Colour Confidence

‘Colour Confidence’ with Brandt Design and 190 RAL colours options

Specialists in the design and installation of residential and commercial lifestyle interiors, Brandt Design, introduce new creative design-opportunities for its kitchen customers by expanding its furniture collections to include a diverse menu of190 RAL colour options.

Available across all shaker doors and flat satin lacquer doors, this exciting development provides Brandt Design with even greater scope to deliver high-specification interior projects for UK homeowners and developers alike, and Julia Steadman, Head of Operations at Brandt Design explains, “The personalized home continues to be a hot topic in interior design and working with different colour stories is a great way to define your own style and make a statement in the kitchen. At this time of great change and adversity, selecting the right colour can be a real asset for both your heart and home, able to define a specific look and have positive effects on both your mood and productivity.” to share this dynamic library of classic RAL colours across both its Heritage and Urban furniture collections to inspire your next kitchen project.

A high-concept contemporary range that is sleek and versatile, Urban by Brandt Design offers something for everyone in terms of colours and finishes, along with a choice of handle or handle-less furniture designs to help realise your dream kitchen.

Heritage by Brandt Design offers a more classical and bespoke range of furniture, which is beautifully crafted in the UK and available with a comprehensive range of colours and architectural features across the doors and hardware.

Scott Davis, Managing Director at Brandt Design says, “I am really pleased we continue to build our offering, with this recent development creating another level of custom interior design for our customers. The German-born RAL colour system was first established in 1927 as a way to define colours for paints, finishes and plastics and the fact it is still going strong 90 years later says a lot about the markets love of colour and tonal variety.” What is your colour-story? - MONOCHROME: one-colour kitchen interior with the same or variations of just one hue - TWO-TONE: dual aspect kitchen with two high contrast finishes in opposing colours - BOLD: used in isolation to create a focal point or much-needed injection of colour - NEUTRAL: colours that can function as either warm or cool like white, grey and taupe Brandt Design is very proud to share in this heritage and with such an extensive colour palette to choose from, its talented designers can go the extra mile to ensure the perfect kitchen for you and your home. For further information on Brandt Design, please contact: Brandt Design www.brandtdesign.co.uk info@brandtkitchens.co.uk

‘In Conversation’ with Graham Bucktrout, MD at Imperial Bathrooms while continuing to promote our exceptional bathroom products to the discerning UK homeowner in a strategic and proactive manner.” Will current market conditions affect your plans, now and long-term? “There’s no getting away from the fact that we have all been navigating a challenging economic climate and this unpredictable market downturn has not been made any easier by either the COVID-19 pandemic, or by the looming prospect of Brexit. Having said that, in spite of these challenges, business has been buoyant and consumer demand for our products has remained high and I believe this loyalty and continued level of interest stems from our Handcrafted bathroom solutions, still ‘Made in Britain’ - Graham Bucktrout, Managing Director at Imperial Bathrooms. Specialists in the design and manufacture of classic and contemporary British-made bathroom solutions, Imperial Bathrooms, welcome Graham Bucktrout as its newly appointed Managing Director and this month, we find out more about him, his immediate plans for the company and personal brand vision for the future. emulate – and I have a tremendous amount of respect for James Stevenson and the talented team who make this brand what it is today. I have also always had enormous admiration and affection for the brand, its classic British heritage and history of fine craftsmanship. I am therefore delighted to take the helm and in time, provide a more generous UK offering next year from White Ville and Imperial Bathrooms in order to reposition our brand and products in front of more end users.” ability to design and manufacture in Britain. As a true British manufacturer, which is steeped in a rich history of producing authentic, high quality British-made products, Imperial is in a uniquely strong position to reach new markets, and I foresee our plans for increasing exports as a way to underpin our native business model which allows us to remain exclusive and proficient in the marketplace.” Where do you see the business in five years’ time? “As well as strengthening our share in exports, we want to expand our consumer Tell us about yourself and career What are your immediate plans reach and by virtue, product offering. up to now: “I’ve worked in the KBB for the company? “It goes without Following our merger with the White industry for many years spanning saying that right now is an extremely Ville Ceramics brand next year, a number of well-known, industry leading bathroom brands and this has seen me adopt a directorship role at Jacuzzi UK back in the late 1990s, as well as head-up Lecico Egypt for over eight years. More recently, I was MD of West Yorkshire-based company JP Distribution, and for the last two years I’ve also been developing the White Ville Ceramics sanitaryware brand, which is now the largest manufacturer of contemporary sanitaryware in Egypt.” “Interestingly, what many of you don’t exciting time to be involved with Imperial Bathrooms, as substantial investment in the business by our new owners Lousada Plc has allowed us to make fundamental changes and implement our ambitious growth plans – namely, to grow annual turnover from £6million to £20million over the next five years. In a sense, it can be seen as marking a new beginning for the business, and with continued investment in advancing our manufacturing capabilities – and in particular developing our Ceramic and Wood Divisions – we intend to Imperial will be able to supplement its current classic bathroom collections with White Ville’s Italian-designed contemporary Sanitaryware products. This will naturally increase and enhance our already extensive Imperial portfolio, and enable us to reach out to a much broader market – and that is in addition to the launch of new Imperial Bathrooms products over the next few years. My vision for the future is being able to provide a one-stop shop for a higher number of consumers – no matter what their style preferences may be – and being perceived as the go-to, mustrealise is that I was the former Sales boost productivity, while developing have designer and manufacturer of & Marketing Director at Imperial back export channels and identifying fresh exquisite bathroom products. With this in 2009, so returning to the fold is opportunities to take the company in mind, I foresee Imperial Bathrooms like coming home for me. It’s a family forward. Our customer service is will rise to the challenge and achieve business – which creates a huge second to none, and I will be working its projected turn over in five years’ sense of belonging that’s hard to hard to uphold those high standards, time.”

Cube by Rotpunkt is ‘Highly Commended’ at Designer Awards 2020

Rotpunkt, carbon neutral manufacturer of quality German Kitchen furniture, is proud to announce that its revolutionary furniture solution, Cube, which creates new and exciting planning options for built-in appliances is ‘Highly Commended’ at this years Designer Awards for Innovation in Kitchen Product Design.

Matt Phillips, Head of UK Operations at Rotpunkt says, “We feel that Cube is definitely a ground breaking solution for built-in appliances, introducing atypical planning options for the modern kitchen in terms of design and function. To be recognised by the 2020 Designer Awards is a real achievement and mark of how the company is able to inherently focus on distinct ergonomic storage that is sustainable and high-design.”

“Cube is an important part of our 20/21 collection, as it gives the detailoriented homeowner and designer custom-housing furniture solutions, which are able to adapt to different interior spaces and user requirements. Graphic lines and bicolour designs are key trends for 2021 with Cube playing a leading role in the kitchen of tomorrow, able to be ColourMatched and designed in-between furniture, deck mounted or wall hung to create a design feature that serves both home and lifestyle” says Matt. This year’s 18th Designer Awards took place as a virtual event, airing on the 18th November to the very best in design and manufacturing the KBB industry has to offer.

Custom by design, Cube by Rotpunkt is a unique kitchen furniture and appliance solution, which offers atypical planning options for built-in appliances like ovens and microwaves. The height of each Cube is automatically adapted to suit an appliance, so you can ensure the perfect fit with exclusive madeto-measure appearance. Cube can be designed with standard shelves, internal drawers and also special drawers for coffee machines, kettles and other essential hardware. Dependent on design requirements, Cube can be planned in three different variants:

- Floating: wall-hung to claw back valuable floor space and make a feature of a bare wall

- Deck mounted: countertop installation to become part of the furniture and/or worktop

- Fitted: in between furniture, i.e. tall units

Each Cube can be designed in either a single, double or triple configuration, which means they can be specially designed to house up to 2 or 3 appliances, so you can create a bank of functionality side by side. - Manufactured with zero carbon footprint = 100% carbon neutral - ColourMatch ability - Ergonomic space planning solution For further information, please contact Rotpunkt UK as per below via email matt.phillips@rotpunktuk.com or visit rotpunktkuechen.de/en/