Designs for a working future at Neocon | News | Architonic

The value of face to face was felt once again at the NeoCon show, which took place over three days in Chicago at the start of October. The business of commercial interiors and the new urgency to address waste and sustainable measures may be a serious matter, but there was a palpable giddiness at the opportunity to make real-life connections and conversation after months in the Zoom zone.

Unfolding over nine floors of Chicago’s iconic Art Deco edifice, theMART – the interior design hub of what is arguably America’s most architecturally exciting city, 500 brands, large, small, long-established and emerging were represented. Those with permanent showroom spaces in theMART (eight new permanent residents this year include Kettle and Pedrali) turned over the floor to their latest innovations, while visiting exhibitors were to be found on the 7th floor, offering their responses to new corporate, healthcare, residential, retail, public and hospitality demands.