SAVE THE DATE 

BOARD MEETING
April 3
 

CHAPTER EVENT 
NKBA-Manhattan
April 19    
"Sustainability in Stone"
.1 CEU
Hosted by AKDO
22 W 21st St
5:30-8:00 PM  
 
 
MAY MEMBERSHIP DRIVE EVENT
details to be announced 
 

INDUSTRY EVENT
May 21-24
International Contemporary Furniture Fair  (ICFF)
Javits Center, NYC
  
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..... OF NOTE ....
NKBA Manhattan's own Kent Brasloff
has a project featured in "FOUNDATIONS OF INTERIOR DESIGN- third edition" by Susan J. Slotkis ASID, IFDA and Adjunct Faculty FIT, being launched this March 29th with a book signing at the Fisher-Paykel A&D showroom.
NKBA Manhattan congratulates Susan and salutes Kent for this accomplishment!
MARCH Chapter Meeting KBIS RECAP at
DXV Flatiron Showroom
March Chapter Meeting
NKBA Manhattan VP Programs Dawn Deluca of Camille-Rossy Design presented a KBIS recap of trends and show award winners to a packed house at the DXV Flatiron showroom. Members and guests were treated to wine and a buffet dinner. See more photos of this informative and entertaining event on our NKBA Manhattan FB page

 Meet Auxiliary Board Member
Benoit Laroche
I am a bilingual (French/English) Spec Rep for Richelieu in the NY Metro Area. A self-motivated, results-oriented professional with extensive product knowledge and technical background. I am a hard worker, persistent and charismatic, and experienced in introducing, explaining, and demonstrating new products and services to architects, designers and contractors as a professional front-line corporate representative. I am happy to be a member of the NKBA Manhattan Board and I am also a Certified Living in Place Professional.
MEMBER VENDOR EXCURSIONS
                                  2017 MONOGRAM Design Summit
 
Vendor excursion experience from NKBA Manhattan Auxiliary Board Member Felicitas Oefelein:
 
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 The NKBA is the ONLY professional organization that solely supports kitchen, bath and hardware with over 60,000 members in North America!
FROM THE PRESIDENT
 
Renovation season is quickly approaching! Hopefully this recent snowstorm will be our last before Spring officially falls upon us. We eagerly anticipate Spring and pray that it comes earlier this year.
This month's chapter meeting will focus on the highlights of KBIS 2017. Please join us at the DXV showroom on March 23rd for an informative discussion on the best of KBIS and the trends we're seeing in the new year. Please don't forget to register; space is limited and seats are going fast. We hope you attended the AD show at piers 93 and 94. We'll have an update in next month's newsletter.
Exciting shows are coming next month: the largest home furnishings industry trade show in the world, The High Point Market, will take place April 22-26th. For those of you who plan to go, log onto highpointmarket.org/register for information and passes. In addition, the 13th annual Design On A Dime show will be held at the Metropolitan Pavilion from Apr 27-29th. This is a not-to-miss event that kicks off with an awards dinner on Apr 26th . The show presents a fantastic selection of design vignettes from over 60 top designers. Log on to housingworks.org/dimenew/ for tickets.
With all of this great design information at our disposal, we are just as eager as clients to break out of hibernation and begin those Spring renovation projects. See you out there on the renovation trail!
 
RENEE RIDDICK
NKBA MANHATTAN PRESIDENT  

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 ALL DESIGN
  STUDENTS!
Please click the link below to take advantage of this opportunity to join our chapter at no cost to you!
and forward to Charlotte Barnard VP Membership at charbarnard@yahoo.c om

STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
Announcing the 2016/2017 Student Design Competition!
We're inviting you to enter into this year's student design competition. Here's the necessary information for the competition.  
Guidelines / Information:  www.nkba.org/students 
Entry deadline:  postmark by May 8, 2017 
 You'll be designing for a real client and the winning kitchen will "come to life".  So we are encouraging you to enter into the competition, and, let us, here at the Manhattan Chapter,  know when you enter by sending an email to:  academic@nkbamanhattan.org.   We'd love to celebrate both your participation in this exciting competition and we'd love for you to win.         We're wishing each student that enters "All the very best!" 

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