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Housewares Cares: James Beard Chefs highlight Gala dinner

Five award-winning James Beard celebrity chefs from around the nation will be preparing their signature specialties for a once-in-a-lifetime dinner during the 15th Annual Housewares Charity Foundation (HCF) Gala, Monday, March 12, at the Hilton Chicago. Participating in this unique culinary experience will be Michelle Bernstein, host of the PBS weekly TV series, “Check Please!…

2012 Student Design Competition Winners!

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator Get Inspired by Young Talent -- Meet the Winners of IHA’s Student Design Competition Six talented industrial design students will show their concepts for future home products that solve problems in the kitchen and help tend children, adults and pets. Sharing first place are two winners: Samuel Chen, a junior at University…

IHA Giveaway: Trudeau!

The 2012 International Home + Housewares Show is just over a week away and we're sure to see all kinds of amazing new items for the home from kitchen gadgets to mufti-purpose appliances to modern storage systems. This week's giveaway comes to you from a company that specializes in that "kitchen gadgets" category, Trudeau!Trudeau is offering up a Stess-Less Can Opener and an…

New for 2012: 4 Exhibits Head North!

Four new areas in the Clean, Contain + Sustain Expo in the North Building will bring excitement and new buyer traffic to the expo during the 2012 International Home + Housewares Show March 10-13 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The areas, previously located in the South Building, are the Inventors Corner, Inventors Revue, New Exhibitor Area and Service Providers…

Cooking w/ Caitlin is back for 3 special #FNIchat sessions at #IHHS12!

The pots are polished, the knives are sharpened…and the van is packed! As the international community of housewares inventors, designers, producers, and retailers gears up for the big Show, we are stacking the van with our luggage and laptops to deliver the Show in a big way. We bring with us a social-media audience of housewares shoppers and culinary enthusiasts just waiting…

Knowing Innovation: Elizabeth Dougherty, Office of Innovation Development, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator At the International Home + Housewares Show next month, the Innovation Theater in the Lakeside Center will present 21 educational programs, every hour beginning Saturday afternoon and ending Tuesday afternoon. The Theater is set in Room E350, near the entry to the Level 3 Lobby and the Hall of Innovation. Experts in new product…

Knowing Innovation: Crystalyn Stuart, IMRE

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator At the International Home + Housewares Show next month, the Innovation Theater in the Lakeside Center will present 21 educational programs, every hour beginning Saturday afternoon and ending Tuesday afternoon. The Innovation Theater will be located in Room E350, near the entry to the Level 3 Lobby and the Hall of Innovation.…

IHA Giveaway: Fresh Wave!

We're now just three short weeks away from the 2012 International Home + Housewares Show (YIKES!) and this week's giveaway features one of the more environmentally-friendly companies exhibiting this year, Fresh Wave! They're known for their all-natural cleaning and odor eliminating products that boast non-toxic and non-hazardous qualities, safe to use around children and…

RECAP: 2012 IH+HS January Show Preview Event

The IHA January Show Preview brings together nearly 70 companies that feature a small but fantastic sample of the millions of items you can find in March at the Housewares Show. Companies display and demonstrate these wonderful new items to NYC media members, giving everyone a small taste of what's ahead this March. Below is a sample of some of the demos from the event last…