National Winners of Thermador Design Challenge Announced 

October 19, 2022  by HFBusiness Staff in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry   

The winners for Exceptional Kitchen include Julie Howard, the Grand Prize Winner, Dane Austin in 2nd place, and Dalia Carter in 3rd place.

Shane Harr won for the Original Innovator/Out of the Box Space category; and there was a tie between Hailie Lewis and Ella Wynsma for the Compact Kitchen Suite category.

Holly Lord Sherrell, graduate of the University of Georgia, was also named Student Concept Kitchen winner, the first winner in the contest’s brand-new category.

“We were amazed this year by the record number of applicants who submitted designs to this challenge, and we were completely inspired by the creativity demonstrated in each of the spaces submitted,” said Beatriz Sandoval, Head of Marketing for Thermador.

“The spirit of luxury kitchen design in the industry was captured beautifully by each of these submissions, and it now becomes part of our Thermador design culture. These talented professionals have truly showcased the innovation around our brand, and we are extremely grateful.”

In its fourth iteration, the Thermador Kitchen Design Challenge offers designers, builders, architects and now, students, the opportunity to enter their designs in a national competition that offers winners nationwide industry recognition and cash prizes.

The Thermador Kitchen Design Challenge was reimagined with a new category to allow designers the opportunity to showcase their work outside of the kitchen by submitting a design concept. In addition to cash prizes, the winners will receive national coverage of their winning designs on https://www.ArchitecturalDigest.com/ as part of their winners’ package.

Judging was a three-phase process and included judging a record number of entries. Judges included: Eddie Ross, Author, co-founder and chief content creator of Maximalist Studios; Kristina LoMonaco, Design Council Member and Founder of a NYC Design Firm; Breeze Giannasio, design firm founder who is known for her work on HGTV’s Brother vs. Brother and Property Brothers at Home; and Nathan Turner, Special Projects Editor at Architectural Digest and Contributing Editor at C Magazine.

For further information on national and regional winners, visit https://www.thermador.com/us/build-and-design/kitchen-design-challenge#tab-navigation .