Design Inspiration

Where Can You Find Monogram?

Did you know Monogram has a Design Blog? And a Design Center in Chicago? Of course, you’ve visited our website (we hope!) the real tool and resource to find everything you are looking for to help your client complete their Monogram kitchen.

Shelly Palmer NKBA Tech Series: 3D Printing

Additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing, is having a major impact worldwide — including in kitchen and bath design.

According to NKBA Tech Advisor Shelly Palmer, 3D printing is progressing faster than you may think…

NKBA Begins Initiative to Increase Skilled Labor in the Workforce

Small businesses, particularly those in the construction trades, are facing a growing crisis due to the lack of skilled labor entering into the workforce. Nearly every sector of the US economy will see a shortfall in…

NKBA Charts a New Path Towards Industry Growth

What will it take to grow the $31 billion kitchen and bath industry? A refined NKBA vision and mission statement to attain that goal was unveiled to more than 130 chapter leaders, young professionals and CEOs during the NKBA Thought Leadership…

Shelly Palmer NKBA Tech Series: Universal Control Systems

When it comes to incorporating technology into a space, one fundamental issue is control: employ one universal control system, or create proprietary individual systems?

K+B Insiders’ Look: 7 Hot Trends from EuroCucina 2016

For the past 55 years, Milan has played host to Salone del Mobile, a furniture fair that attracts more than 300,000 visitors from across the globe, and for one week, transforms the Italian metropolis into a celebration of design, arts…

Design Innovation and Smart Appliances

Anything that makes a system more complicated for a consumer is probably not a good business strategy, according to NKBA Tech Advisor Shelly Palmer.

In a series of consumer insight videos designed specifically for NKBA members, Palmer…