A Contemporary Kitchen Design

A contemporary kitchen design inspiration has been designed by an Auckland, New Zealand based designer, Mal Corboy. This contemporary kitchen design is a part of a modern penthouse apartment interior with a high degree of glass and natural stone on the exterior design. The client wanted a very masculine looking kitchen space and the designer chose the Stat Vein Marble and Stainless Steel, which provided an overall strong mono chromatic look to the Kitchen to achieve this masculine kitchen design.



Bench tops were made 150mm high of Stainless Steel with the Stat Marble inserted into the work surface. The designer continued the use of the Stainless Steel on the draws, doors and end panel fronts. A streamline chromed handle was used on all the cabinetry which were imported from Germany, this gave the Kitchen nice lines and could be used secondary to the Blum electric push release draws. The clients are very design conscious people and coupled with the fact it was twelve months before production began for this Kitchen. The end result is a very contemporary kitchen which takes peoples breath away when they first see it. This has become a focal point in this large open plan apartment.

Black and White Minimalist Kitchen Interior Painting Decoration in Various Style

Black and white colors painting can create dramatic effect and can also give sensational look to your home. Combination of black and white in painting and decorating gives an elegant, sophisticated, clean and a fresh look. This minimalist kitchen interior design dominated with black and white color, it is look very simple, clean, minimalist and elegant interior. Combined all things black and white with great effect and look very luxurious.

The Best Interior Design Schools

The best interior design schools are generally the ones which have the most graduates and most successful employment rate on completion of courses. Naturally it can be difficult to access this type of information as it is often considered confidential, but you will find top rating schools boasting about their graduation rate and this can be a good way to find a great school. You can also learn from other people in the field, they will often have a good idea of which schools are best.

There are more and more schools offering interior design classes than ever before and this is due to the rising interest in this field. People enjoy spending money redesigning their homes, and business and the commercial sector are in an ongoing need for creative and talented interior designers. This results in an abundance of opportunities for you after you complete your interior design certification.

What do interior designers do?
Interior designers have a goal of creating functional areas out of spaces in buildings. They design environments for living, working and functioning according to the needs of the client. Graduate interior designers can find work in architectural firms or as a freelance interior designer. Some speciality areas of expertise for interior designers include:

• Kitchen and bathroom design
• Lighting
• Retail store design
• Office planning
• Health care planning
• Universities and schools
• Locations

Interior designers by nature must be creative people. Although most of the skills can be learned at interior design schools, creativity generally comes naturally to someone choosing interior design as a career. Creative skills that will be studied in school include color choices and compatibility, textures, space, cultures, materials and more.

They must also work well with people as they will need to find out what their clients want and be able to provide it for them. Remember, it's not about what the designer wants, but what the client wants! Interior designers must also have the ability to plan well as it is often impossible to buy all the decorations and furniture and then return it. So to avoid hassles like these, interior designers often plan spaces with the use of a computer and decide everything before they buy anything.

The best interior design schools provide a variety of general courses and courses that are aimed at qualified designers who want to become an expert on a particular aspect of interior design. Most people start with an associate or bachelor degree in interior design before embarking upon a speciality subject of study, generally after gaining some employment experience.

Some schools offer interior design apprenticeships which let you study and work at the same time. This provides excellent practical experience so that you can more easily understand that theory that is taught in school. It will also give you excellent opportunity for employment on completion of your apprenticeship, with most people staying on in their current employer.

If you enjoy manipulating space and can see yourself creating outstanding indoor environments then an interior design career is for you. Make sure you research interior design schools before deciding on the one that best meets your needs.

Sofa by Shelton Mindel

The sofa depends on the appropriateness to a time and space. What may be ideal for one space may not work for another. The best sofa would be one that appears to be seamless in the space it occupies.

Framed in leather, the sofa pictured was custom-designed by Shelton Mindel.

Sheer Kitchen

“It’s an example of thinking outside the box,” designer Penny Drue Baird says of the modular kitchen developed by Drag Design for the Italian company Sheer. The split-sphere base includes a cook-top, a sink and an extendable steel dining table.