Trends New Zealand Volume 34 No 2 | Page 19

TRENDS INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN What makes a great kitchen? Layout ... functionality ... connections to other areas of the home ... material and colour selections? Judges in the Trends International Design Awards NEW ZEALAND DESIGNER KITCHEN – TIDAs – consider all of these factors and more when deciding WINNER HAGLEY KITCHENS, KIRSTY DAVIS RUNNER-UP DETAIL BY DAVINIA SUTTON the winners, runners-up and highly commended entries in these awards. NEW ZEALAND IMPORTED KITCHEN The TIDAs start with awards within specific countries, and we’re WINNER MATISSE, ALAN BERTENSHAW RUNNER-UP STUDIO ITALIA, MARKETA RAMAGE pleased to announce and feature four of those winners here. NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECT-DESIGNED KITCHEN Hagley Kitchens is the category winner for: WINNER STRACHAN GROUP ARCHITECTS RUNNER-UP LLOYD HARTLEY ARCHITECTS TIDA New Zealand – Designer Kitchen. Leon House Design is the category winner for: HIGHLY COMMENDED TIDA Australia – Designer Kitchen. AKZENTE – POGGEHPOHL BERLONI NEW ZEALAND CAAHT STUDIO ARCHITECTS CARO DESIGN CELIA VISSER DESIGN DBJ FURNITURE DI ROSA CABINETRY & FURNITURE DU BOIS DESIGN ETERNODESIGN GERMAN KITCHENS HUNTER ANDERSON ARCHITECTURE KAMERMANS ARCHITECTS KITCHENS BY DESIGN MATISSE MICHAEL COOPER ARCHITECTS ROBYN LABB KITCHENS ROWSON KITCHENS STUDIO ITALIA VEKART Strachan Group Architects is the category winner for: TIDA New Zealand – Architect-designed Kitchen. Mitsuori Architects is the category winner for: TIDA Australia – Architect-designed Kitchen. Each of these four kitchen designers demonstrates the skills needed to design a great kitchen while meeting the individual requirements of their homeowner clients. The next step is to be judged alongside other award-winning kitchens in their respective countries, to identify the TIDA New Zealand and the TIDA Australia Kitchen of the Year winners. And those winners will go forward to our international awards, to ultimately identify the TIDA International Kitchen of the Year. Trends and TIDA congratulate the winners featured here, and look forward to seeing how they progress through the next stages of the TIDAs.