Design You Can Feel: The Trends, Materials & Principles Behind Kitchens & Baths That Endure
Wednesday, February 18 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM
OCCC - West 314B
What It's About
Today’s most successful kitchens and baths do more than look beautiful—they perform, endure, and shape how people feel within them. This session explores emerging trends, material innovations, and design principles driving a new standard rooted in longevity, sensory experience, and thoughtful performance. Informed by interviews with builders and designers from across the country, and incorporating short video perspectives that highlight real-world projects, learn how color, texture, finish, layout, and material choice influence emotional response, usability, and long-term value. Leave with practical strategies and market insights you can immediately apply to deliver kitchens and baths that are elevated and intentional, perform beautifully, and feel exceptional for years to come, all without unnecessary complexity or cost escalation.
What You’ll Learn
- Identify the key kitchen and bath design trends and material innovations that balance aesthetics, performance, and long-term durability.
- Evaluate how color, texture, finish, layout, and material choices influence emotional response, usability, and perceived quality in kitchens and baths.
- Apply design principles that support longevity and everyday performance without adding unnecessary complexity or cost.
- Translate current market insights and real-world project examples into practical strategies for creating kitchens and baths that feel elevated, intentional, and enduring.
How to Attend
Participants must be registered for an Expo + Education pass. Seating for sessions will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Speakers
Arabic
Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish