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KSA update, December 2023.

Top five students in our 2023 Student Kitchen Design Project.

t gives us great pleasure to bring the a variety of material samples from KSA This year the students could choose from
year to a close by acknowledging the supplier members to assist in their two briefs. The first was to design a vibrant
Itop five students in our 2023 Student creative journey. They also received kitchen space for a young couple, one of
Kitchen Design Project. Their journey an amazing hardware trolly – a large whom was physically impaired and used
started in February this year where movable hardware demo box showing a wheelchair and walker. This presented
interior design students from eighteen them various hardware options from many new accessibility challenges for the
campuses and institutions nation wide basic to high end – this was sponsored by students with them having to research
were introduced to the project. Each Blum, Gelmar, Sonae Arauco and Easylife the needs of a physically impaired person.
campus received a goodie box contacting Kitchens. The second brief was to design for a left-
handed single mother of four children
under the age of twelve. Here the priority
was a safe space, multi-use space where
the kids could work alongside mom while
gaining independence safely in the kitchen
Lynise Koekemoer
space. Researching and understanding
adaptive design for a left-handed person
was something new to most students. In
both briefs the students were given budgets
to work within.
When it came to assessing the projects
the KSA was not only looking at the
aesthetical design. A beautiful design is
of no use if it is not practically viable, if it
used impractical materials and if it is not
in the client’s budget. As such the students
had to do well in all areas of the project
in order to be considered for the top five.
Budgeting and understanding materials
were a key component as well as students
showing they grasped the standard sizing’s
of carcasses in kitchen design. Working to
the client’s brief and delivering what they
asked for was also vital.

Our huge congratulations go out to
our top five and two special mention
Cindy McKenzie students for 2023
• Cindy McKenzie, 2nd year student
from Greenside Design Centre in
Gauteng
• Nichole Aikman, 2nd year student
from Vega Schools in Gauteng
• Lorraine Ditshego, 3rd year student
from TUT in Gauteng
• Lynise Koekemoer, 2nd year student
from Vega Schools in Gauteng
• Paige Clendennen, 2nd year student
from Vega Schools in Gauteng

Special mentions went to:
• Zakiyya Soomra, 2nd year student
from Vega Schools in Cape Town

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