Featured Designers

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	Janna Levenstein - 2009 Featured Designer Los Angeles, California The key to the winning design by Janna Levenstein is the interplay between indoor and outdoor, the subtlety of nature and the bold visual lines of the Viking Designer Series. “I am a designer, but I also am a real estate broker and property developer. I have my own brokerage firm, Tocha Realty. From the moment I started searching for properties, I saw brokers’ ads that read ‘all Viking kitchen,’” says Levenstein. “It’s a real draw to get people in the door. It helps to brand the home as quality. Buyers and sellers know how important it is to have Viking products for resale. It’s simply a name people trust and want to see.”
	Charles Buller - 2008 Featured Designer Oregon City, Oregon The winner of the annual Viking Featured Designer Award for 2008 is Charles Buller, president of Park Place Wood Products, Inc., Oregon City, Oregon. His award-winning entry is a chef’s dream kitchen for the annual NW Natural Street of Dreams™ luxury-home tour that draws more than 100,000 visitors each year. “We combined many different custom finishes, door styles, and furniture elements — all integrated into a very specially designed kitchen area,” says Buller. “All my visions for a wonderful, extraordinary, and quality kitchen designed around cooking activity were met by the full line of Viking professional products.”
	Janie K. Hirsch - 2008 Featured Designer Johns Creek, Georgia Using color as a neutral, in conjunction with texture and pattern, Janie K. Hirsch, ASID, designs interiors that feature an eclectic combination of classic furnishings and antiques with a strong connection to architectural elements. She always wants to use the best products — and that means Viking. “Viking products offer great function and versatility — you can always find what you need,” says Janie, owner of J. Hirsch Interior Design in Johns Creek, Georgia. “My clients value function as well as beautiful design.”
	Brian Zars - 2008 Quarter Featured Designer San Antonio, Texas Brian Zars is a passionate advocate for both the benefits of outdoor living spaces and the quality and versatility of Viking products. He was selling custom swimming pools for his father’s company, Keith Zars Pools, and was looking for his own niche. Designing and installing outdoor kitchens filled with Viking products became that niche and more. It’s a calling — Zars thinks no swimming pool is complete without a Viking outdoor kitchen.
	Randi Skiffington - 2008 Featured Designer Moultonboro, NH Multiple Viking options strike the perfect note throughout this New Hampshire vacation home that beautifully blends the rustic and the contemporary. Designer Randi Skiffington, who often works on projects with her ex-husband, builder Joe Skiffington, has been serving clients in new Hampshire’s Lake Region for over a decade. Randi says she believes in Viking products because they offer so many options in terms of function and design.
	Jennifer Ho - 2008 Featured Designer San Jose, CA Even a showroom fire could not delay the creation of her contemporary, clean-cut and glossy kitchen in San Jose. Jennifer Ho, CKD, CBD, is a designer with De Anza Interior, a San Jose, California business founded by her mother, Teresa Ho. Ho specializes in kitchen design and believes that experience is an important factor in the design process. “I have done most of my learning on the job,” says Ho, a National Kitchen & Bath Association Certified kitchen Designer (CKD).
	Nicole Sassaman - 2007 Featured Designer Malibu, California Nicole Sassaman of Nicole Sassaman Designs, Malibu, California, designed her award-winning entry for the Malibu home she shares with her husband and baby daughter. She has renovated and sold several residential properties in Los Angeles. She describes the house in Malibu as “a 1980’s wannabe Spanish villa with arches everywhere.” It is a project she holds close to her heart. Rather than resell it, she plans to live in the house with her family.
	Sharon L. Sherman - 2007 Featured Designer Wyckoff, NJ A Certified Kitchen Designer (CKD),Sherman began her career working for a high end design firm shortly after earning a degree in interior design from Marymount College (now a part of Fordham University)in Tarrytown, New York. About seven years ago, she decided to strike out on her own, opening Thyme & Place Design in Wyckoff, New Jersey.
	Doug DeLuca - 2007 Featured Designer Falls Church, VA Doug DeLuca is a third-generation builder who started his own environmental design-build company, Federal Stone and Brick, in Falls Church, VA. Doug designs both indoor and outdoor kitchens, and specializes in custom-designed and crafted stonework.
	Katherine Lynn - 2007 Featured Designer Placitas, NM Katherine Lynn has been working in the kitchen and bath industry for more than 30 years. She started working for her father’s cabinet shop in 1978, and later opened her own design firm, Juniper Ridge Designs. She works from her home office in Placitas, New Mexico, a short commute from Albuquerque.
	Charles Buller - 2007 Featured Designer Oregon City, Oregon Charles Buller originally set out to be an architect, but instead began working for a construction company. After establishing himself as a builder, he purchased Park Place Wood Products Inc. and transformed it into a highly successful custom cabinetry and design business.
	Kevin Fitzsimons - 2006 Featured Designer Toronto, Canada A graduate of Humber College with a degree in interior design, Kevin Fitzsimons owned and operated Fitzsimons Interiors, Inc. for over 20 years. In 2006, he founded Fitzsimons Design + Build to combine his interior design experience with international affiliates in the architectural and design fields. He is also the creator of yoursource, a quarterly magazine about lifestyles, design and architecture. Over time, he has built a roster of clients which include the Viking award-winning kitchen of Art Smith, Oprah Winfrey’s personal chef.
	Cindy Collins - 2006 Featured Designer San Luis Obispo, CA For over 25 years Cindy Collins has been designing kitchens and custom cabinetry for clients around the country and even worldwide. Specializing in space planning, Cindy uses a time and task management method when designing a kitchen, arranging "zones" that relate to specific tasks.
	Robin Amorello - 2006 Featured Designer Topsham, Maine After renovating her own home, Robin Amorello, CKD, was inspired to make a career change and began designing kitchens as a profession. Now, more than 10 years later, Robin is a member of Maine Kitchen Design and is able to pursue creative design projects.
	Damon Lang - 2006 Featured Designer Las Vegas, Nevada Damon began his career in the kitchen by attending culinary college and becoming a chef. After working inside a kitchen for many years, Damon decided to look beyond the kitchen for inspiration. He moved to Las Vegas, started Green Planet Landscaping, and now specializes in outdoor living environments.
	Linda McLain - 2006 Featured Designer Charleston, South Carolina Some 20 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the best-kept secrets of a region known for its historic architecture and world-class restaurants. A secluded barrier island called Kiawah, home to a resort community of the same name that is known for its magnificent, unspoiled seaside location, fabulous golf courses and other upscale amenities.
	Tess Giuliani - 2005 Featured Designer Ridgewood, New Jersey Tess Giuliani, CKD, Ridgewood, New Jersey, has explored many creative areas in her 34 years as a design professional. The common denominator for the 2005 Viking Featured Designer has always been her broad visual interests and experience coupled with an artist’s imagination and passion for design.
	Ariane Delafosse - 2005 Featured Designer Morristown, New Jersey Ariane Delafosse is a Certified Kitchen Designer whose European footings have given her an appreciation for functional design and innovative solutions.
	Nicole Sassaman - 2005 Featured Designer Los Angeles, California Nicole Sassaman recently took on the amazing task of adding a second story onto the condo once belonging to Greta Garbo.