Simplehuman

Simplehuman
TypePrivate
Founded2000
FounderFrank Yang
HeadquartersTorrance, California, U.S.
Key people
Frank Yang (CEO and founder)
Products
  • Trash cans
  • Kitchen and bath tools
  • Organization tools
Number of employees
~100
Websitesimplehuman.com

Simplehuman, LLC is a privately owned designer and manufacturer of kitchen,[1] bath, and beauty tools based in Torrance, California.

History

In 2000, Simplehuman was founded by Frank Yang, who immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 1982[2][3] and later started the company with the idea of making a better trash can.[1][4] He showed his design and received his first orders at the International Home and Housewares Show from retailers such as The Container Store and Bed Bath & Beyond.[5] The company was originally called Canworks due to its focus on trash cans, but Yang changed the name to Simplehuman in 2001 when the company began to broaden its product line into other kitchen and bath tools, under the tagline “Tools for Efficient Living.”[5][6] In 2003, Simplehuman opened a UK subsidiary in Oxfordshire, England to serve the European market.[7][8]

Awards

  • The European Consumer Choice Awards in 2011 for the steel frame dishrack[9]
  • The European Consumer Choice Awards in 2012 for the butterfly sensor can[10]
  • The Housewares Design Award in 2013 for the semi-round sensor can[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lowly trash can gets respect at Frank Yang's simplehuman – USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  2. ^ "The Man Who Built Simplehuman Into the Apple of Houseware". fortune.com. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  3. ^ "simplehuman – Frank Yang". theofficeproject.com. 2015-02-17. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  4. ^ "Simplehuman, LLC: Private Company Information – Businessweek". investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2009. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  5. ^ a b "Simplehuman Founder Frank Yang on Reinventing the Trash Can". Open Forum. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  6. ^ Hamilton, William L. (2004-07-29). "Design Notebook; Trash Trades Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  7. ^ "Simplehuman (UK) Limited, RG8 9AQ Goring on Thames Financial Information". CompaniesInTheUK. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  8. ^ "Man in the Mirror: SimpleHuman's Sensor Mirror". Design Bureau. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  9. ^ "Steel frame dishrack – Test and reviews – European Consumers Choice". www.europeanconsumerschoice.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  10. ^ "Butterfly sensor can – Test and reviews – European Consumers Choice". www.europeanconsumerschoice.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  11. ^ "HousewaresDesignAwards.com: Simplehuman Simplehuman Semi-Round Sensor Can". www.housewaresdesignawards.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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