By Wes French, Social Media Coordinator
Discover Design Shines in ’11; Eyes Growth & Expansion in ’12
Discover Design is enjoying a great amount of praise received after it’s successful debut at the 2011 International Home + Housewares Show. The brand new exhibit showcased high design focused companies housed within it’s own exhibit on the Show floor, including a gallery with a collection to show what each Discover Design exhibitor had to offer. The exhibit boasted select gia awards for Best Collection, Best Product and Best Visual Merchandising. Exhibitors were treated to a special media event and held “Meet the Designer” sessions within their own booth.
The overall results were such a success that Discover Design will expand to cover more floor space in 2012, with estimates that it will be as much as 30% larger than last year to showcase about 100 companies. Along with about a 75% return rate from the inaugural event last year, IHA is proud to announce the following companies as already signed up for the 2012 Discover Design exhibit:
- ASA USA
- Cult Design
- Design House Stockholm
- Ekelund
- Eva Solo A/S
- Ideas Denmark
- Lamp-In-A-Box
- Mebel a brand of Colombo S.p.A.
- Mepra S.p.A.
- Nambe
- Natural Home
- Serene House
- Sowden
- Wexel
Check out these companies for a preview of what’s to come at the Discover Design exhibit in 2012. Keep up with the blog for updates on the exhibit as well as a new batch of Inside Discover Design, where we sit down with the people responsible for the products and find out just what design means to them!
For any questions about Discover Design please contact Marie Kulik at 847.692.0139 or email her at Mkulik@housewares.org.
