LAS VEGAS— The Winter Las Vegas Market celebrated innovative design, as show runner International Market Centers, HOMEWORLD BUSINESS® and sponsor Whitford Corp. hosted the Housewares Design Awards, spotlighting outstanding housewares design innovation.
The 2017 Housewares Design Awards were the first ever held at the Las Vegas Market and celebrated winning housewares introduced to consumers between October 1, 2015, and September 30, 2016.
This year’s Housewares Design Awards went to 12 best in category winners and three Best of the Best honorees chosen from among them.
In addition, design was celebrated at the Housewares Design Awards in its Design Influencer of the Year award, which honored West Elm Local. The Design Influencer honor is a new part of the design awards program, one that focuses on insight and innovation.
The Local program brings product created by independent designers, product developers and makers into West Elm stores. Mo Mullen, West Elm director of business development, has been instrumental in developing the Local program, and accepted the Design Influencer of the Year award
at the event.
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