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Chic! Chicago

Students from the junior and senior Home Products program recently traveled together to Chicago to attend the International Home + Housewares Show. The trip included group activities pertaining to “best in booth” judging, fact/inspiration finding for our individual upcoming projects, and a great dinner out together. After our NY Now field trip, we were told […]

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Industry Product Development Projects

NY Now!

Our HP 314/Manufacturing & Marketing of Home Product Hard Lines’ (“Hard Home”) second class of the second semester has already included an interesting field trip, to NY Now. Instead of meeting in room 307 as we usually do, we met in the enormous Javits Center, and were advised in advance to wear comfortable shoes and […]

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Trade Shows

Home + Housewares Galore!

Juniors and Seniors, thirty-nine Home Products students in all, spend 2 full days exploring the International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago, Illinois earlier this month. The students took on the role of young professionals as they walked the halls researching product categories and networking with industry professionals. From dust pans to Le Creuset, students […]