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Another Success for NZ’s Leading Kitchen Designer

Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 2:25 pm
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18 August 2009

Another Success for New Zealand’s Leading Kitchen Designer in Australia

Mal Corboy, New Zealand’s most celebrated kitchen designer has scored another first, this time making the final selection at the national Australian Kitchen & Bathroom Designer’s Institute Awards – the first time a New Zealander has made it to the final round of these awards.

Both of Mal’s entries have been selected for the final round of judging, with winners to be announced in September.

While he is crossing his fingers for a win, this selection caps off a fantastic year for Mal, in which he beat Australia’s best to win the Edition 1 Residential Corian® Design Award 2009; the first non-Australian to win and the first designer to win the award twice.

And in July, he also designed and installed his first export kitchen in the USA; a spectacular kitchen entirely built in New Zealand, now part of a luxurious multi-million dollar Hollywood home in Los Angeles.

Mal’s colourful and theatrical designs continue to set his kitchens apart and despite the recession has continued to be commissioned to create spectacular high value kitchens throughout Australasia. Now he hopes that he can build his reputation in the USA market and become one of the recognised Kitchen Designer designers of the world.

ENDS

The Australian Kitchen & Bathroom Designer’s Institute can be found at http://www.kbdi.org.au/

About Mal Corboy:
Awards and recognition:
2009 Australian Corian Award Residential Edition 1
2008 Kitchen Design of the Year Finalist
2008 Runner Up Certified Designers Society NKBA
2008 Innovative Lighting Award NKBA
2008 Australian Corian Design Award
2005 Registered Master Builders Kitchen Award Wellington
2005 NKBA Regional Winner Wellington
2005 NKBA Highly Commended Wellington
2005 NKBA Regional Winner Taranaki
2004 NKBA Kings 4th Generation Timber Award
2003 Home Ideas Best New Home Award - Highly Commended
2002 NKBA Kitchen Designer of the year
2002 NKBA Regional winner Taranaki
2003 Judge of the NKBA awards

Mal will be speaking at the KBDI Conference on the Gold Coast, September 12th 2009.

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