Hey North America, meet Mal Corboy
One of the great perks to writing a design blog is that I get to meet people from all over the world. Over the course of the last few months I've had the pleasure to get to know New Zealand-based designer Mal Corboy . Mal's work is beyond impressive, it's some of the best kitchen design I've ever seen.
Mal's a growing force on the worldwide layout scene and has been racking up awards in his local New Zealand and in Australia for the last 9 years. He entered his first design competition in 2002 and considering that then he's obtained 18 awards.
He appears regularly in the international design press and is a regular on New Zealand TV, most recently for New Zealand TV2's My House My Castle .
Already, he's designing for the North American market. He manufactures everything under license in Australasia and then ships his kitchens to North America. He's the first designer form Australasia to go down this path.
Mal's fascinated to growth his presence on this facet of the Pacific and I'd love to see him be triumphant. In looking over his work, I decided to make certain he succeeds. We need his design sensibilities desperately.
You can see more of Mal Corboy's work on his website and you can contact him directly there too . I've been obsessing over German kitchen design since I returned home from Europe last month but after looking over Mal's portfolio I'm beginning to think I need to start looking to my west for inspiration. Here are some more highlights:
If you've got any questions for Mal, feel free to go away them inside the remarks underneath. I'm sure he will be checking in. Just hold in mind that there is a 17 hour time difference among the East Coast and Aukland. Thanks Mal!