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IHA’s blog features informative posts written to keep the housewares industry educated and informed about key strategic issues and IHA member services.

Discover Design: Meet the Judges – Mary Liz Curtin, Leon & Lulu

Vicki Matranga, Design Programs + Services Retailers and media looking for trend-setting, high design products at the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show head for Discover Design in SouthBuilding. The inspiring Discover Design Gallery, accessible to buyers and media, features products submitted for the Global Innovation Award (gia) for Design. Specialty retailers,…

Discovering Design: Waechtersbach USA Inc. / Konitz Porzellan

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs + Services Get to know the people behind the stylish products that will appear at the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. Our conversations with exhibitors give you a glimpse of the inspirations, influences and ideas that go into creating the exciting products that you’ll see in March at McCormick Place. Established…

Discover Design: Meet the Judges – Dan Kraemer, IA Collaborative

Vicki Matranga, Design Programs + Services Retailers and media looking for trend-setting, high-design products at the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show head for Discover Design in SouthBuilding. The inspiring Discover Design Gallery, accessible to buyers and media, features products submitted for the Global Innovation Award (gia) for Design. Specialty retailers,…

Innovation Insights: An Interview with Tim Woods, POCO Labs

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs + Services Learn how to develop and launch the right products for the right customer—with the right methods! The four days of the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show will be packed with events as well as educational sessions. In these final weeksbefore the Show, we preview presentations that will take place in the Innovation Theater…

A Picture Worth a Few Hundred Words – Retail Displays

Seeing is believing, and seeing what great retail displays a shadowbox can be is almost un-believable. Grange Interiors in the Aberdeen section of Hong Kong uses simple, four-sided boxes designed by Stefano Tordiglione Design Studio. These boxes are backless and the wall can be seen through them. The backless boxes, which allow the wall to be seen through their centers, are…

Discover Design: Meet the Judges – Marco Perry, Pensa

Discover Design: Meet the Judges – Asko Ahokas

Chicago: Be Inspired by Innovative Retailers “Experience the Best Retail Benchmarking and Comparative Shopping the World Has to Offer!”

Chicago is at the pulse point of the strong U.S. housewares market. Retailers from around the world visit the Chicago retail scene to accelerate their knowledge of visual merchandising and store branding and to find inspiration from unique stores and retail concepts. Examples of Chicago’s must-see retail stores and shops include: Bloomingdale’s Home Known…

MILENORTH HOTEL – A Stylish, Contemporary Hotel with an Upscale Residential Vibe

MileNorth (formerly Affinia Chicago) is located in the heart of the Magnificent Mile. Situated between Michigan Avenue and Lakeshore Drive, this hotel is juststeps away from renowned shops, restaurants and attractions. MileNorth features oversized guestrooms, starting at a recently reduced rate of $129 a night for International Home + Housewares Show attendees. Guest…