Discover Design

Discover Design, the premier design destination at The Inspired Home Show, features 200 of the world’s finest design and trend leaders. The Discover Design Expo features products from all Show categories from suppliers who make design their priority. Companies are selected to participate by a panel of industry experts comprised of retailers, design journalists and peers.

Discovering Design: Meet Vigar

Get acquainted with the people behind Vigar and their stylish products that will appear at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. We are speaking today with Vicent Garcia, general manager of Vigar. The company, based in Spain and known for its colorful, fun and practical cleaning and kitchen tools, sells to more than 40 countries. Mr.…

Discovering Design: Meet Design Trifecta

Get acquainted with the people behind Design Trifecta and other companies with stylish products that will appear at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. We are speaking today with Sara Leggett, co-founder of San Francisco-based Design Trifecta, makers of the unique 360 Knife Block. Sara, where do you find inspiration when designing new…

Discovering Design: Meet Maia Ming Designs / Big Arrow Ceramics

Get acquainted with the people behind Maia Ming Designs / Big Arrow Ceramics and the other companies offering stylish products that will appear at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. Based in Barcelona, Spain, designer Maia Ming Fong returns to the International Home + Housewares Show to present her latest elegant tableware that appeal to…

Discovering Design: Meet Kela

Get acquainted with the people behind KELA and other companies offering stylish products that will appear at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. Today we are speaking with Gabriele Heib, head of international sales and Kurt Lang, co-owner and managing director of KELA. Keck & Lang GmbH was founded in 1903 and can look back on a long…

Design Debut: Meet Fellow

Design Debut brings the very latest new products to the Show. The 11 entrepreneurs lining the east wall of Discover Design come from the dynamic start up culture and often establish their companies with Kickstarter support. For example, coffee-lover Jake Miller launched the Duo Coffee Brewer on Kickstarter in 2013. A former brand manager at Caribou Coffee, he started…

Design Debut: Meet IntoConcrete

Design Debut brings the very latest new products to the Show. The 11 young companies invited to exhibit include successful entrepreneurs applying new technologies to new product categories and designers who experiment with traditional materials in fresh ways. Concrete products can be beautiful, innovative and sustainable. “Concrete is chic in the modern design capitals of…

Design Debut: Meet Savor

Design Debut introduces young companies to the world of housewares at the Show. Savor began when two professional women who met at their children’s school joked around about how they were exhausted from trying to juggle a newborn, family and a job. They created a company when they discovered the need for a product that fit their family lifestyle. Karla and Jennifer, tell us…

Design Debut: Meet Thing Thing

Design Debut brings the very latest new products to the Show. These entrepreneurs come from the dynamic start up culture and often establish their companies with Kickstarter support. Others are successful artists entering the home goods market. Thing Thing, a manufacturing studio in Detroit established by four designers in 2012, works intuitively with materials and methods…

Design Stars – Design Highlights from the gia Product Design Awards

Discover Design, the premier design destination at the International Home + Housewares Show, offers a collection of companies showcasing the latest products, product design, and collections found in housewares. Exhibitors are based on recommendations from and approval by the retail and design community. At the 2016 Show, several exhibitors from Discover Design were selected…