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36 Products Named 2011 Design Defined Honoree At International
Home + Housewares Show
Twenty-Seven Companies Recognized for Products Ranging from Cleaning Products to Clothing Care to Home Organization
ROSEMONT, IL (March 28, 2011)—The International Housewares Association has announced the honorees of its 7th annual Designed Defined product design recognition at the 2011 International Home + Housewares Show held at Chicago’s McCormick Place March 6-8. Thirty-six innovative products for cleaning and organizing the home were named as 2011 Design Defined Honorees.
The products were selected by Design Finders, teams of young designers, experienced practitioners and educators from the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Interdisciplinary Product Development Program. They scoured hundreds of exhibitors in the Clean + Contain Expo in the North Building searching for products that exemplified a commitment to design while achieving a solution to common household cleaning, storage and home décor issues.
“The purpose of the Design Defined program is to bring attention to those companies that have placed a premium on quality design,” said Phil Brandl, president of IHA, which owns and operates the Show. “We are pleased to announce the results of this much-anticipated program.”
“This being my first experience at the International Home + Housewares Show, I was overwhelmed by the amount of innovation and design begin introduced by so many companies in one location,” said Tim Noll, a UIC student Design Finder. “It was rewarding and inspiring to hear the stories and see the products created by ordinary people with extraordinary dreams.”
For Eugenio Fiore, another student Design Finder, the products were “a lot of simple solutions with high impact. It was great to be around the enthusiasm from the new companies (entrepreneurs).”
Design Finders evaluated products according to five standard design criteria:
- Innovation: How is the design new and unique?
- Aesthetics: How does the appearance enhance the product?
- User: How does the design solution benefit the user?
- Environment: How is the product ecologically responsible?
- Impact: How did or might the product impact the market and the company’s business?
Companies receive a Design Defined logo to use in their packaging and promotion for the life of the
selected product in the marketplace.
Recognized as Design Defined Honorees are:
a. b. m. Canada Inc.
Kis Bi Box
ABM Group
Flexicube
BRAMLI, Ltd.
Pack a Snack
Butler Home Products, LLC
Dawn Expandable Sponges
Casabella Holdings LLC
Duster Broom
Measuring Cups
Spoon Rest
Clear Choice Housewares, Inc.
Clear Green Canteen
Coza Utilidades Plasticas Ltda.
Coza Next Bag
Delta Design Company
Donatello Leaning 2-Bike Rack
Design Ideas
ToastIt Coasters
Toro Tissue Ring
Ecker Enterprise
Moso Bag
Elevate Brands LLC
Sip N’ Go
Full Circle
Fresh Air Odor-Free Kitchen Compost Collector
Tater Mate Potato Brush w/Eye Remover
Instabol, LLC
Instabol
Like-it Co., Ltd.
poi to ball
Little Giant Ladders/Wing Enterprises, Inc.
Select Step
Neat-Oh! International, LLC
Ninjabo Battle Case
PD Worx LLC
dsolv
Play, S.A.
Go TT
Progressive International Corp.
Citrus Juice and Measure
Collapsible Produce Keeper
Collapsible Board and Bin
Racor Inc.
Snap2It
Replenish Bottling LLC
Replenish
Rolser, S.A.
LOGICDOS+2G
Sandpiper Distributing
euroSCRUBBY
Sinko Corp.
Toockies
The Onecare Company
Ready Erase
Travelon
Smart Tubes
Umbra LLC
Pongo Portable Pingpong Game
Calla Can
Tucan
Skinny Can
Go to http://www.housewares.org/ppt/dd/10/DesignDefined2011.ppt for a Powerpoint presentation of the honored products.
