BEST Sorpresa Range Hoods Collection Wins 2012 GOOD ... - Press
BEST Sorpresa Range Hoods Collection Wins 2012 GOOD ... - Press
BEST Sorpresa Range Hoods Collection Wins 2012 GOOD ... - Press
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Karen Collins<br />
Broan-NuTone<br />
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Architectural Digest Home Design Show Booth #279<br />
<strong>BEST</strong> <strong>Sorpresa</strong> <strong>Range</strong> <strong>Hoods</strong> <strong>Collection</strong> <strong>Wins</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong> <strong>GOOD</strong> DESIGN Award<br />
HARTFORD, Wis., March 21, 2013 – <strong>BEST</strong> ® , a leading designer of luxury range hoods, today<br />
announced that its Generation II of The <strong>Sorpresa</strong> ® <strong>Collection</strong> of Italian-inspired range hoods<br />
has won the <strong>2012</strong> <strong>GOOD</strong> DESIGN Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture<br />
and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. This is the<br />
second year in a row that the <strong>Sorpresa</strong> <strong>Collection</strong> has won such an award.<br />
The <strong>Sorpresa</strong> Generation II <strong>Collection</strong> was created as an expansion to the original <strong>Sorpresa</strong><br />
<strong>Collection</strong> and includes Fusion, Intrigue, Sphera and Sun. The full <strong>Sorpresa</strong> <strong>Collection</strong> includes<br />
13 unique range hood designs that challenge perceptions of what a range hood can look like<br />
(Intrigue pictured below, left).<br />
<strong>Sorpresa</strong>, which means “surprise” in Italian, takes on shapes and styles that are designed to<br />
immediately become the focal point of any kitchen, while still delivering the world-class ventilation<br />
technology expected from a <strong>BEST</strong> kitchen ventilation product.<br />
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Katy Heaton<br />
Griffin & Company, Inc.<br />
888-420-0256, ext. 117<br />
One of the world’s largest and most<br />
distinguished design competitions, the <strong>GOOD</strong><br />
DESIGN Award program presents awards<br />
annually to products that exhibit high design<br />
aesthetics and innovation. Winning<br />
manufacturers are those that stretch the<br />
envelope beyond what is considered ordinary<br />
product and consumer design. The <strong>Sorpresa</strong><br />
Generation II <strong>Collection</strong> was chosen as a<br />
winner in the “Kitchen/Appliances” category<br />
and was selected from several thousand<br />
manufacturers from more than 50 countries.<br />
Last year, the Vertigo Double model, from the<br />
<strong>Sorpresa</strong> Generation I <strong>Collection</strong>, received the<br />
2011 <strong>GOOD</strong> DESIGN Award.<br />
“We are constantly hearing from our customers that our <strong>BEST</strong> <strong>Sorpresa</strong> <strong>Range</strong> <strong>Hoods</strong> look like<br />
artwork and take their kitchen from simple to stunning,” says Brian Wellnitz, marketing manager,<br />
kitchen ventilation, <strong>BEST</strong>. “We are honored and flattered by the growing accolades the <strong>Sorpresa</strong><br />
<strong>Collection</strong> has garnered since its US launch in 2011.”<br />
The complete line of 13 designs are available in three categories: Island hoods, called Gloss,<br />
Secret, Sphera and Vertigo Double; Chimney hoods, called Dune, Eclisse, Fusion, Intrigue,<br />
Modulare, Sun, Surf and Lipstick; and a Ceiling hood called Cirrus.<br />
Since its debut in 2011, the <strong>BEST</strong> <strong>Sorpresa</strong> <strong>Collection</strong> has received awards from several<br />
magazines and associations, including Kitchen + Bath Business, “KBCulture” and the American<br />
Society of Interior Designers (ASID), which awarded the collection the “Imagine Top Pick 2011” at<br />
the Architectural Digest Home Design Show.
<strong>BEST</strong> <strong>Sorpresa</strong> <strong>Range</strong> <strong>Hoods</strong> <strong>Collection</strong> <strong>Wins</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>GOOD</strong> DESIGN Award<br />
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At the 2013 Architectural Digest Home Design Show, <strong>BEST</strong> will display models from The<br />
<strong>Sorpresa</strong> Generation I and II <strong>Collection</strong> as well two prototypes for Generation III range hood<br />
designs. As they are named in Europe, the Overside (pictured below, left) and Fluttua (pictured<br />
below, right) will first be available in Europe in 2013, according to Wellnitz. <strong>BEST</strong> will also feature<br />
the new optional white-glass panel for the Cirrus range hood at the Architectural Digest Show this<br />
year. “We are excited to see the reaction to these new prototypes as we consider our plans for<br />
2014,” Wellnitz says.<br />
To visualize how any of the 13 range hoods from the <strong>BEST</strong> Sopresa <strong>Collection</strong> will look in a<br />
variety of kitchen motifs, <strong>BEST</strong> offers an online tool, available on <strong>BEST</strong>sorpresa.com. The<br />
<strong>Sorpresa</strong> Visualizer tool enables designers and their clients to see and share the new design<br />
experience.<br />
For more information on the <strong>BEST</strong> <strong>Sorpresa</strong> <strong>Collection</strong>, visit www.<strong>BEST</strong>sorpresa.com. To view<br />
the full line of <strong>BEST</strong> products, visit www.<strong>BEST</strong>rangehoods.com.<br />
For the full Architectural Digest Home Design Show <strong>Press</strong> Kit from Broan-NuTone, contact Katy<br />
Heaton at Griffin & Company.<br />
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