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Industry Update { Noteworthy developments impacting the kitchen and bath market } 2013 Leadership Elected by NKBA Hackettstown, NJ ��� The National Kitchen & Bath Association has announced the association���s newly-elected 2013 Executive Committee. Elected by the Hackettstown, NJ-based NKBA were: John K. Morgan, president; John Petrie, CMKBD, president-elect; Carolyn Cheetham, CMKBD, vice president; Debra Robinson, CMKBD, treasurer; Denise Dick, CMKBD, secretary, and Alan Zielinski, CKD, immediate past president. The NKBA will be celebrating its 50th anniversary as a trade association in 2013. KBDN���s 2013 Seminar Series To Kick O��� Next Month Melville, NY ��� Kitchen & Bath Design News will kick o��� its 2013 series of all-day seminars next month in Orlando, with a new program aimed at enhancing the design skills, technical acumen and proptability of kitchen & bath dealers, designers and related industry professionals. KBDN Publisher Emeritus Eliot Sefrin announced that the new program ��� entitled ���Art + Science: How Contemporary Design & Cutting-Edge Technology Can Increase Propts & Resonate With Today���s New Clients��� ��� will open its eight-city 2013 schedule on Feb. 21, at the Four Points by Sheraton Orlando Studio City in the heart of Orlando. The seminar will also be presented in San Jose (March 26), Pittsburgh (April 25), Mahwah, NJ (May 23), Minneapolis (June 20), Ellen Cheever, CMKBD, ASID Boston (Sept. 26), Chicago (Oct. 24) and Atlanta (Nov. 14). Geared for kitchen & bath designers looking to refresh their creative talents and expand their technological skills, Art + Science is aimed at identifying ���what���s next��� in design and technology so that design professionals can better address the needs of a younger, less-traditional client while increasing company propts in the New Digital Age. Art + Science will spotlight the growing trend toward contemporary kitchens and baths that require an entirely new way of managing the space and connecting the elements of the room. Also featured will Eric Schimelpfenig, AKBD be a multi-media program that presents a vision of the industry���s digital present and future, including ways design professionals can leverage cutting-edge technological tools from initial client contact through pnal contract. Among the topics to be addressed will be: How to create transitional kitchens and baths that represent the ���next generation��� of traditional ��� as well as the next generation of contemporary ��� through the use of proper proportions, lines, shapes, forms, color and texture. Adopting a new way of thinking about such key elements as countertop applications, backsplash treatments, cabinet sections, combining open and enclosed spaces, and more. Utilizing accessories that can make a di���erence, including light pxtures, decorative hardware and wall, ceiling and qoor treatments. How smart phones, iPads and other mobile devices can enhance showroom visits and client presentations, collect information, take job-site measurements and photos, access spec books, communicate online, and provide interactive information about showrooms and products. How augmented-reality digital applications and powerful new design software, including immersive 3D platforms, can produce photo-realistic designs using real, rather than generic, products. How cutting-edge digital programs and applications can assist with pricing, product specipcation, ordering, contracts and other key tasks. Leading the programs will be a pair of KBDN contributors: Ellen Cheever, CMKBD, ASID, widely considered to be the nation���s premier kitchen and bath design authority, and Eric Schimelpfenig, AKBD, a leading authority on cutting-edge technology impacting the kitchen and bath industry. Information about attending any of the 2013 programs can be obtained by calling (920) 563-1681. ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� App Launched By Chief Architect Coeur d���Alene, ID ��� Chief Architect Software has released ���Room Planner,��� an iPad software application aimed at home design and space planning, the company announced. ���What makes Room Planner appealing is the quick visual feedback 10 | Kitchen & Bath Design News you get when creating or redesigning a living space,��� said Scott Harris, Chief Architect���s v.p./sales and marketing. ���We designed the app to be a very simpliped version of our desktop software.��� With Room Planner, users can create realistic qoor plans and 3D models by quickly placing and arranging rooms, furniture, cabinets, doors and windows, according to Chief Architect. January 2013 Executive Director Named by ISFA Orem, UT ��� The International Surface Fabricators Association (ISFA) has named industry veteran Chuck Sawyer as Executive Director, the trade association for the surfacing industry announced. Sawyer has been involved with the surfacing industry since 1974, originally owning fabrication shops in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, according to the Orem, UT-based ISFA. One of the prst DuPont-certiped trainers, he pioneered early fabricator training in the United States and South America. He served as cochair for the ISSFA Solid Surface Conferences and was selected Associate Member of the Year in 2001. He also has extensive sales, marketing and product development experience at both the distributor and manufacturer levels, ISFA said. ���We are very pleased to have Chuck working on advancing the association,��� said Mike Langenderfer, ISFA president. ���His knowledge, experience and industry contacts, along with the great ideas he brings to the table, will help us to revamp ISFA���s programming in the coming years.��� According to the association, initiatives for the coming year at ISFA will include: A review and development of existing and new standards, including comprehensive fabrication and installation standards for solid surfacing and quartz surfacing. A broadening of ISFA���s educational o���erings. Increased networking opportunities. ���Through input from fabricator members, manufacturers, associates and industry experts, and the creation of standards, training opportunities and networking events that represent the best in the business, ISFA can serve all stakeholders ��� consumers, architects and designers, contractors, fabricators, specipers, manufacturers and suppliers ��� assuring that we represent all that is the best there can be in our industry,��� Sawyer said. ��� ��� ��� The app also includes a library of architectural objects and accessories. ���Professional designers can use Room Planner to assist in gathering their client���s feedback right there in a meeting,��� said Harris. ���It���s also a great tool for homeowners, o���ce managers or real estate agents to quickly create qoor plans.��� Room Planner is free of charge initially, and can be downloaded on iTunes. Additional information is available by visiting chiefarchitect.com.