Smart Home Pavilion
Hall of Global Innovation
Pantone ColorWatch
New Product Showcases
Global Design Points
Cooking Theater
Industry Service Provider Pavilion
gia Awards
Attractions
Throughout the Show are various destinations where you can find new and award-winning products, consumer trend insights, new retail approaches and international design concepts. Add these attractions to your Show experience and stay ahead of the future of the home + housewares industry.
Smart Home Pavilion
The Inspired Home Show provides retailers with the latest developments in the smart home movement. The Smart Home Pavilion features exhibitors of smart home brands and connected products for the different areas of the home.
Throughout the Show, find additional exhibitors with smart and connected products identified by special signage in their booths and listings on the mobile app and in Connect 365.
Hall of Global Innovation
Take a journey through the minds of home + housewares product innovators. The best and the brightest new ideas from 14 different product categories come together with outstanding combinations of form and function and the ingenuity of tomorrow’s product designers in the Hall of Product Innovation.
- gia Excellence in Product Design Gallery
- gia Excellence in Student Design Gallery
North Building — Grand Concourse Lobby
Hall of Global Innovation
Take a journey through the minds of home + housewares product innovators. The best and the brightest new ideas from 14 different product categories come together with outstanding combinations of form and function and the ingenuity of tomorrow’s product designers in the Hall of Product Innovation.
- gia Excellence in Product Design Gallery
- gia Excellence in Student Design Gallery
North Building — Grand Concourse Lobby
gia Awards
For over 20 years, the IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) have been honoring excellence in the home + housewares industry around the world. Every year, finalists and Global Honorees are named in the areas of Retail Excellence, Product Design Excellence and Student Design Excellence.
New Product Showcases
In the Buyers Clubs*
Take a break from the Show floor surrounded by a comprehensive collection of the newest product offerings from The Inspired Home Show exhibitors. The Buyers’ Clubs offer light beverages, meeting areas—and a showcase of brand-new products from across the Show. Browse the products and use the automated system to request more information about any or all of them.
South Building & North Building
*Entry to Buyers’ Clubs is limited to retail buyers and editorial media.
Pantone ColorWatch Display
Located In The Grand Concourse
Research indicates that product color evokes a strong emotional response from consumers and is a key factor in more than 60% of purchases. Pantone ColorWatch, a special exhibit designed by Pantone, Inc., focuses on color palettes representing the strongest home furnishings trends for 2024. Each story includes the individual Pantone colors, philosophy behind the color palette and actual Show products illustrating each palette.
Grand Concourse — Level 2.5
Expos
The Inspired Home Show features thousands of product categories across the entire home + housewares industry. We’ve made it easy to navigate by segmenting the Show into four Expos grouped by product type and each featuring unique on-floor attractions.
Clean + Contain
Wired + Well
Int’l sourcing
Dine + Décor
Global Design Points
Travel the world while in Chicago by browsing Global Design Points. This showcase of country-specific pavilions offers a look into what trends are emerging in various areas around the globe.
Countries Represented in 2023 : Brazil, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Turkey
Global Design Points
Travel the world while in Chicago by browsing Global Design Points. This showcase of country-specific pavilions offers a look into what trends are emerging in various areas around the globe.
Countries Represented: Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, Turkey
South Building
Cooking Theater
Experience the epicurean charm of over two dozen celebrity chefs cooking up their favorite recipes using products that can be found throughout the Show.
South Building
Celebration of Coffee
The specialty coffee movement is here to stay. Before, during and after the pandemic, consumers got sophisticated with their at-home brewing knowledge and methods. Find the products that align with the high-end coffee consumer’s needs and discover some of the techniques that elevate coffee from good to great.
In partnership with Specialty Coffee Association and CounterCulture
Lakeside Center
Industry Service Provider Pavilion
Beyond sourcing product, your business needs include omnichannel marketing, e-commerce strategies, logistics solutions and product information management (PIM) systems. Identify the partners who can help you solve all your retail challenges in the Industry Service Provider Pavilion.
South Building
Join Us Next Year March 17-19, 2024
The Inspired Home Show—Where the Industry Connects Around Innovation and Inspiration
