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Discovering Design: Meet Siliconezone

Get to know the people behind the stylish products that will appear at the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show in Discover Design. Ourconversations with exhibitors give you a glimpse of the inspirations, influences and ideas that go into creating the exciting products that you’ll see very soon at McCormick Place. Today we’re speaking with Ken Yeung, president,…

Discover Design: Meet the Judges – Mary Rose Gearon and Jens Bauerle

Retailers and media looking for trend-setting, high-design products at the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show head for Discover Design in South Building. The inspiring Discover Design Gallery, accessible to buyers and media, features products submitted for the Global Innovation Award (gia) for Design. Specialty retailers, editors at influential websites and print…

Discovering Design: Meet Lehmann Glass

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. Today we are speaking with Mateo Bouatta, export manager…

Housewares Marketing: Keeping Up with the Changing Trends

The home and housewares industry knows all about trends, changing styles and evolving technology. As much as those concepts apply to products and brands, they hold just as true for marketing practices. For brands to remain competitive and compelling, they not only need to keep their products and technology imaginative and functional, they also have to market those products…

Discovering Design: Meet blomus

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator 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. blomus is…

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…

Innovation Insights: An Interview with Jonathon Kemnitzer, KEM Studio and Craighton Berman, Manual

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 weeks before the Show, we preview presentations that will take place in the Innovation Theater…

Innovation Insights: An Interview with Robin Albing, Marsha Everton and Whitney Ryan, AIMsights

Innovation Insights: An Interview with Peter Greene, The Retail Equation

By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs + Services Learn how to develop and launch the best products for your business. Educational sessions during the four days of the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show offer FREE executive-level seminars. To help you plan your time at the Show, we give you a preview of the presentations at the Innovation Theater in the Lakeside…