MEDIA ADVISORY, Nov. 11, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Meet designer Nani E. Vinken -- of TLC TV's "In a Fix" -- at the Fall Fort Lauderdale Home Show. Find out how you can create an elegant, functional home office for maximum productivity and pleasure when working at home.
Whether you use your home office eight hours a day or eight hours a month, Nani's tips can help make working from home "a beautiful thing." The elegant, Swiss-educated celebrity designer to the rich and famous will sign autographs after her talk.
WHO: Nani E. Vinken, celebrity designer of luxury homes and yachts for the rich and famous, and star of the "In A Fix" home-improvement show on TLC (formerly The Learning Channel) http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/inafix/inafix.html . WHAT: "How to Make Working from Home a Beautiful Thing" by Nani E. Vinken. WHEN: 1 pm, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004 WHERE: Fort Lauderdale Fall Home Design & Remodeling Show at Broward County Convention Center, 1950 Eisenhower Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For directions, visit http://www.homeshowspecials.com/Directions.html . ABOUT NANI: In addition to her ongoing role as featured designer on "In A Fix" -- she offers design tips during major fast-track home improvement projects for the TLC cable TV program -- Nani Vinken is principal and founder of Nani Vinken Design, Inc. in Fort Lauderdale. The firm provides high-end interior design services to discriminating clients all over the world -- for their private homes, luxury motor yachts and super yachts. Creativity, design expertise and respect for celebrity privacy issues, has earned Nani a clientele that includes high-profile figures from the sports, music and fashion industries all over the world. An award-winning painter who has exhibited in the U.S. and Europe, Nani was formally trained in Switzerland where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design from the Art Center College of Design, and a Master of Arts degree from Webster University in Geneva. On the Net: Vinken site: http://www.nanivinken.com ABOUT Open to both public and trade Nov. HOME SHOW:18-21, 2004, the Fort Lauderdale Fall Home Design & Remodeling Show features decorating, remodeling, furniture and accessories, home improvements, lighting, flooring, window and wall treatments, garden and landscape items, interior design and home electronics. Home improvement experts will be on hand to advise homeowners on home repairs due to hurricane damage, as well as general home improvement and renovation projects. Call 305-667-9299 for info. Admission to Nani Vinken's presentation free with paid admission to Home Show. Discount coupons available at http://www.homeshowspecials.com . On the Net:Home Show site: http://www.homeshowspecials.com The Nani Vinken Design logo is available at: http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=1299 CONTACTS: Inquiries, speaking/endorsements for Nani Vinken, Sue Ann Prelozni, 760-635-0086, sue@nanivinken.com Media relations for Nani Vinken, CBS Communications/ Carol Somer, 408-577-1127, cbs@cbscomm.net