One of the best kitchen in New Zealand for 2022 has been introduced and it’s a breath-taking testomony to design and innovation. The NKBA Excellence in Design
SUPREME Kitchen Design Award Winner is Auckland designer, Natalie Du Bois of Du Bois Designer Kitchens & Interiors. Her “magnificent” award-winning house is a contemporary and industrial kitchen, designed for a household of 5, and features a butler’s pantry and a devoted bar for entertaining.
Judges referred to as the kitchen “fascinating, within the true which means of the phrase”.
“The mesmerising layering impact on the island cladding is outstanding, as is the tremendous stylish lighting and the mushy veneer on the again wall. This house has impression, it’s tactile, and it has been fantastically executed. Options just like the folded metallic cabinets, the island particulars, and the best way the sunshine performs throughout the layers are simply pleasant. It’s extremely tough to be unique within the kitchen house, however this designer has achieved this. Magnificent,” they mentioned.
Du Bois chosen a mixture of supplies for the commercial look.
“Probably the most dominant materials is the plastered concrete partitions and the rugged concrete Caesarstone island benchtop with strips, in varied sizes, wrapped across the again and sides of the island. This impact was designed to create a visually attention-grabbing central focus to the room,” says Du Bois.
The Nationwide Kitchen and Lavatory Affiliation (NKBA) is the one members group for New Zealand Kitchen and Lavatory designers and its awards are a spotlight for the tons of of members positioned across the nation, who embrace designers, joiners, suppliers, and producers.
Natalie Du Bois is an Elite Designer of NKBA and the award is only one of many she acquired on the night time. Along with the coveted SUPREME award, her unimaginable kitchen design additionally gained her designer of the yr, the DNKBA Kitchen Design – Elite/Platinum Award and the Auckland Chapter Recognition Award.
Du Bois additionally took out the NKBA Excellence in Design SUPREME Lavatory Design Award
for a moody and textural visitor toilet that judges described as a play on clear curves and tough edgy parts.
Du Bois says the supplies chosen helped to construct the moody and intimate aesthetic.
“Supplies embrace darkish burnished, metal-look, porcelain tiles and a lighter grey rock-salt porcelain tile which was specified to circulation from the hallway into the lavatory and up the again wall. The freestanding tub has its personal tumbled pure stone wall with a protracted recessed shelving area of interest behind the tub. The self-importance high is a function component, made out of Bengal black stone with specifically designed grooves making a rock edge,” says Du Bois.
Judges praised Natalie Du Bois for her execution to the very best of requirements.
“This toilet was a transparent winner. The usage of gentle has been properly thought of, and the finishes are luxurious with industrial handles and great faucet fittings. Exquisitely darkish and moody, the designer has delivered on the transient. The rockface is a stupendous look and the self-importance bench high with its uncooked edge is a stunning end,” mentioned the judging panel.
President of the NKBA, Mark Bruce of Designmarked Kitchens, mentioned that Natalie Du Bois has been an NKBA member for a few years and is already acknowledged as one of many main designers within the nation, nonetheless 2022 would be the yr she cemented her standing.
“For one designer to take out Supreme Kitchen, Supreme Lavatory and Designer of the 12 months is a incredible accomplishment and one which our business of execs holds in very excessive regard. Not everybody understands the complexity of kitchen and toilet design, nonetheless I can guarantee you that it’s extremely difficult to create an area that isn’t solely spatially conscious, delivers on its important necessities, meets the transient of the owners, and is available in on price range , however that additionally captivates the creativeness and wows. New Zealand design is on absolutely the forefront of world design, and we’re proud to showcase the 2022 award winners,” mentioned Bruce.
The total record of 2022 NKBA Excellence Design Award winners:
- Natalie Du Bois of Du Bois Designer Kitchens & Interiors – Auckland.
- Morgan Cronin of Cronin Kitchens– Auckland.
- Leonie Hamill of Dice Dentro – Auckland.
- Tracy Murphy of Vekart – Bay of A lot.
- Celia Visser of Celia Visser Design – Auckland.
- Marianne Gailer of Kitchens by Design – Auckland.
- Katie Scott of Sticks+Stones Design – Auckland.
- Nicola Ross of Nicola Ross Design – Wellington.
- Trudi Rabbitte of Rabbitte Joinery – Hawke’s Bay.
- Sharon Dorman of Rabbitte Joinery – Hawke’s Bay.
- Masterwood Joinery – Southern.
- Angelique Armstrong of Armstrong Interiors – Canterbury.
- Georgia Langridge and Fleur Jourdain of Modi Design – Canterbury.
- Kate Carter of Kate Carter Design – Canterbury.
- Larissa Breukelaar of Fashionable Age Kitchens & Joinery – Canterbury.
- Robin Caudwell of Designer Cupboards & Kitchens – Waikato.
- Anna Thomas and George Molnar of Bays Joinery – Prime of the South.
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