Universal Kitchen Planning, Design That Adapts To People

This book concentrated on how to design kitchens to fit the needs of all users. Highlight space planning, kitchen guidelines, countertops/cabinets, appliances, fixtures and equipment, safety and more. Fully illustrated. Authored by Mary Jo Peterson, CKD, CBD. A certified kitchen and bathroom designer and educator, Mary Jo specializes in universal design and accessibility within the building industries.

Mary Jo Peterson is a certified kitchen and certified bathroom designer and educator with specific expertise in universal design. She focuses her Connecticut design practice on residential and commercial building projects in the New England region of North America and provides consulting support to major home builders nationwide.

Author and teacher of the National Kitchen & Bath Association's training program on universal design, Mary Jo is a member of NKBA's Practicing/Professional Instructors. Mary Jo travels the U.S. and Canada making presentations on accessible design issues to various industry segments.

She is a membe of the Advisory Board of the Association for Safe and Accessible Products, and has completed numerous writing and speaking assignments on its behalf.

Currently serving on a number of cross-agency committees, Mary Jo works at integrating universal design into homes and products. This work has involved her with state and federal government agencies and advocacy groups, as well as professional organizations, such as National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), National Association of Remodeling Industry (NARI), American Institute of Architects (AIA), and Naitonal Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA). She actively promotes education and acceptance of universal design.

Mary Jo is also the author of Universal Bathroom Planning, Design That Adapts To People, also published by the National Kitchen & Bath Association.