Although studying is considered a legitimate scientific nowadays, it is still a very young one. In the early 1970s, a psychologist named J. Guilford was one of the first academic researchers who dared to conduct a study of creativity.

One of Guilford’s most famous studies was the nine-dot puzzle. He challenged research subjects to connect all nine dots using just four straight lines without lifting their pencils from the page. Today many people are familiar with this puzzle and its solution. In the 1970s, however, very few were even aware of its existence, even though it had been around for almost a century. If you have tried solving this puzzle, you can confirm that your first attempts usually involve sketching lines inside the imaginary square.

The correct solution, however, requires you to draw lines that extend beyond the area defined by the dots. At the first stages, all the participants in Guilford’s original study censored their own thinking by limiting the possible solutions to those within the imaginary square (even those who eventually solved the puzzle). Even though they weren’t instructed to restrain themselves from considering such a solution, they were unable to “see” the white space beyond the square’s boundaries. Only 20 percent managed to break out of the illusory confinement and continue their lines in the white space surrounding the dots. The symmetry, the beautiful simplicity of the solution, and the fact that 80 percent of the participants were effectively blinded by the boundaries of the square led Guilford and the readers of his books to leap to the sweeping conclusion that creativity requires you to go outside the box.

The idea went viral (via 1970s-era media and word of mouth, of course). Overnight, it seemed that creativity gurus everywhere were teaching managers how to think outside the box. Consultants in the 1970s and 1980s even used this puzzle when making sales pitches to prospective clients. Because the solution is, in hindsight, deceptively simple, clients tended to admit they should have thought of it themselves. Because they hadn’t, they were obviously not as creative or smart as they had previously thought, and needed to call in creative experts.

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Ftb Unleashed Map Download. Or so their consultants would have them believe. The nine-dot puzzle and the phrase “thinking outside the box” became metaphors for creativity and spread like wildfire in, management, psychology, the creative arts, engineering, and personal improvement circles. There seemed to be no end to the insights that could be offered under the banner of thinking outside the box.

Speakers, trainers, training program developers, organizational consultants, and university professors all had much to say about the vast benefits of outside-the-box thinking. It was an appealing and apparently convincing message. Indeed, the concept enjoyed such strong popularity and intuitive appeal that no one bothered to check the facts. No one, that is, before two different research —Clarke Burnham with Kenneth Davis, and Joseph Alba with Robert Weisberg—ran another experiment using the same puzzle but a different research procedure. Both teams followed the same protocol of dividing participants into two groups. The first group was given the same instructions as the participants in Guilford’s experiment.

The second group was told that the solution required the lines to be drawn outside the imaginary box bordering the dot array. In other words, the “trick” was revealed in advance.

Would you like to guess the percentage of the participants in the second group who solved the puzzle correctly? Most people assume that 60 percent to 90 percent of the group given the clue would solve the puzzle easily.

In fact, only a meager 25 percent did. What’s more, in statistical terms, this 5 percent improvement over the subjects of Guilford’s original study is insignificant. In other words, the difference could easily be due to what statisticians call sampling error. Let’s look a little more closely at these surprising results. Solving this problem requires people to literally think outside the box.

Yet participants’ performance was not improved even when they were given specific instructions to do so. That is, direct and explicit instructions to think outside the box did not help. That this advice is useless when actually trying to solve a problem involving a real box should effectively have killed off the much widely disseminated—and therefore, much more dangerous—metaphor that out-of-the-box thinking spurs creativity. After all, with one simple yet brilliant experiment, researchers had proven that the conceptual link between thinking outside the box and creativity was a myth. Of course, in real life you won’t find boxes.

But you will find numerous situations where a creative breakthrough is staring you in the face. They are much more common than you probably think. *From Copyright 2014 Drew Boyd.

There are many theories of creativity. What the latest experiment proves is not that creativity lacks any association to thinking outside-the-box, but that such is not conditioned by acquired knowledge, i.e., environmental concerns. For example, there have been some theories such as those of Schopenhauer (see his remarks about Genius) and Freud (see his remarks about Sublimation) that propose creativity is something more like a capacity provided by nature rather than one acquired or learned from the environment. Rather than disproving the myth, in other words, the experiment might instead offer evidence that creativity is an ability that one is born with, or born lacking, hence why information from the environment didn't impact the results at all. It's an interesting experiment, but the author's conclusion cannot possibly follow from the results of it. I conduct soft skills training and outbound training for Corporates and individuals.

To enhance creativity we motivate the participants to approach the problems from variety of vantage points. Even repeatedly checking the boundary conditions we are able to come up with variety of ways of solving the problem.

This is akin to checking the walls of the box. Looking inside the box for additional information, additional resources also helps. Looking at the box from bird's eye view triggers some different creative solutions. Let us not get tied down to the mechanics but free ourselves to find the solution. I will give an example. You are playing football with family and friends at a distant ground and someone gets bruised badly.

No first aid kit is available. Your priority is to get the person to a hospital ( at a distance of 2 hours ). The wound is bleeding and needs to be kept clean and bacteria free till the person reaches the hospital. What will you do? Think of a solution.

It is quite close to you. With all due respect, Professor Boyd, your argument is not at all compelling. It seems that you are taking the 'thinking outside the box' (TOTB) metaphor much more literally than it is intended (or, at least, as I and may others infer). Let me point out a few false and/or negligent statements that you make: 1.

To refer to TOTB as 'dangerous' is naive, at best. I, personally, have seen the positive, tranformative effects of not only the 9-dots exercise, but also the occasional use of the term to remind individuals after-the-fact about the value of thinking differently.

The experiment you refer to doesn't even come close to proving what you suggest that it does. To use the term 'proving' in an argument like this is laughable. In real life, you absolutely WILL find boxes.that is, if you understand what the term 'box' refers to. Here, the term is not literal; rather, it refers to a mindset, a perspective, a belief, or an assumption. It is precisely how the human mind works.

We all think in boxes all the time. The 'sin,' if you will, is not in thinking inside of a box.but the neglect to readily switch from one box to another, nimbly (see Alan Iny's new book, 'Thinking in New Boxes'). A different -- and very healthy, positive, and productive -- way to think about TOTB is to understand that it merely represents an insight that can remind an individual to consciously become aware of limiting assumptions. And, upon such awareness, to open ones mind and imagination to actively explore new possibilities beyond the obvious or initial answer. If you don't regard this as valid contribution to creativity, then I suggest you consider spending a bit more time outside of that 'box' that you've presented here. I couldn't have said it any better.

TOTB is a beautiful skill to have. We are born into multiple boxes that are created upon social agreements (e.g. Illustrated by the hermeneutic circle) but the ones who dare to think outside of what is considered as social or scientific correct (all the boxes together) are the minds whom are absolute free and open towards new moralities, paradigms, innovations and creativity in general. Saying that TOTB is a negative thing is a very conservative statement and someone who has such a belief is scared of change, scared of diversity and scared of anything that is abstract and out of order. I'm all about TOTB and the best way to TOTB is to fully understand the box in the first place and why some people are scared of TOTB hence also lacking the ability to do so. Fold the paper so all the dots ovelap.

Use four lines to connect four dots. Hold the folded paper up to the light.all dots connected; Thinking outside The Box. For that matter, you could fold the paper until all the dots overlapped and you would not need to waste any pencil lead; Thinking outside The Box. Use a very wide pencil lead or charcoal block for that matter, connect all the dots in one fell swoop; Thinking outside The Box.

Forego a pencil altogether and use a bucket of paint to create a huge blot over all the dots; Thinking outside The Box. Question the dots and why they need to be connected in the first place; Thinking outside The Box.

Erase the dots; they are a distraction to Thinking outside The Box. Create your own dots and lines in any fashion you desire; Thinking outside The Box. People that say, it's a misguided idea,, do not know how to think outside the box, I can look /listen/ at anything an tell you how to fix it. I play chess with my pc, an beat it all the time, and the reasoning is I do not think logically, like the pc does. It has a set of rules that it was programed with an you were in college, I do not play by the rules, I can play without the queen.Also when you go the a school that teaches how to think about something, that is all you know how to do.I have had engineers come to my deck, hand me a set of blueprints, because that was the way they were taught.

They are never taught to look at it, in there mind to see it working. What I do is show them how wrong they are, an ask them what tool in the world can cut a square hole inside the middle of two long tubes. They can not think outside the box, that they were taught to do. If was going to tell you about an airplane the TR-3B, it travels a little bit under light speed, an it uses nuclear fusion, which turns into plasma an powers the craft, that was built outside the box. An if you do not believe me type it into your search engine, you can also look it up at the library of congress under new patients. You my brother, do not have the inkling of understanding to think outside the box.

That's why you are a psychologist an nothing more.

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They include metallic finishes, natural stone and stone-look ceramics, marble effect, porcelain with a natural slate. Around 40% of SMEs in the UK - two million businesses - do not keep adequate records, even though they are legally bound to keep them, to make sure they make a correct income tax or corporation tax self assessment return.

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Welcome to the KBzine It takes something like the story in this week's news of the worker crushed to death by three tonnes of stone slabs to remind us that workplace health & safety regulation is actually there for a reason. It's sad that the overzealousness of some has served to make the rest of us take our eyes off t. Welcome to the KBzine We've heard a great deal about the Olympic Village where they'll all be staying, the new stadia and aquatics centre where the sports men and women will be displaying their prowess and the surrounding parklands that have been established for them, as well as visitors, to enjoy, but nowhere have I seen an. Welcome to the KBzine It's all very well getting your kitchen, bathroom or bedroom into one of the sets on a TV programme but it only really does you any good if people know that you're the manufacturer. Some interested viewers may take the trouble to 'phone the TV channel to find out, but most won't bother. Lee Moss FCCA, BA (Hons) joins kitchen manufacturer BKoncepts as Financial Director. He will oversee all financial matters within BKoncepts and comes to BK from Nabarro Poole Chartered and Management Accountants.[TRIMTO] Lee graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2000 with a BA (Hons) in Accounting & Finance.

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Terence Ball Kitchens has come of with a great solution, as our picture illustrates. Yes - everyt.t hi-tech manufacturers of lifestyle ceramics solutions, was voted 'Best Sanitaryware Brand' at the BKU Awards 2016. 'It is an honour to receive the award for 'Best Sanitaryware Brand' at the BKU Awards 2016,' says Abdallah Massaad, Group CEO at RAK Ceramics. 'RAK Ceramics has enjoyed 25 years of ceramics expertise and our products feature in so.Ripples founder and chief executive Roger Kyme has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement award at the BKU awards. Roger has spent an impressive 40 years in the bathroom industry with a career that spans the Atlantic. His passion to run his own showroom brought him back to the UK and in 1988 he opened the doors to his own bathroom showroom 'Ripples.which ensures that extraction continues for up to 10 minutes after cooking is complete.

The DD903 BK also benefits from perimetrical extraction, which lowers sound levels and increases the pressure for improved motor performance. Caple managing director Danny Lay says: 'You can use this model's tilt position, which offers discreet and unobtrus. Welcome to the KBzine First, please accept my apologies for the late arrival of this issue of KBzine. Unfortunately I’ve been grappling with that hazard of modern living – running water!

Living at the foot of Epsom Downs means my water is i. Welcome to the KBzine Gas Safe Register is calling for private renters to be more gas safe as research reveals that 2.7million tenants are at risk from dangerous gas appliances. The campaign launched yesterday and is supported by Dominic Littlewood, (from TV shows Fake Bri.

Welcome to the KBzine The Government has today given the go-ahead for Buckingham Palace to undergo a 10-year overhaul, costing some £370 million, with ‘essential works’ to include replacing electrical wiring, water pipes and the heating system (i. Welcome to the KBzine If you’ve been reading this column since John Austen & I took over the reins from our friends Richard and Debbie Schwarz, you’ll already be aware that I’m a big advocate of industry associations – not only from a c. Welcome to the KBzine Happy Black Friday to you! I can't quite make up my mind whether this buying extravaganza is something retailers love or dread. Yes - in terms of sales, it can make a huge difference to the end of year figures, but in terms of logist. Welcome to the KBzine What do you think of kitchen islands?

As a retailer, do you like them and do your customers. Do they try to shoehorn them into too tiny a space or is it a case of 'take them or leave them'? Or as a manufacturer, are you happy about produc. Welcome to the KBzine Welcome to the first 2017 issue of KBzine. I hope you had a good break and that you are one of the few people who managed to avoid that dreadful virus that's had the majority of us laid low with rag. Welcome to the KBzine I was lucky to have been able to attend the CIH suppliers lunch at the Dorchester this week - not only because it was a jolly event and a nice lunch at a great venue, but also because it's always good to be able to chat to folk 'at the sharp e.

Welcome to the KBzine Fleet managers are being urged to make additional licence checks for temporary hires and staff delivery drivers covering the Christmas & New Year sales period to ensure that drivers are qualifi. Welcome to the KBzine Waterwise and Ideal Standard commissioned a water usage report at the end of last year, the results of which, reveal that more of us are actively using less water - up to 88% of respondents in 2016. Welcome to the KBzine Have you seen the video that's gone viral on social media, of the OaSense shower that switches itself off when whoever's in the shower, moves out from underneath?

Forgive me if this type of gadget is old hat (I've never come across one before) but what a great idea! I'd always thought t. Welcome to the KBzine Well. May I start by wishing you a Happy Thomas Crapper Day! My thanks go to Fiona Pavely of Shelan Communications for reminding me that today's the day for counting our blessings for the birth of Thomas Crapper (who died this day in 1910). If you're unfamiliar with the name, Mr Crapper i.

Welcome to the KBzine Wednesday's Office for National Statistics announcement that UK employment reached 74.6% in the last quarter of 2016 - the highest rate since such records began in 1971, while unemployment remained at its record low since 2005 on 4.8%, compared w. Welcome to the KBzine Wednesday’s Office for National Statistics announcement that UK employment reached 74.6% in the last quarter of 2016 – the highest rate since such records began in 1971, while unemployment.

Welcome to the KBzine While many in this industry have been enjoying themselves out at ISH this week, John Austen and I have been at a cleaning show at ExCel in London's Docklands. The KBB sector was never far from our hearts and minds however, particularly so since all the wonderful things this industry. Welcome to the KBzine Last week's Office for National Statistics announcement that UK employment reached 74.6% in the last quarter of 2016 – the highest rate since such records began in 1971, while unemployment remai. Welcome to the KBzine The first time I ventured into Ecobuild I was absolutely blown away by everything on offer and it struck me that this was the way, we as human beings, need to live in the future, if we're to make the most of the Earth's valuable resources. I often say when visiting shows related to the KB. Welcome to the KBzine I know people say you shouldn't do it as it prevents you from getting off to sleep, but I tend to do it anyway as I find it helps me relax while I'm warming up the bed so when I do shut down, I'm warm and cosy and ready for sleep and can avoid those minutes of shivering a little (which c. Welcome to the KBzine One of the things I mentioned in last week's leader was that I'd been in discussions with the Domestic Cleaning Alliance's director Stephen Munton about some of the problems caused to his members when KBB appliances, fixtures and fittings aren't designed with cleaning in mind.

Welcome to the KBzine Around three years ago I was having trouble with a builder who was due to fix a couple of cisterns (you may remember, the one who instead of fixing the cisterns, painted my already newly-painted 'Contemporary' dining room wall and my equally neutral, newly-painted kitchen, bright yellow. Welcome to the KBzine As the years go by, we're seeing more and more women learning one of the building trades, running their own businesses and making an excellent living out of what has traditionally been 'a man's job'. Since the take-up of a trade by women is something that's relatively new, I was surprise.eriors, Leeds Bower Willis Designs, Shipston on Stour B&H Kitchens, EC1 London (Cooking studio) BK Nolte Contracts, SW1 London Concept One, Hertfordshire Cucucine Homes & Kitchens, Oxfordshire BK Nolte Contracts, Wrexham Clearly Interiors, Lancashire Day True, SW10 London Day True, W9 London Eggersmann Design, SW6 London Freestyle Kitchens.

Welcome to the KBzine Kitchen gadgetry and innovations have certainly made it into the nationals over the past couple of weeks, haven't they? One that surprised me, was the article about how the use of a blue plastic ball-like object, popped in with the wash, reduces the need for laundry powder/liquid and thr. Welcome to the KBzine On Sunday, a record 40,000 dedicated souls (or should that be so many thousand soles?) pounded the streets of England's vibrant capital city in the 2017 London Marathon. Many were elite runners for whom this type of effort is a way of life but tens of thousands of them saw it as a life c. Welcome to the KBzine I'm an avid MasterChef fan although I think that the fact that I watch it in bed, laptop-on-chest, until I fall asleep, isn't the only thing that makes me odd.

Unlike most Brits, it doesn't inspire me to cook - although I'll confess that have bought several celeriacs (to puree, then swis. Welcome to the KBzine The focus in recent years has been so much on ensuring we’re not bringing anything into the country which (or who) shouldn’t be here, that it appears we’ve lost focus on the awareness that others might want to take stuff out! Vehicle leasing specialist Arval ( www.se. Welcome to the KBzine It's funny, isn't it? We work in the KBB industry but unless we're involved in a makeover or are removing an old appliance/ripping out an unwanted bathroom or kitchen, we always picture everything as being in perfect condition.

Our industry spends a fortune on designing new. Welcome to the KBzine Following on from last week's leader in which I shared the sad story of a tradesman who met his demise as a result of a lapse in safe working procedures, I'm delighted to see that the UK'S safest house builders have been honoured by the NHBC, which has announced the winners of. Welcome to the KBzine Following on from last week's leader in which I shared the sad story of a tradesman who met his demise as a result of a lapse in safe working procedures, I'm delighted to see that the UK'S safest house builders have been honoured by the NHBC, which has announced the w. Welcome to the KBzine With the Election results now in, the Kitchen, Bathroom, Bedroom Specialists Association's national chair Richard Hibbert has been considering the outlook for the sector. Richard says that while much of the focus of the election has been on investment in the NHS, education and. Welcome to the KBzine Like everyone else, I've been distressed by the devastating news about Wednesday's fire at London's Grenfell Tower.

I know that every day, people are injured or killed in their masses throughout the world and like most of us, I hurt for them all. With my daughter working for. Welcome to the KBzine We Brits are regularly using social channels to find inspiration and show off our cooking accomplishments - with 57% of us saying we eat more adventurously than ever before as a result - either to impress our followers, or as a result of resolving to copy something we've seen o. Welcome to the KBzine I made a conscious decision not to mention it in last week's KBzine but I've been thinking a lot about the impact the announcement will have made. Yes - the naming of the brand of fridge freezer purported to have been the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire has to be every manuf.operation, fought off tough competition to win Best UK Independent Bathroom Retailer at last week's BKU Awards. Wholesale Domestic is the first Scottish company ever to win the award. 'This award, based on the votes of industry peers, reflects the quality of service we provide in all aspects of our offering, from sales, to warehousing and distri.

Welcome to the KBzine I visited a friend this week who was having work done on her bathroom. I knew the people who'd replaced her electric shower a couple of years ago and had expected that they'd done a good job, so was disturbed to join my friend at the consumer unit, as the electrici.s tells us it is delighted to have been voted Britain's Best Bathroom Furniture Brand at the recent BKU Awards. As a leading British manufacturer of bathroom furniture, Utopia has consistently made the shortlist for the Best Bathroom Furniture Brand category in the annual award scheme run by BKU (Bathroom & Kitchen Update) but this is the fi. Welcome to the KBzine It takes a lot to make me cross, but sat in a queue of cars with a boot-full of garden waste for dumping at my local civic amenity tip, is not how I like to spend a hot sunny day. I'd not expected it to be busy either, since it was late morning, mid-week. Welcome to the KBzine Having received a press release referring to Legionella Awareness Day and deciding to look a little more deeply into the issues, I came across a report in the journal Eurosurveillance.

Compiled from annual data submitted by 29 EU/EEA countries to the European Legionnaires' D. Welcome to the KBzine 'Appliances Home Alone (safely)' was how the release was headed up and although my first thought was that I'd be preaching to the converted by mentioning it here, my subsequent realisation that I'd not got around to registering my fridge freezer - purchased several months back - despi. Welcome to the KBzine Information technologies, smart data, digitisation and the Internet of Things have revolutionised many activities in our daily lives. For example, 15% of UK retail spending is now online, totalling £52 billion in 2015.

EBay hosts 150 million active trades at any one time and l. Welcome to the KBzine Having observed washing machines being delivered and even carried upstairs, and seen the sweat (and sometimes blood and tears) that results, I know how heavy they can be. There's never really been a way around the problem, although a friend of mine did try removing the concrete block. Welcome to the KBzine John & I are about to take our annual Summer break; this will be the last issue of KBzine until our September 8th edition.

One of the things I tend to do over the warmer months is take part in small music/wellbeing/personal development festivals that bring out the inner hippie. Welcome to the KBzine Welcome to our first post-Summer-break issue of KBzine. If you managed to get away or simply take some time off, I hope your batteries have been recharged too. Such a lot seems to have happened since we've been away but sadly, very little of it in our country has involved consistent w.

Welcome to the KBzine With the weather the way it's been lately, I'm sure I'm not the only one in need of a bit of a fillip and if we can't enjoy an Indian Summer then at least we can be inspired by the interiors extravaganza we're about to experience around the Capital, in terms of the London Design Fair. Welcome to the KBzine London Fire Brigade's latest campaign is going to impact quite heavily on this industry's appliance manufacturers. Its 'Don't turn your back on fridge fire risk' and 'Total Recalls' messages have been picked up by Which? - something that's likely to lead to demands from buyers in st. Welcome to the KBzine Had to have a chuckle at the findings of the recent survey by Samsung Electronics (www.samsung.com/uk).

Having surveyed 2,000 men and women in the UK, the company has revealed the UK's most annoying domestic habits - the top three being: 1) Food left in the fridge: 83% of. Welcome to the KBzine I've had an interesting response to last week's leader from my good friend Stephen Munton of the Domestic Cleaners Alliance (you can read it below). It has taken me back through a history of the electrical appliance industry that I hadn't known existed, because of the long break betwe.

Welcome to the KBzine As someone who's habitually found it difficult to employ an affordable tradesperson who's good at his or her trade and who can 'fit me in', a press release I received this morning really hit home. Heating and boiler specialist Warm.co.uk is warning that the UK is in danger of running. Welcome to the KBzine Sadly, our industry has made it into the press again this week, in a way that most of us wish it hadn't. The news that there are apparently some 1million tumble dryers in our nation's homes that pose a fire risk, has made many of us wonder whether our own appliances are safe.

Welcome to the KBzine Sadly, another couple and their children have had their lives changed drastically thanks to a tumble drier fire which devastated their home and killed their cats. And as they weren't insured, it's not just psychological issues they'll have to deal with. I gather the appliance was. Welcome to the KBzine Years ago, as assistant editor on Baker's Review, I was given a Dualit 4-slice toaster and a Warburton loaf at a press launch as a 'thank you for coming' gift.

The toast was soon gone but the toaster went on for years, having pride of place in my kitchen where it was probably the most. Welcome to the KBzine I used to work with a chap who'd disappear off to the loo every morning with a newspaper, which - no doubt - he'd read whilst in the loo as he was always gone for around half an hour. I wonder if he'd have stayed in there for as long, had he been faced with the view offered by the lat.

Welcome to the KBzine John Austen was lucky enough to attend the business aviation show in Las Vegas a few weeks back with a colleague who produces an e-zine for that industry. He posted a picture on Facebook, of him strapped into an aircraft seat, captioned something like: 'The nearest I'll ever get to fl. Welcome to the KBzine I almost didn't click on the link to the full article but curiosity soon got the better of me. And the first thought that popped into my head as I read was: 'Why?' If you don't know what I'm talking about, a group of youths wasted the West Midlands Fire Service's already stretched r.

Welcome to the KBzine A five-metre high Christmas tree, made from 600 reused green plastic bottles, is being lit-up over the holiday period in Bognor Regis town centre, to highlight the need for us to recycle as much as possible. I thought I'd help spread the word, to those who aren't likely to venture int.

KBzine: the original kitchen and bathroom industry e -news - since 2002 [ISSUEDATE] We strongly recommend viewing KBzine full size in your web browser. Click our masthead above to visit our website version. Welcome to the KBzine While producing this latest issue of KBZine I wondered where everyone would be whilst reading it. Whether, because of the unusual arctic weather conditions that have brought much of Europe to a virtual standstill, you've managed to make it into your place of work yet or whether you're picking up your work emails and.ing Screwfix, Kwik Fit and Senate Electrical on Farnham Road Trade Park, part of the renowned, world -class Slough Trading Estate. The new Tile Depot store opened on 4th January with a bigger, better showroom to make shopping easier and double the warehousing capacity for more stock.

In store, more displays flaunt the popular retailer's comprehen. The expert design team at Evitavonni predicts some interesting design trends for 2010. Design -savvy consumers can expect to see several key themes emerging including kitchen -intelligence, colourful confidence, purposeful bespoke and modern eastern. These four themes work together to provide interiors that are intuitive, brighter, more lifestyle s.pecified on aluminum and 20% when specified on white cabinets. The Phoebe kitchen features a high -gloss slab -style door in bright white with an ultra -modern 2mm aluminum effect trim. An alternative aluminum profile strip can be specified for a more minimalist effect, featuring concealed handles or a choice of touch -opening systems. Cabinets are.ny, Lux Elements is already one of the first choices in UK commercial wetroom environments.

The easy -to -fit systems mean that both retailers and installers can offer wetrooms to the consumer market with confidence. The comprehensive range of wetroom kits offered by Simpsons provides for both level access and step -up situations and contain everyt.exposes the industry to further possibility of merger and acquisition opportunities, as well as anti -trust scrutiny.

The competitive landscape section provides a closer examination of this situation. This 153 -page report includes the most recent information on the domestic market, global market and overseas growth opportunities. Updated quarterl.rowth, although it remains a small sector of the overall sanitaryware and bathroom furniture market - accounting for around 10% at the present time.

It is also a small market when compared to the kitchen worktop market - being the equivalent of around 10 -11% of that market. In the housing market there has been growth in the number of second bathroo.sure to suit the space, a matching shower tray, high quality thermostatically controlled shower and - for the perfect finishing touch - choice of beautifully chrome -finished bathroom accessories. 'We have excellent relationships with our customers and are always open to their feedback for ideas that can help improve service and make life easier.tant than ever to give customers something back. That is why we have negotiated this exclusive three -year Airmiles deal with The Mileage Company.

'It is the first incentive scheme of this magnitude within the industry and provides BCG with a distinct advantage over its competitors. As a business -to -business scheme, BCG is breaking new ground. Companies in the builders' merchanting and home improvement market, has bought a 49% stake in Leeds -based natural stone tile distributor, The Mosaic Tile Company, for an undisclosed sum. The Mosaic Tile Company, which includes trading divisions; Romana Tile Company, Verona Stone Company and Stone Nation, was founded by Adrian Hinchliffe in 2000.

It's the super intelligent, freestanding washer that is equally able as a powerful stand -alone unit or as the stunning centrepiece of a total laundry room concept. Styled in classic black and carrying an 'A+' washing performance, Maytag's versatile MWA 0714FBC washer can smoothly fit into your lifestyle in any way you wish. The laundry room co.

Kitchen specialist, Franke, has recently appointed two new distributors - Leaker Direct and Cooper Callas. Both distributors offer Franke's full range of sinks, taps, hoods and kitchen solutions, and Franke is confident that both companies will deliver high service to meet the exacting standards of Franke. Leaker Direct is Scotland's large.ar with this early announcement of the date and venue.' [TRIMTO] T: 23 E: info@bathroom -association.org.uk W: www.bathroom -association.org.

Problem, but we all know that it's the right thing to do. Everyone has a different way of doing it - bags, or boxes in the kitchen, in the garden, squashed into a cupboard until the next trip to the supermarket. Even for those lucky enough to have kerbside collections, where do you store your recycled materials until the collection date?

Wouldn't.pport he has given over the years to skills training, education and qualification in, both furniture -making and design creativity. In July 2009 he was awarded the medal of the Order of the League of Mercy for his support of the specialist teaching charity Dyslexia Action - a cause dear to his heart as he is dyslexic himself.

The Medal was presented.n Joseph, the former managing director of Allied Kingswood, has taken a controlling interest in Kent -based Theobald's Distribution. Stephen, who has been acting as a consultant to Theobald's since September 2009, becomes the CEO of the company and will be working with present directors Jamie Gardiner (Operations Director) and Steve Brooks (Sales.ome (after space heating) and about 25% of the household's annual energy bill is from heating water - so reducing your water wastage really will save money, energy and water and reduce your carbon emissions, thereby helping to protect our local water supplies, plants and animals. This week is the 20th anniversary of World Water Week, so what bet.the globe, KBzine can help you achieve this by introducing your company and its products every week - direct to the reader's Inbox.

And with the exhibition season fast approaching why not ask us how KBzine can help maximise your efforts reaching the market place? Yours, Jan Hobbs.of the catches – the heir and the spare. The part number we originally found online is: #21 -284. If you are able to forward my email directly to Showerlux, which would be much appreciated. Thanks, Mrs Pat Wenger T: 416 691 -8235 E: wenger8235@rogers.com Ed: Can anyone help this reader please?

Behind, while the Shaker style is seeing a surprisingly strong resurgence. Shades of whites and off -whites will be the most common kitchen colors in 2010, while brown, beige, and bone hues will also be popular. Cherry on top: Cherry will remain the most popular wood for kitchen cabinetry, followed closely by maple, while alder increases in u.g home appliance brand Belling, has announced the launch of a new interactive digital cookery guide - the Media Chef. Ideal for cooks of all abilities, the Belling Media Chef is the perfect kitchen accessory for those looking to create a culinary masterpiece. Pre -loaded with 48 cook -a -long demonstration recipes including three exclusive recip.

The Baumatic brand is being strengthened further thanks to an exciting cross -marketing partnership with chocolate manufacturer Galaxy. The two companies are teaming up for a series of competitions appearing in several high -circulation consumer titles, across both magazine and online formats, including Womenandhome.com and Prima. The competitio. Financial times we are planning for a very bright future.'

T: +44 (0) 1934 744466 E: sales@vado -uk.com W: www.vado -uk.com.in Air Systems, a leading indoor air cleaner manufacturer, to launch a new National Sleep Foundation -branded air purification system specifically designed for the sleep environment. The National Sleep Foundation Bedroom Machine by Austin Air is making its debut at the Big Sleep Show in Washington, DC today. Developed and designed by Austin Air.t offering continuity of supply on all products. To support the launch of the new brand, an eight -page leaflet and a trade branded point of sale dispenser box will communicate the products and sales information. The current product portfolio includes soft close thermoset toilet seats, a dual flush concealed cistern, bath panels, showers, taps.t, traditional convection heating, top heat, bottom heat and fan with ring heater and bottom heater - ideal for pizzas. Rated A for energy efficiency, the 601IE3Ta also features an easy -clean ceramic induction hob with four zones - two 21cm and two 16cm - for quick and efficient hob -top cooking using a minimal amount of energy. The oven has a.ined valuable insights from roles which include training as a painter and decorator, running a multi -site builders merchant, being responsible for training and even running his own contractor business.

'Kaldewei has a fantastic range of products and I look forward to steering the sales team towards achieving the first class results that the prod.ra, Bryan Lovewell, and Support & Development Executive, Mike Floodgate, were host to: Hu Beizi - Director Engineer of Zhejiang Economic & Information Commission Zhang Jinyao - Senior Engineer of Zhejiang Radio Communication Province Information Industry Department, Ningbo Radio Management Office Yang Fang - Deputy Director, Senior Engineer.teams more effectively.' Research saw the white van man voted the most feared driver on the road - scarier than young drivers, elderly drivers or motorcylists. And statistics released last year by the Institute of Transport Management showed one in three company drivers have a crash annually. The figure was even higher for those driving more.m high profile speakers including the Minister for the Marine & Natural Environment, Huw Irranca -Davies MP and Jonathan Porritt, Director of Forum for the Future. Baroness Barbara Young, Member of the Government's Climate Change Adaptation Sub -Committee and former CEO of the Environment Agency will give the keynote speech at the gala dinner.a as 'Punk Rock ECO design”. The Gateshead firm, launched in 2006, has already gained world -wide recognition for its innovation and Eco credentials and has now signed up to UK Trade & Investment’s Passport to Export scheme in a bid to explore new markets. Richard Liddle, founder and Managing Director of Cohda Design, explains.king about what's available in terms of kitchen and bathroom appliances, fixtures and fittings, was - prior to my involvement in KBZine - decades behind the reality.

Although I've not been able to get out and about as much as I'd have liked to (although that's about to change - watch this space!) I've tried to get myself up to speed and had thou.sting and potential trade customers to come and visit its team 'at home' in the company's new custom -built UK distribution centre and showroom during a special 'Open Week'. The 2700 sq.ft.

Showroom in Radlett, Hertfordshire, displays the complete Blanco range and all the new products for 2010, including the very latest sink designs, a wide variety. Online bed specialist, The Sleep Room, offers a range of glamorous, retro -inspired beds for stylish sleepers. Nostalgia is a big theme for 2010 but it's often difficult to pull -off this look with modern products.

Whilst vintage beds look great they rarely offer maximum comfort - are you really willing to put style before sleep? Hack Dofus Avec Wpe Pro Modified. With the 'R.he tap spout. The eLIX also has a click valve which can be used to give the water a temporary boost - for example when filling a kettle. ELIX, along with the Elio and Enya, are three tap styles that offer these performance benefits for CSH.

ELIX is available in chrome and is part of Carron Phoenix's Developer range. This commercially focussed co.s further enhanced by subtle pearlescent particles, with the beautifully smooth surface. Metallic -based worksurfaces are one of the hottest design themes around and the three finishes offer a contemporary neutral palette of Black, Chocolate and Caramel that have been researched to design well with classic and contemporary kitchen styles. The.12 months include: Big Red Sales, D.A.D, Digital Radio Development Bureau, Digitaltvinfo.com, Kodak - Tetenal, Midwich, Euro Digital Services, Humax Electronics Co., LG Electronics UK, Philex Electronic, The Sirius Buying Group and Technisat Digital UK.[TRIMTO] Retra also welcomed: Vogel's Products UK, Sennheiser UK, Top Level Solutions, VDC Tec.n 2009, Pegler Yorkshire has expanded the range further with the introduction of two new tap ranges - Ebro and Pulsar. Both are minimalistic in style and despite being part of the Francis Pegler range are competitive in price. Ebro is a fresh new design and named after the largest river in Spain, it has an unashamedly European vogue - a flow straig.

MGA Distributors has been chosen as the UK's first distributor of the new Europa -2 drawer from Indaux. Indaux has been creating, developing, manufacturing and marketing fittings and components for the furniture industry since 1962. The Europa -2 drawer demonstrates Indaux's knowledge of its market and customers' needs. The complete one -p. Recession -hit small businesses are actively managing their cash flow yet struggling to access finance because they are not presenting their management accounts in the correct format to the finance and credit industry. The news follows the latest research from the Forum of Private Business, commissioned by CreditPal, the free accounts analysis s.

The Myers Touch, Dobsons Home improvements, Tradex and KCA. This course is approved by the KBB NTG - as well as by CITB Construction Skills who sent delegate Gerald Kelly on the course. He commented: 'I enjoyed the course which was very well presented and very interesting.'

Full details of training courses from Graham Hayden can be found on his. Getting the New Year off to the very best of starts with the launch of its latest product brochure - Bathroom Culture. In full -colour throughout, the brochure has an impressive 260 pages packed with full details on the manufacturer's complete portfolio of products, printed on heavy -weight stock to lend it the quality feel which has become synon.liances etc.

And is designed to stimulate the economy while saving energy and encouraging recycling - thus helping the environment. Seems like a good idea to me. The 'cash for appliance clunkers' rebate programme has a pot of $300m. Those taking advantage of the scheme can be awarded up to $200 for the purchase of an energy efficient appliance.

Siamp managing director Stuart Lorne took part in the eight day Enduro Africa Challenge, a 1500 -mile off -road motorcycle trip along South Africa’s rugged Wild Coast, to raise money for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Touch Africa and UNICEF. Manchester -based Siamp UK is the UK branch of the leading French sanitaryware manufa.its own'. Next week we kick off our 'rolling' preview of another much anticipated industry event - kbb Birmingham 2010, which is celebrating its 25th year at the NEC, Birmingham, from 21st -24th March.

If you're exhibiting at the show and haven't yet told us why visitors should make a point of going along to your stand, please do so quickly and.e Indesit Moon washing machine (in the 'Bathroom' category) in 2008, the 2009 award went to Hotpoint -Ariston's Quadrio fridge in the domestic appliances section. Granted by the Chicago Athenaeum - Museum of Architecture and Design together with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies, the award was in recognition of t.e its professional opinion on the design quality of entries in 16 product categories and noted that - especially in economically uncertain times - design is a decisive factor in terms of market success and value creation, with many of the submitted products setting new benchmarks in their respective fields. According to the jury chairman Fritz F.with the promise of making great design affordable.

The collection includes 'next125' and the handle -less 'nextline' range, which rival premium brands for the finish and the fixtures, but offered at a mid -market price. Each kitchen has a pure cubic shape, made possible by a depth of 575mm, which not only looks beautiful but provides additional s.d brassware, available from 1st February. First to announce is the new addition to Mereway's long -established style Aegean door style. Aegean; (pictured) is a stylish paneled raised and fielded design that has helped Mereway cater for the traditional end of the market for many years. As this market is showing signs of strengthening, Mereway has.urnishings and are extremely robust and hard wearing. Ring the seasonal changes with colourful rugs - cool pastels for the summer, deep reds and golds for the winter. You can even tile outside as many tiles are frost resistant; but do check.

Tile the floors both sides of the patio doors with the same tile and watch as the dining room passes almo. 20 -20 Fusion, the renowned developer of advanced design and visualisation software for the kitchen and bathroom industry, is delighted to announce the addition of Pilkington's to its fast -growing portfolio of manufacturer catalogues. Pilkington's will be represented across both the Fusion Bathrooms and Kitchens platforms with the inclusion of.id to be twice the heat store capacity of the cast iron used in other heat storage cookers. The hob - comprised of two gas burners and an electric solid surface Chef's Plate, perfect for simmering, sizzling and sauteing, all powered separately from the ovens - unusually offers users the option of adjustable heat storage temperatures throughout the. A newly -established Water Intergroup in the European Parliament has started to help MEPs consider EU water policies more horizontally, as the European Commission prepares to put its water strategies in line with climate and resource -efficiency policies.

'Adaptation to climate change, risks of flooding and water scarcity will be on the agenda, a.ew additions from the Zehnder range. Bisque, acquired by ZGUK in 2007, will continue to offer design -led products to premium showrooms under its own brand name. 'Zehnder and Bisque will complement each other perfectly in their respective markets,' explains Allan Jones, Head of ZGUK Retail Division.

'By optimising the synergies of these two stron. 20 -20 Fusion, the design and visualisation software specialist, is delighted to announce the appointment of Jade Allen as its new Area Sales Manager for the North of England. Jade comes from a sales background, having worked for a Manchester -based PR agency where she learned the value of nurturing strong business relationships with clients and.s enables Keller to improve the performance level in terms of better products and services in a cost -effective manner; important in these challenging times. 'The union with Bruynzeel will help Keller to increase its competitive power and to establish growth in the fast -moving and widespread European kitchen industry. Equally importantly, the fut.r and historical parkland of Hensol Castle Estate. Beautifully designed and located within an estate -managed development, these homes promise much from the outside and then deliver more from the inside with so many bespoke design features.

The apartments are all furnished with Franke sinks, taps, waste disposal units and cooker hoods. MHS Radiators has launched the Zero range of low cost, lightweight aluminium radiators with contemporary styling and excellent heat outputs from 423W to 3,068W. They make an excellent alternative to steel panel radiators and thanks to their low water content heat up rapidly and are extremely efficient.