Hasta La Ideas

No Home and Housewares Show video coverage is complete without a quick tour of the show fringes, away from big names and design-savvy marketing, where housewares get really quirky. We’ve gathered the most charming of them here–you may or may not find them useful. Don’t miss Really Useful Box’s standout performance of All You Need is Love at the end of this video.

Also, tidbit: Urine Off really does work. Apparently, the Ringling Bros. Circus donates big cat urine to the company for their demonstrations n exchange for a supply of their product. In other words, there is tiger pee on the premises. Just another Home and Housewares Show fact.

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Winners of the Home and Housewares Student Competition discuss their designs for better living: Wes York’s LED lit outlet cover, “Illumine;” Katlyn Ross’s flat unpack first aid kit, “Quick Fix;” Chet Larrow’s slim and modular “Barnacle Air Purifier.” Judge Mike Elwell explaining a bit about the goals of the competition.

Hit the jump for runner-ups Kevin Wu, Brendan Joyce, and Yu Zou.

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We love how business owners and designers Richard and Vicki Küng from Museum of Robots describe their line as “somewhere between Alessi and Kid Robot.” Check out their line of science fiction inspired tabletop goods, like the Spacemat Placemat.

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Slice cloaks sharp, ceramic blades in a series of safe, household-appropriate, and especially design conscious handles. Founder TJ Scimone takes us through their line up of star designers and demonstrates their latest utility knife, a U-shaped box cutter that’s both ergonomic and protective.

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Pacific Cornetta structures their booth from reclaimed cardboard tubing. Take a look at how they use shipping containers as display surfaces and tubing for walls.

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