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AEC483 - Today's Design Challenge: How to make a good kitchen great!...THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER OFFERED
THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER OFFERED.
Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:
- Discuss how today’s consumer preferences are changing from “big – bold – glam” to “small – smart – beautiful” with a demand for the kitchen be a multi-tasking, primary living space of the home.
- Review today’s industry kitchen design guidelines, and discuss how new kitchen appliance innovations and their changing technologies require new design criteria for placement and planning guidelines.
- Reorganize a kitchen cooking area based on the ergonomic foundations of accessible design principles and the ergonomic information about a typical client.
- Discuss why prep sink areas should be multi-tasking centers that meet the activity levels and needs of the primary user.
- Identify design strategies which make a small kitchen space work hard.
Approximately 1 hour. Delivered online, at your own pace.
Presented by Ellen Cheever, CMKBD, ASID, CAPS on behalf of Whirlpool Corporation. View the Privacy Policy .
Presenter Information
Name: Ellen Cheever, CMKBD, ASID, CAPS
Title: Project Manager, Design + Development Group, Whirlpool Corporation
Background: Ellen Cheever brings a dynamic combination of design excellence and best business practices to her manufacturer, distributor and dealer clients in the kitchen and bath industry today.
A Certified Master Kitchen and Bath Designer, Professional Member of the American Society of Interior Designers, and a Certified Aging in Place Specialist, Cheever manages both a private residential design practice and a consulting firm that develops innovative products, designs memorable showrooms, and creates highly effective training programs for all segments of the industry.
Her residential design clients stretch from California to the East Coast. Her private design work has been honored by the American Society of Interior Designers, the KWC Design Competition, and the National Kitchen & Bath Association Design Competition.
A respected trend analyst who regularly travels the world, Ellen is a member of the National Kitchen and Bath Association Hall of Fame, and served on the management teams of several innovative and respected cabinet companies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Home Economics from California State University.
The prolific author first gained prominence in the industry when she wrote two textbooks considered the basis of design education: Beyond the Basics: Advanced Kitchen Design and The Basics of Bathroom Design and Beyond. She then served as the Director of Educational Services for the National Kitchen & Bath Association, where under her leadership the Kitchen and Bathroom Industry Technical Manuals were first published.
Today she continues her focus on educational leadership. She has just completed four authoritative new volumes for NKBA’s Professional Research Library: “Kitchen & Bath Products”, “Design Principles”, “Kitchen & Bath Business Management” and “Installation Procedures & Project Management for Designers”. As a regular contributor to Kitchen & Bath Design News Magazine, and a much sought-after speaker at national and international industry events, Ellen continues to shape the face of the industry today with her in-depth analysis of emerging design trends and winning business strategies.
