NKBA’s professional development workshops are designed to provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to succeed in the kitchen and bathroom industry.

Kitchen Design for Suppliers & Specifiers Workshop

This workshop is aimed at industry professionals who work with and supply product to kitchen designers. The workshop provides suppliers and specifiers with a better understanding the design process, how kitchen designers work and why they apply design principles, and how product supplied relates to spatial design guidelines and kitchen plans.

This workshop is delivered using a blend of tutor-led content, group discussions, and practical activities.

Workshop content includes:

Design Business Basics

  • understanding designer business models. target markets, and how designers operate

Kitchen design basics

  • design principles and elements
  • themes and styles
  • spatial planning
  • colour, product, and materials

Kitchen plans

  • reading and deciphering plans and elevations
  • specifying products that meets the brief
  • understanding design decisions and why the designer has made them

Workshop Details

Workshop length

  • 1/2 day (9.00am - 1.30pm)

2025 Workshop dates

  • 27 March (Christchurch)
  • 7 August (Auckland)

2025 Workshop fee

  • $400 + GST

Who is the workshop aimed at?

  • New and experienced suppliers
  • Product sales reps 
  • Architectural and design specifiers

How can I enrol?

  • Click here for the enrolment form

 

Workshops are subject to minimum numbers.

Learners will receive an NKBA Certificate of Completion at the end of the workshop.

CAD experience is not required for this workshop.

Want to learn more about this workshop? Email NKBA  or call (03) 322 1957 today!

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