bambu^® SnapStix - Chopsticks and Chopsticks Rest All in One, All in a Snap! Awarded 2007 Housewares Design Finalist Award

January 2007, New York – bambu® the renewable ideas company, introduces another first, ‘SnapStix’ – an ingenious set of chopsticks and chopsticks rest all in one. All in a snap.

The SnapStix bamboo chopsticks are designed combining the best characteristics of Japanese and Chinese chopsticks – slightly longer, gently tapered and rounded at the tip. Shaped from 0rganically grown bamboo, these SnapStix are the easy and fun way to eat with chopsticks. Snap, use, rest, and use some more.

SnapStix have been awarded the 2007 Housewares Design Finalist Award for the Tabletop category.

It is believed that chopsticks were developed in China about 5,000 years ago! People cooked their food in large pots that held heat for a long time, and impatient eaters would break twigs off trees to get to their morsels. It is believed that the philosopher and great scholar, Confucius, who lived in the 5th century B.C., also influenced the development of chopsticks with his nonviolent teachings.

Today, 5000 years later, bambu brings you the ‘SnapStix’ – a clever patented designed chopstick like no other.

bambu will be showcasing SnapStix along with over 20 new products for 2007 at the International Home & Housewares March 11-13, 2007 in Chicago at booth #S2187. The Snapstix are available with a suggested retail price of only $1.99 a set.

bambu designs and develops contemporary products for the kitchen and home created from renewable materials. bambu has been recognized internationally for its innovative products and unique approach to business, and for the value and focus that the company places on people and the planet. bambu is proud members of 1% For The Planet (www.onepercentfortheplanet.org), and Co-Op America (www.coopamerica.org).

bambu products are sold in over 600 retailers in the US and internationally, and available online at the ‘bambu Boutique’ where the entire line is available online at one place (www.bambu.greenfeet.com). Rachel Speth and Jeff Delkin founded bambu in 2003.

For more information about bambu, visit www.bambuhome.com, or contact bambu by toll-free phone at 877 BAMBU29. For press inquiries, contact Jeff Delkin (jeffd@bambuhome.com).