hall of Global Innovation

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…

IHA Innovation Awards: Sensor Mirror Illuminates and Interacts

by Vicki Matranga Design Programs + Services The 2014 International Home + Housewares Show will feature the winners of the 3rd annual IHA Innovation Awards. From thousands of new products on view at the Show, 13 products are named the Best in their categories. Products selected as winners can be entered by large companies or startups. The innovation and design is what…

IHA Innovation Awards: A New Concept in Cookware

Innovation Insights: An Interview with Susan Yashinsky, Sphere Trending

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. To help you plan your time at the Show, we’ll give you a preview of the presentations that will take place in…

Innovation Insights: An Interview with Richard Babick and Janine Michalek, Design Research

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. To help you plan your time at the Show, we give you a preview of the presentations that will take place in the…

Innovation Insights: An Interview with David Spann, Memphis U.S. Export Assistance Center

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 and activities, as well as educational sessions. To help you plan your time at the Show, we’ll give you a preview of the presentations…

Going Green: Salazar Packaging

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator The Hall of Global Innovation in the Lakeside Center Level 3 Lobby hosts five special displays spotlighting design and innovation. First at the entry is the Going Green display, which features a selection of sustainable products and packaging offered by Show exhibitors. These products may help users conserve energy or water at…

Meet the Winners of the 20th Annual IHA Student Design Competition!

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator Be inspired by the young design talent at the student competition display in the Hall of Global Innovation in the Lakeside Center lobby. Visit with this year’s six winners who will be present to explain their concepts for products of the future. They will receive their awards on Sunday, March 3 at 4:30 p.m. in the Innovation…

Knowing Innovation: Warren Tuttle, Monashee Marketing, United Inventors Association

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator At the International Home + Housewares Show in March, the Innovation Theater in the Lakeside Center will present 21 educational programs, every hour beginning Saturday morning and ending Tuesday afternoon. At the Theater, located in Room E350 (near the entry to the Level 3 Lobby), experts in new product development and launch…