Jun 6, 2016

Las Vegas Market to host Housewares Design Awards in 2017

Las Vegas Market has announced a new partnership with HomeWorld Business to host the 12th edition of the Housewares Design Awards during the Winter 2017 Las Vegas Market. The venerable Housewares Design Awards will recognize excellence in 12 core housewares categories and will introduce a new 13th award recognizing an individual or agency for exceptional product design.

“HomeWorld Business created the Housewares Design Awards in 2003 as the first independently judged design competition focused on the U.S. housewares business, and it has established a high standard for recognizing and promoting housewares design excellence and innovation,” said Peter Giannetti, editor-in chief of HomeWorld Business. “HomeWorld Business is excited to launch the next phase of the Housewares Design Awards with the support of the Las Vegas Market, which continues to expand as a resource for housewares products that combine superior styling and performance.”

Las Vegas Market will host an awards presentation ceremony on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, during which winners of the 2017 Housewares Design Awards will be announced and finalists will be recognized. To generate awareness of the upcoming Awards, Las Vegas Market will install a photographic retrospective of past Award-winning products on C11 during the Summer 2016 Market; and a special display spotlighting the 2017 finalist and award-winning products will be featured on C11 during the Winter 2017 Market.

Products available to consumers from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016, are eligible for the 2017 Housewares Design Awards. The 12 existing competition categories are:

• Cookware & Bakeware
• Countertop Cooking & Beverage Appliances
• Countertop Food Prep Appliances
• Countertop Kitchenware
• Cutlery & Cutting Tools
• Floor Care & Cleaning Appliances
• Gadgets & Kitchen Tools
• Home Environment Appliances
• Home Organization, Laundry Care & Non-Electric Cleaning
• Home & Outdoor Décor
• Personal, Health & Garment Care
• Tableware, Serveware & Beverageware

A new 13th “Designer” category will be added, recognizing an individual or agency for product design excellence. Las Vegas Market and HomeWorld Business jointly will identify and select the recipient of this new Designer Award, and that honoree will be invited to speak at the awards presentation ceremony.

Applications for the 2017 Housewares Design Awards, which will be available in early August, are due October 24, 2016. A panel of judges consisting of approximately 12 designers, educators, retailers and consumer editors will meet in Las Vegas in November 2016 to test, review and rate the products for the 2017 Awards. Judging criteria are: Appropriate aesthetics; Innovative materials and technology; User benefits (i.e., performance, comfort, ease of use, safety); and Marketability.