By Dianne M. Pogoda

 

Registration is open for NKBA’s exclusive two-day summit that will explore definitions of luxury and how it translates to the modern kitchen. Luxury designers and insightful market experts will join for a series of discussions and panels June 23 and 24.

They will focus on how the concept of luxury has evolved and, more specifically, how the pandemic has altered the high-end mindset.

Cindy McClure, CKD

NKBA EVP and CSO Suzie Williford will host the summit, which will also present exclusive findings from its latest research study on the luxury kitchen. Two of the designers who participated in the study and will be featured at the summit include Cindy McClure​, CKD, GrossMueller’s Design in ​Washington, D.C​., and Jan Neiges​, CMKBD, principal of her namesake design firm​ in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Cindy has designed award-winning residential and small commercial projects domestically and internationally. She’s an adjunct professor of interior design at Virginia’s Marymount University.


Registration Now Open for NKBA Summit: Luxury Defined, June 23-24.
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Jan Neiges​, CMKBD

For more than two decades, Jan has emphasized meticulous attention to detail and best-in-class customer service to realize her clients’ dream spaces. She serves as a member of the NKBA Board of Directors.

Designers and experts will delve into the delicate relationship with the luxury client, reveal the essentials of today’s premier designs and share secrets to success in this rarefied world.

Other sessions include:

  • The Path to Becoming a Luxury Designer
  • Luxury Clients: Who Are They?
  • The Modern Luxury Kitchen: Designing Without Rules
  • Luxury Clients: How Do They Think?
  • What Luxury Is … and What It Isn’t
  • The Luxury Kitchen Deconstructed
  • The Role of Marketing in Developing Your Niche.

Additionally, winners of the NKBA/Renovation Angel Luxury Kitchen Recycling

Awards will be revealed live during the conference.

Registration is included in the cost of membership to NKBA members, and $99 for non-members. It’s sure to be a fascinating summit — sign up here today!