Topic: Housewares and Kitchenware Manufacturing

Hands-On Design

OXO International's handiwork: a wall of gloves.READ»

Hands-On Design

OXO International's handiwork: a wall of gloves.READ»

Welcoming Guest Blogger Tom Dair: To Design Smart, Keep It Simple

Smart Design is, well, one of the smartest design shops we know. You may not know the firm by name, but you certainly know its products: OXO Good Grips kitchen tools, Hewlett Packard Photo Printers, Ford's "Smart Gauge" for hybrid ...READ»

OXO's Favorite Mistakes

The company behind some of the best-designed kitchen tools learns the most when it does something wrong.READ»

OXO's Favorite Mistakes

The company behind some of the best-designed kitchen tools learns the most when it does something wrong.READ»

Hearts and Minds

"If you can design a product that appeals to people's brains and hearts, you can get them to pay a great premium." --Alex Lee, president, OXO International From Fast Company's recently released book, The Rules of Business: 55 ...READ»

Hearts and Minds

"If you can design a product that appeals to people's brains and hearts, you can get them to pay a great premium." --Alex Lee, president, OXO International From Fast Company's recently released book, The Rules of Business: 55 ...READ»

Hearts and Minds

"If you can design a product that appeals to people's brains and hearts, you can get them to pay a great premium." --Alex Lee, president, OXO International From Fast Company's recently released book, The Rules of ...READ»

Introducing Guest Blogger Tucker Viemeister: Industrial Design Is in His Blood

Designers often talk about the moment they realized their destiny lay in design. For Tucker Viemeister, it was pretty much the moment he was conceived. Yes, Tucker was born to Read Viemeister, a famous industrial designer (and an ...READ»

• Tucker Viemeister's blog What's Cookin'?

At Last: OXO's First Line of Office Products

This week, OXO Good Grips unveiled its new line of office products, and all of them have the polished ergonomics and clever functionality that are the company's calling card. For now, they're available exclusively ...READ»

Masters of Design: Sam Farber

Founder, Copco, OXO, and WovoREAD»

The 15 Best Product Designs

Craig Vogel and Jonathan Cagan offer their list of the top-15 best-designed consumer products of the past 100 years. What's on your list?READ»

Masters of Design: Sam Farber

Founder, Copco, OXO, and WovoREAD»

The Power of Shape Shifters

Three companies reinvent the paraphernalia of everyday life with an eye on aesthetics, utility--and profits.READ»

Smart Design's Dan Formosa on the Power of People, Simplicity and Gossip

He was on the design team that developed the first IBM computer. He worked on design for the OXO Good Grips kitchen tools and Ford's SmartGauge we wrote about here last week, but Smart Design founder Dan Formosa has actually ...READ»

How to Design the Perfect Product

Start with Craig Vogel and Jonathan Cagan. Integrate style and technology with a dash of fantasy. Apply to everything from toasters to cars.READ»

The Secrets Behind Great Design: IDSA Announces Catalyst Case Study Winners

The greatest design innovations invariably have a story behind them: the insight that led to a radical new way to solve a problem, the failure that led to a breakthrough, the serendipity where colliding forces led to a profound ...READ»