Entry Registration

Contest open to NKBA members, kitchen and bath designers, NKBA students and kitchen and bath design students (US & Canada)

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Judging criteria and deadlines

• Entries will be judged on the following criteria:
  • Visual appeal
  • Creativity
  • Innovation
  • Overall kitchen workflow
  • Design elements/principles
  • Integration of appliances (must be GE Monogram® or GE Profile™ brand appliances—photograph must show at least one GE brand primary cooking appliance or refrigerator)
• Designs must have been constructed within the year prior to December 16, 2007.
• All entries must be submitted and postmarked by December 15, 2007.

Kitchen design rules

• Each entry must include the following:
  • Completed official entry form
  • Copy of floor plan
  • Unframed/unmounted drawings
  • Minimum of three, maximum of eight, unmounted color photographs of completed design (for best representation of your design, we recommend the use of a professional photographer)
  • Brief design statement/project overview (no more than 500 words)
  • Personal ID should not appear on drawings or photographs
  • All entries must be mailed in a flat envelope. DO NOT send in a tube mailer.
  • Do not place entry materials in binders or portfolios.

Celebrity kitchen design rules

• All entries must include the celebrity's signature certifying that GE may use his/her name, personal photograph, and kitchen photography with non-exclusive rights for future promotional, public relations and education purposes.
• Judges have sole discretion to determine eligibility in the celebrity kitchen category.

Individual student concept rules

• Each entry must include the following:
  • Completed official entry form
  • Copy of floor plan
  • Unframed/unmounted drawings
  • Brief design statement/project overview (no more than 500 words)
  • Personal ID should not appear on drawings or photographs

Student charette scholarships

• If you are an educator and would like more information on this exciting one-day design event, please contact GEStudentDesignContest@ge.com to register and receive your charette kit. Open to NKBA supported/endorsed programs only.

Additional details

• Professional photography is highly recommended. GE may require professional photography of all first, second and third place winners for competition publicity. GE retains non-exclusive rights to all photography for future promotional, public relations and education purposes. Photos submitted with projects will not be returned. Use of image-enhancement techniques that alter photos is not permitted.
• Designer or firm name must NOT appear on any design plans, statements or photographs.
• Only one award will be presented per winning design, regardless of the number of project contributors. Awards and correspondence will include designer of record and names of all co-designers. All cash awards will be awarded only to the designer of record.
• Any designs that have been previously published in a publication are not eligible for the contest.
• GE reserves the right to disqualify a design before, during or after the contest judging. Failure to meet/observe any of the contest eligibility requirements is grounds for disqualification.
• Individuals selected to judge the contest are professionals in the design industry.
• The details of this contest, including the entry form can be found on monogram.com.

Publicity

• Winners will be announced at the NKBA's 2008 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show. Contestants will be notified the week of May 1, 2008.
• Other publicity may include catalogs, local builder shows, GE website presence and PR events scheduled by GE.

To register for the NKBA and GE "Dream Kitchen Design" contest, submit application form and entry materials to:

GE Consumer & Industrial
NKBA
"GE Dream Kitchen Contest"
Appliance Park Bldg. 4-215C
Louisville, KY 40225