Inspiration Magazine: Design

Useful tips and resources prepared by business, industry and design experts to help retailers grow their businesses!

Think About Drink: Beverage Trends in Retail

At the 2019 International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago, the Trending Today Preview features the specialty beverage movement– highlighting the various types of craft beverage trends, including coffee, beer, cocktails and water, along with specialty glassware and accessories, craft beer & cocktail kits and more. We chat with store owners, retail experts, wholesalers and…

Concept. In the Words of a Successful Concept Retailer

by Terri Winter We asked Terri Winter, co-owner and founder of the world-recognized concept retail store top3 by design in Australia, to share her thoughts on “experiential shopping” and concepts – what she sees is important in retail today and what has made top3 by design so successful. Your customers no longer come to your store just to shop. They go shopping to…

Discovering Design: Dreamfarm

by Vicki Matranga Design Programs Coordinator, International Housewares Association “Great design must solve problems” believes the crew at Dreamfarm, a problem-solving company that grows ideas for clever, useful kitchen and household products. “The hardest part of our job isn’t coming up with a solution,” says Alex Gransbury, Dreamfarm’s founder, “it’s finding a problem…

Discovering Design: THAT! Inventions

IHA speaks with Howard Chiu, CEO and co-founder of THAT! Inventions, creator of elegant and functional kitchen and tableware products. When Howard Chiu, Jung-Ya Hsieh and Ta-Wei "Dave" Chien formed the company in 2013, they discovered that they had a common scientific approach to problem solving, based on their experience in practical research and development systems. They…

Brothers in Design

by Michelle Hespe Michelle Hespe speaks to Richard Joseph, one of the brothers behind the Joseph Joseph brand, which beautifully fuses form, functionality and fun. In 2003, twin brothers Richard and Antony Joseph launched their now hugely popular design brand, Joseph Joseph. Today, they have 125 employees and offices in the U.K., U.S., Japan, France and Germany. Both…

Creating an Emotive Space

by Terri Winter, co-owner and founder of retail store top3 by design in Australia. Interior design elicits an emotive response. You can feel energized, calm or cocooned in a space based largely on the choice of color. Color Using color and texture can affect the emotions of visitors to your store or to your home. Explore the opportunity to create various moods in…

Discovering Design: Nambé

by Vicki Matranga Design Programs + Services, International Housewares Association IHA speaks with Laura Perri, senior manager, digital content and brand marketing at Nambé, to hear the about the latest developments at the company known for its trendsetting tableware and gift items. IHA: Laura, where does Nambé find inspiration in designing new products? LP: We…

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 designs found in housewares. Exhibitors are based on recommendations from and approval by the retail and design community. At the 2017 Show, several exhibitors from Discover Design were selected finalists in the IHA Global…

Generations of Inspiration

Michelle Hespe speaks to Patricia Lockhart, owner and director of Uruguay’s award-winning retail store, Bazar La Iberica and its focus on generations of inspiration. Achieving 100 years in business is something worth talking about. But Bazar La Iberica, a family-run retailer operating in a country with only 3 million inhabitants (half of which live on very low income) has…