Owner – Brendan Flanigan Interiors

Brendan’s passion for K&B design was influenced by his exposure to the hospitality industry at a young age. For well over a decade, his design process has been focused on listening and drawing out the clients’ style with unexpected K&B finishes, installations, and hands-on attention to every detail.

For almost 15 years, Brendan Flanigan Interiors has been designing effortlessly chic spaces. The studio provides design services to both luxury homes and commercial interiors in New York and beyond. For more information, check out their website at www.brendanflanigan.com.

Webinar Sponsor
Delta Faucet Company

Founded by Masco Corporation in 1954 with the introduction of the single-handle faucet, Delta Faucet Company is proud to be America’s faucet innovation leader, featuring Delta®, Brizo® and Peerless® products. A WaterSense® partner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Delta Faucet is a global organization offering kitchen and bath faucets, showerheads, tub and shower systems, toilets, bath sinks and related accessories, selling products in more than 53 countries.

At Delta Faucet Company, we work together to make things better, whether we’re launching a new line of faucets, building a Habitat for Humanity house or helping a co-worker through a rough patch. We’re like a family – we trust each other, we’re willing to challenge each other and we always have each other’s backs.

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Kitchen + Bath Month

Bathroom Biophilia Design

When:

October 20, 2022

Presenter:

Paula Kennedy, CMKBD, CLIPP, CACC, Owner, Timeless Kitchen Design, LLC

CEUs: .1
What You Will Learn

Beyond basic hygiene, the bathroom is an important space where we execute self-care, escape from the world and nurture ourselves. Within the category of wellness design, the concept of Biophilia takes us deeper into bringing the outdoors in and increasing our human connection with nature.

“Biophilic design is a concept used to increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment through the use of direct nature, indirect nature, and space and place conditions.”

Wellness and the Four Elements; earth, water, fire, air, will guide our discussion in how we can design bathroom spaces utilizing biophilia. These spaces can nurture our souls and keep us connected to the earth which supports our mental and physical wellbeing.

During this session, you will:

Discuss the basics of biophilia in design.
Discover how to execute biophilia design with the bathroom environment.
Explore how biophilia supports wellness design.

Featured Presenter
Paula Kennedy, CMKBD, CLIPP, CACC – Owner – Timeless Kitchen Design, LLC

Paula’s industry experience of 24 years and her firm, Timeless Kitchen Design L.L.C., is focused out of a love of kitchen and bath design. She is an NKBA Certified Master Kitchen & Bath Designer, Certified Architectural Color Consultant, Certified Living in Place Professional.

Paula is an award-winning designer and serves as a K+BB Advisory Council member, honored as an NKBA Lifetime Ambassador and is recognized as an NKBA Subject Matter Expert. She contributes to the industry by speaking, teaching, curriculum creation, mentoring, and writing, most recently embracing topics of creativity, innovation, technology, wellness, and inclusive design. Inspiring others feeds her passion for design, mentorship, and teaching.

Webinar Sponsor
Delta Faucet Company

Founded by Masco Corporation in 1954 with the introduction of the single-handle faucet, Delta Faucet Company is proud to be America’s faucet innovation leader, featuring Delta®, Brizo® and Peerless® products. A WaterSense® partner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Delta Faucet is a global organization offering kitchen and bath faucets, showerheads, tub and shower systems, toilets, bath sinks and related accessories, selling products in more than 53 countries.

At Delta Faucet Company, we work together to make things better, whether we’re launching a new line of faucets, building a Habitat for Humanity house or helping a co-worker through a rough patch. We’re like a family – we trust each other, we’re willing to challenge each other and we always have each other’s backs.

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Kitchen + Bath Month

Modernist Cuisine and Residential Kitchen Design

When:

October 18, 2022

Presenter:

Andrew Forlines, Chef and Owner, Chef AF, LLC

CEUs: .1
What You Will Learn

Chef Andrew Forlines, of CHEFAF.com, will illuminate the modern built-in kitchen appliance design, selection, and purchase process from inside the industry for designers and end users.

In this presentation you will learn which cooking techniques and technologies are prevalent in fine dining and modernist cuisine restaurants. These technologies are now available for the home kitchen, and you can learn how to design with them in mind.

As a designer, you can match clients with the type and style of home kitchen appliances that best suit their lifestyles and cooking preference. You’ll gain insight into steam ovens, induction burners, probe thermometers, sous vide cooking and other modernist cuisine technology. Finally, you can guide your clients through the kitchen appliance selection process and provide an awareness of the variety of options that the industry has to offer.

During this session, you will:

  • Discover the up-to-date portfolio of advanced cooking technology available for residential built-in appliances.
  • Destigmatize induction burners and embrace the all-electric kitchen.
  • Identify client archetypes and match them with home kitchen appliances that suit their lifestyle and cooking preferences.
Featured Presenter

Andrew Forlines – Chef and Owner – Chef AF, LLC

Chef Andrew Forlines has spent several years in the residential appliance industry teaching home builders, kitchen designers and end users about all aspects of residential cooking appliances.  He focuses on advanced cooking technologies and techniques from the fine dining restaurant industry that are now available for the home kitchen.

He trained and worked his way up the ranks for many years at the Five-Star, Five-Diamond rated, Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado.  His career has always been at the nexus of fine dining, molecular gastronomy, refined customer service, advanced cooking technology, food science, and culinary teaching.

Chef Andrew offers consulting and training services for appliance manufacturers, retailers, and kitchen designers through his CHEF AF LLC label.  Find out more at www.CHEFAF.com

Webinar Sponsor
Delta Faucet Company

Founded by Masco Corporation in 1954 with the introduction of the single-handle faucet, Delta Faucet Company is proud to be America’s faucet innovation leader, featuring Delta®, Brizo® and Peerless® products. A WaterSense® partner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Delta Faucet is a global organization offering kitchen and bath faucets, showerheads, tub and shower systems, toilets, bath sinks and related accessories, selling products in more than 53 countries.

At Delta Faucet Company, we work together to make things better, whether we’re launching a new line of faucets, building a Habitat for Humanity house or helping a co-worker through a rough patch. We’re like a family – we trust each other, we’re willing to challenge each other and we always have each other’s backs.

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Kitchen + Bath Month

Choosing Decorative Hardware for Your Kitchen and Bath

When:

October 6, 2022

Presenter:

Peter Wells, Sr. Principal Designer, Insights & Product Design, Amerock

CEUs: .1
What You Will Learn

In a successful kitchen or bath project, no detail is overlooked. An important finishing touch, decorative hardware can have a strong impact on the overall aesthetic and functionality of your project. Yet unfortunately, it is often a quick, last-minute decision.

As we review scenarios, this webinar will arm you with a better understanding of how to effectively specify the best decorative hardware for any design situation. In addition, as more homeowners choose to live in place, you’ll learn about options available for safety, accessibility, and ADA-friendly design.

During this session, you will:

Explore various influences on decorative hardware selection, such as the overall style of the kitchen or bath project, as well as safety of end-users.
Discover industry trends related to selecting the right sizes and finishes.
Discuss the consideration of safety standards when selecting decorative hardware that is both aesthetically beautiful, functional and ADA compliant.
Identify considerations of performance and longevity for decorative hardware options.

Featured Presenter
Peter Wells – Sr. Principal Designer, Insights & Product Design – Amerock

For over 90 years, Amerock has built a longstanding legacy in providing innovative solutions. Sr. Principal Designer, Peter Wells, continues this legacy by leading Amerock’s trends, insights, and product design with a seamless blend of style and function.

Originally from Springfield, Massachusetts, Peter holds a degree in the field of design engineering as well as a master’s in industrial design and is an active member in NKBA, NARI and IDSA.

With over 18 years of experience as a commercial and home consumer product designer, Peter’s designs, several of which hold design patents, have gained the attention of industry leaders and designers alike impart due to Peter’s thoughtful, detail-oriented approach to inject style and innovation into an otherwise ‘everyday’ product.

Webinar Sponsor

Delta Faucet Company

Founded by Masco Corporation in 1954 with the introduction of the single-handle faucet, Delta Faucet Company is proud to be America’s faucet innovation leader, featuring Delta®, Brizo® and Peerless® products. A WaterSense® partner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Delta Faucet is a global organization offering kitchen and bath faucets, showerheads, tub and shower systems, toilets, bath sinks and related accessories, selling products in more than 53 countries.

At Delta Faucet Company, we work together to make things better, whether we’re launching a new line of faucets, building a Habitat for Humanity house or helping a co-worker through a rough patch. We’re like a family – we trust each other, we’re willing to challenge each other and we always have each other’s backs.

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Kitchen + Bath Month

Say Cheese! The Art of Turning Heads, Getting Published, Growing Your Business

When:

October 4, 2022

Presenter:

Elle H-Millard, CKD, Corporate Learning Manager, Delta Faucet Company

CEUs: .1
What You Will Learn

Need to get noticed? Stand out in the design crowd? Drive more business? Gone are the days where a downtown studio and personal referrals equate to a lasting marketing strategy; today’s most successful designers and design firms leverage social media and design publication brands to push their name to the platforms that position them for long-term success.

This webinar will seek to educate specifiers on the ins and outs of getting your work out into the world in a way that it will turn the heads of both publishers and future clients alike.

During this session, you will:

  • Discuss how to position your design work in its best light.
  • Illustrate communication strategies that elevate your work and highlight your photography.
  • Identify marketing tactics that pique the interest of media brands and publishers.
Featured Presenter

Elle H-Millard, CKD – Corporate Learning Manager – Delta Faucet Company

Interior design expert Elle H-Millard, CKD, CLIPP has been an NKBA Insider — an industry influencer representing the National Kitchen and Bath Association and promoting the highest standards of kitchen and bath design and remodeling across the country and internationally.

A trend forecasting and event programming professional, Elle participates in think-tank group discussions, for new product and trade show development across various platforms in the kitchen and bath industry.

Today, Elle facilitates training discussions and interactive learning experiences with residential build experts as the Corporate Learning Manager at Delta Faucet Co. Elle was one of 11 cast to be on HGTV’s “Design Star” series, where she competed to host her own show, and was featured in Philadelphia Magazine Elegant Wedding for her innovative use of mundane materials to create wearable art at her own wedding.

Webinar Sponsor

Delta Faucet Company

Founded by Masco Corporation in 1954 with the introduction of the single-handle faucet, Delta Faucet Company is proud to be America’s faucet innovation leader, featuring Delta®, Brizo® and Peerless® products. A WaterSense® partner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Delta Faucet is a global organization offering kitchen and bath faucets, showerheads, tub and shower systems, toilets, bath sinks and related accessories, selling products in more than 53 countries.

At Delta Faucet Company, we work together to make things better, whether we’re launching a new line of faucets, building a Habitat for Humanity house or helping a co-worker through a rough patch. We’re like a family – we trust each other, we’re willing to challenge each other and we always have each other’s backs.

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Smart Home Integration


How To Meet Your Client’s Smart Home Needs & Questions

When:

September 12, 2023 | 12:00 PM ET

Presenter:

Josh Christian – CEO – Home Technology Association

CEUs: .1

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How To Meet Your Client’s Smart Home Needs & Questions

Technology is increasingly woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. The pandemic made this reality even more noticeable with so many suddenly working and learning from home, creating more demand for more home technology. Beyond entertainment technologies like audio/video and media rooms, the peace of mind supplied by security systems and surveillance cameras, and the requirement for reliable and secure Wi-Fi, clients increasingly want their home to be “smart”. What exactly is a “smart home” and how do I answer my clients’ questions about smart home options? How does this affect my kitchen and bath design? How much do these home technologies cost? Who should install it? How does this affect the aesthetic design of the project, and what other trades might be affected?


This webinar will answer the above questions and empower you to have confident conversations with your client about how to approach their home tech needs. By having a plan on how to deal with the home’s low-voltage technologies, not only are you providing valuable guidance and insights to your clients, but your projects will also benefit aesthetically. In the past, designers were happy if the home’s technologies didn’t create an eyesore, though today’s proactive designer understands that properly designed and specified home technology can instead beautify a space and make the entire home more user-friendly. 


This course will share the scope of technologies that professional home technology integrators install and how to find and work with one that understands you and your clients’ needs.

During this session, you will:

  • Gain the confidence and simple tools needed to quickly evaluate their clients’ technology requirements.
  • Establish why a technology integrator should be a key resource for kitchen and bath designers and why to engage integrators early.
  • Share how to find qualified home technology integrators that are used to working with design professionals.

How To Meet Your Client’s Smart Home Needs & Questions
Josh Christian – CEO – Home Technology Association.

Josh has been a technology enthusiast since a child and entered the home technology industry in 1995. Soon after, he began working with designers to help them integrate technology into their projects in the most aesthetically pleasing ways possible. In 2017 Josh co-founded the Home Technology Association (HTA) to create the industry’s first and only standard of excellence for home technology integrators so homeowners and design and build professionals could find qualified home technology integrators. The HTA has positioned itself as the ‘bridge’ between home technology integrators and the design and build professions.

He has delivered dozens of presentations to some of the top architects, and interior designers throughout the USA. In serving different roles, as a salesperson, a consultant, and an industry outreach liaison, Josh brings years of experience with integrating technology into design. His goal has always been for clients to have exceptional technology experiences. In his role as CEO of the HTA, he is delivering on that goal.


How To Meet Your Client’s Smart Home Needs & Questions
Hettich

We create the perfect combination of intelligent technology, functionality, and design. It is with this claim that we develop and produce a variety of fittings for all sorts of different functions; including drawer box systems, slides, hinges as well as sliding and folding door systems. Because good furniture needs good solutions – for the home, working world and quality of life. Every day, over 6,700 members of staff take up the challenge of developing intelligent technology for furniture. The home of the family-owned business is in Kirchlengern, Germany.