2015 gia Product Design Awards – Discover Design, the premier design destination at the International Home + Housewares Show, offers a collection of companies showcasing the latest designs found in housewares. Exhibitors are based on recommendations from and approval by the retail and design community.
At the 2015 Show, exhibitors in Discover Design were in contention for gia Global Innovation Awards for Best Product Design, Best Collection Design and the Martin M. Pegler Award for Excellence in Visual Merchandising for the best booth design.
Best Product Design – Global Honorees
The multi-functional Digital Kitchen Scale set weighs and measures both dry and liquid ingredients.
Eva Solo
Clever, compact can opener with an easy-twist handle. The pocket-sized Can-Do Can Opener does away with the cumbersome handles and magnets of other can openers.
Joseph Joseph Inc. 
Scoop THAT!! is an innovative ice cream scoop that uses thermodynamics to transfer heat to the edges of the scoop for smooth, effortless scooping every time—even when the ice cream is frozen solid.
Parallax Horizon
Best Collection Design – Global Honoree
Inspired by Japanese Sake culture, HeatTHAT!I Sake redefines Sake experiences via pioneering material technology and elegant structure. The accompanied heating pad absorbs microwave energy for one full minute then slowly releases heat for an extended period of time.
Parallax Horizon
Best Collection Design – Finalists
Each Ruutu vase is unique – mouth-blown into a steel mould and polished by hand. The fluidity of mouth blown glass and the vibrant quality of the flat surfaces create an elegant combination with the geometric shape.
iittala
The JIA Steamer Collection is the world’s most awarded steamer. It’s the classic Chinese Steamer rendered even more beautiful for the 21st century.
JIA Inc.
Best Product Design – Finalists
Cheese Please has an eye-catching and evocative cowbell shape that also proves to be the best way to interpret its functional aspect. “Cheese Please” has circular holes surrounded by tiny teeth. This kind of hole tears at the cheese, a process particularly suitable for mature varieties such as parmesan or pecorino.
Alessi USA
Not just decorative, the Wud Tumbler wood cup is fully functional and keeps drinks cool longer than glass. Beautiful ceramic provides a daring modern juxtaposition of materials.
David Rasmussen Design
SAVEL is a flexible food saver that covers cut food and keeps it fresh.
Dreamfarm
Pao Thermo Mug’s two-way tea-leaf compartment – Brew and Filter – allows you to choose how long to brew your tea, preventing the bitter taste of over-brewing by placing the mug upside down as well as to filter out chunk leaves and rose buds.
PO: Select
The hub-less design of the TurbineUSA Pizza Cutter allows the center axis to be removed, making for cleaner, deeper cutting. A cast stainless steel handle makes it a beautiful, yet durable kitchen tool.
Big Dragon Studios
For more information about Discover Design and the 2015 gia Product Design Awards winners, visit www.housewares.org/discoverdesign.
At the 2016 International Home + Housewares Show, Discover Design is expanded into a separate Show expo and will be located in the North Hall.
