Educator brings kitchen designers, appliance manufacturers together
Award-winning designer and educator Mary Jo Camp has been a major player in the kitchen and bath industry for decades. However, the principal of Denver, NC-based DesignCamp is best known for her work in bringing appliance manufacturers and kitchen designers together, and helping these manufacturers to better understand the needs of the kitchen design community.
Never has this been more essential than today. With technology changing at such a rapid-fire pace, it’s critical for all players to be on the same page to meet demand for today’s technologically savvy spaces.
Camp has held positions ranging from Principal of Great Kitchens in Menlo Park and Adjunct Professor at Canada College to Vice President of Marketing and Lead Designer for Standards of Excellence’s State of the Industry appliance showrooms. She’s designed numerous state-of-the-art appliance showrooms and has served on design councils for Thermador and Jenn-Air.
Camp authored the Kitchens With Confidence training program designed for Lowe’s, and her kitchens have been featured in the Bosch Kitchen Design app.
Proud of her work in helping to bring designers and appliance manufacturers together, she notes, “Appliance manufacturers are finally understanding the needs of the design community,” adding, “I think there’s a broader knowledge now and that helps to create a sense of teamwork, which further advances the industry.”
