Adam Thomas is the country’s leading designer for accessible kitchens, and has established a reputation for innovative design that sets the standard for those who follow. Borne out of personal experience and years of research, Adam has developed a set of kitchen design principles that are transforming homes across the country.
Through his work Adam aims to increase independence for disabled people, and enable access for all by designing flexible, high quality kitchens that solve the problems noone else will tackle.
He works as a specialist consultant to a number of ground-breaking initiatives working towards disability equality in housing, and lectures and writes on this subject for newspapers and periodicals.
Notable achievements to date include:
- Head consultant on accessible kitchens for the Olympic Village 2012
- Regular speaker at the Naidex CPD Seminar Theatre, Birmingham
- Member of Lifetime Homes Review 2010 run by the department of Communities and Local Government
- Member of the technical advisory group (TAG) for Lifetime Homes 2009
- BSI Committee Member
- Designer, Naidex Future Lifestyles House 2008
- Winner, inaugural kitchen industry Accessible Kitchen Design Award 2006
- Co-author of NHF ‘Standards and Quality in Development: ‘A Good Practice Guide’
- Co-author of LDA’s ‘Private Sector Wheelchair Housing Design Guide’ for the Mayor of London’s Housing Strategy
- Lobbyist for the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- 29 years’ personal experience of disability
- Designing kitchens since 1980