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the a-list

when: 9–11AM who: Ghent

what: Coffee bar where: space 1094

when: 9AM–5PM

who: Scandinavian Spaces what: ScandiCafe where: space 366

when: 11AM

who: Stantec’s Jenna Clements, Kelsey Ziegler, Sydney Strugaru, and Zach Skala

what: “Pixels to People: Designing Across Ages and Spaces through AI” where: NeoCon Presentation Studio, floor 2

when: 2–5PM who: Silen

what: Showroom opening where: space 10-155

when: 3PM

who: Gensler’s Amie Keener, Meaghan Beever, and Kirimi Isler what: “Body and Mind: How Neurodiversity is Expanding our Approach to Inclusive Design” where: NeoCon Presentation Studio, floor 2

when: 3–5PM who: Momentum Textiles & Wallcovering what: Technicolor playground, cocktails, and live DJ where: space 323

when: 3–5PM who: Okamura

what: Highball happy hour where: space 1100

when: 3–5PM who: Stylex what: Exceptional bites and cocktails where: space 337

when: 3–5:30PM

who: Mayer Fabrics

what: Blooms and bubbly where: space 1173

when: 4–6PM

who: KI + Pallas Textiles

what: Indulgent cocktail party where: space 1181

when: 4:30PM who: IIDA

what: 30th anniversary toast where: The Grand Stair

when: 4:30–8PM

who: Andreu World

what: Fiesta where: space 10-132

london calling

Head up to floor 10 to test drive Jonathan Prestwich’s handy Essens occasional tables with conical bases made of recyclable polyethylene and tops in a plethora of materials at Sandler. Of course, the U.K. brand helmed by CEO Roy Sandler is best known for its seating, so there’s plenty of that on show, too, including Woodlook, an armchair that’s not timber but rather aluminum with a highly realistic baked-on wood-grain film. space 1091

family history

paint the town

Talk about a blend of art and technology: Awaken, an entirely custom hospitality collection of solution-dyed nylon rugs and broadloom from Shaw Contract, blends painting—from bold brush strokes to smooth watercolor blends—with digital elements created using AI. The floor coverings are made on a special new machine, the ColorCraft Pro. Find out more by visiting the showroom! space 1014

The latest Dorothy Cosonas upholstery collection for Wolf-Gordon, Crossings (named after the vertical and horizontal intersection of warp and weft), is highly personal, taking direct inspiration from needlework made by her mother in finishing school. Dreamweaver is the foundation, a SKU melding seven different yarn colors into a tweedy striated surface design that is familiar yet striking. The construction is polyester, partly postconsumer-recycled, with an environmentally correct topcoat and backing that renders the textile bleach-cleanable. space 10-161

too good!

Poltrona Frau’s collaboration with Faye Toogood is on show at Haworth. Named Squash, the collection reflects her soft, sculptural approach to furniture, particularly the armchair, with its effortlessly cool baggy and wrinkled leather upholstery. In red, it nods to Renzo Frau’s 1930’s Vanity Fair chair, whose archival bright-red leather Toogood fell for during a trip to the manufacturer’s Tolentino, Italy, factory. “It feels very refreshing to make a chair in such a strong, saturated shade,” the British design phenom notes. Agreed! space 312

Check out 3form’s Textures collection of architectural resin, made entirely of recycled content using a revolutionary molecular new technology, in DesignScene by

DesignScene by Sandow is back for another NeoCon! At this year’s colorful space, on the 11th floor, Interior Design is bringing our favorite brands and emerging designers together to create immersive, educational, and meaningful experiences. Designed alongside Ryan Smith, Chief Creative Officer of 3form, we’ve color-blocked the entire scene, inspired by the mastery of Le Corbusier. Check out HBF as they showcase a series of installations, and throughout you can also find vibrant products from our partners 3form, Shaw Contract, Momentum Textiles & Wallcovering, and Behr Paint. Pop by for a sneak peek of the Show Daily being produced live, listen in on informative roundtables with industry leaders, and see specifiers attending their first NeoCon discussing the future of design. Take part in the best scene that is all about community and celebrating what we do best! Visit at space 1120.

design takes shape at neocon 2024

What will define what’s next and best in design for the spaces in which we work, live, travel, learn, and heal? What are the latest innovations that will transform our shared spaces to be healthier for occupants and kinder to the environment? What is energizing some of the most creative minds in the design industry?

Welcome to the 55th edition of NeoCon, where you’ll discover answers to these questions and more. Enjoy all that the NeoCon experience has to offer, and find game-changing product launches and solutions from hundreds of leading and emerging brands, an inspirational lineup of visionary speakers, engaging activations, and opportunities to connect with global design innovators shaping the built environment. We thank our showrooms and exhibitors for their participation, our industry partners for their invaluable support, and Interior Design for publishing the Show Daily and official NeoCon Show Directory, essential tools for navigating the show.

Get inspired, be productive, and have fun!

See you next year: June 9-11, 2025. —THE MART

catch the keynotes

Drop in (or tune in) at 10AM sharp, every day of NeoCon, to catch the show’s keynote lineup, featuring design-world thought leaders, all of whom will touch on the theme of storytelling. Kickstarting the series today is Bob Weis, Gensler’s global entertainment leader, who previously spent 30 years at Walt Disney Imagineering. He will discuss the power of storytelling in commercial design—a top priority for clients, stakeholders, and creators alike—and demonstrate how creatives can use this tool to bring vibrancy to everyday spaces.

On Tuesday morning, British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori will parse the power of affirmation during an intimate fireside chat–style conversation with Cheryl S. Durst, IIDA’s exec VP and CEO (and Interior Design Hall of Fame member), and Khoi Vo, the CEO of ASID. A multidisciplinary talent known for his dynamic, joy-evoking public installations and color-forward aesthetic, Ilori conjures design’s power to tell stories of identity, culture, and purpose—and to elevate the individual while unifying the masses.

And finally, on Wednesday, Academy Award–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter, the first Black woman to win an Oscar in that category and a force behind Wakanda Forever, presents “Designing Afrofuturism.” Carter’s decades-long work in film proves that diversity in design and representation in story matters to audiences. She takes us on a concept-to-creation journey to design the Afrofuture and shares how the art of storytelling plays out in costume design and world-building alike. Don’t miss it!

MONDAY 10AM TUESDAY

HELLER: FORTUNE, SPACE 1123A

RUTH E. CARTER

BUZZISPACE: SHROOM, SPACE 10-111

DESIGNTEX: ELEMENTAL WRIGHT, SPACE 303 MARTIN BRATTRUD: AZUSA, SPACE 347 MAYER

VALLEY, SPACE 1173

FABRICS:

SCANDINAVIAN SPACES: CLOUD, SPACE 366

addi talks trash

Revolutionizing the unglamourous yet requisite task of waste management, a seven-year collab between Mizetto and Swedish studio Addi has resulted in a slew of award-winning and eye-catching receptacles, including Bin There, Exhibit, and Evolution. Now, Captin continues the quest to turn trash into treasure, with a swooping ergonomic hatch, in friendly metal hues, that exudes Scandinavian chic. Bags are integrated seamlessly into Captin’s cassette storage, ensuring hassle-free handling. space 3–121

OFFICE POWER STRUGGLES SOLVED. GIRA.

All-day battery-power integrated into moveable walls and folding desks that liberate you from grid dependency and spatial constraints. Experience the fl uidity and fl exibility of the Gira Workplace Collection for today’s dynamic offi ce environments.

jason bird lights up the room

Inspired by clean-lined modern architecture, the illi Bon acoustic pendant is crafted entirely from recycled PET felt. It’s the pint-size sister to Luxxbox’s illi and features the same signature grills as the original. Offered in 14-inch portrait and 9-by-16-inch landscape formats, the fixture is outfitted with a high-performance dimmable LED that consumes a mere 25W. “Simple, unobtrusive acoustic solutions are key for open-plan environments,” notes brand founder and creative director Jason Bird. Whether hanging solo or clustered for celestial ambiance, the luminaries are ideal for curating calm moments in coworking spaces or bustling hotels. space 7-9074

daniel germani freezes over

Reminiscent of an upturned cocktail glass, Interior Design Best of Year Award winner Daniel Germani’s Ice occasional tables are made entirely of blown glass—a first for Bernhardt Design. Available in Cobalt, Amber, and Smoke, the smallest is 13 inches across with an oblong, cantilevered top. Crafting these conversation starters, Germani says, “is a perfectly imperfect process, where the art of the maestro is represented in every unique piece.” We couldn’t agree more. space M-320

elettra de pellegrin blossoms

The commitment to circular production by Slalom is on ample display at NeoCon. For its latest offering, Bloom, the acoustic- and partition-systems manufacturer sources natural fibers and flower petals from fallow farmland. The plants are combined with linen and GRS-recycled plastic and thermoformed at high temperatures—a process that removes allergens and retains natural fragrance—to form sound-absorbing wall panels with olfactory effects and terrazzolike patterning. “The mixture of herbs and flowers changes with the seasons,” CEO Elettra de Pellegrin explains. Sprinkled with lavender and ochre notes, they’ll transform any commercial space into a botanical wonderland. space 7-5094

Our first PVC-free, fully recyclable EcoWorx™ Resilient — Art + Science. Changing the way we think about hard surface performance and circularity. Durability meets circularity in a product designed to perform in all commercial spaces.

VISIT SHOWROOM 1014 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ART + SCIENCE PVC-FREE RESILIENT.

PROSTORIA CHICAGO KICKS OFF AT NEOCON

iida awards

hail the champions

The winners of both the 50th annual IIDA Interior Design Competition and the 31st annual IIDA Will Ching Design Competition have been announced. And, just last night, the coveted Best of Competition was revealed at Revel in Design, the organization’s black-tie gala. A huge congratulations to all those who emerged victorious! Four category winners are highlighted here; check out tomorrow’s Show Daily for additional coverage.

Meet Abl, Swish, Toob and Dais.

Four distinct personalities. All carbon neutral.

Abl, Swish and Toob designed by EOOS. Dais designed by Form Us With Love. All four made by Keilhauer.

See our full lineup in showroom 373.

1. Public Space & Commercial Lobby winner U.S. Bank Center, Seattle firm SkB Architects

2. Large Residence winner Lackawanna, East Hampton, New York firm Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects

3. Hotel winner The Royal Hotel, Toronto firm Giannone Petricone Associates

Upholstery Carpet Stone Foliage

A chair that supplies softness, support, and style is a design trifecta! Anla by designer Anthony Land has a thick seat cushion and a sculpted back that make it both super comfy and supportive for long sits. The option of having ruched upholstery ups the style quotient, and different base options (cast-aluminum or metal-tube four-leg, sled, or five-blade, or wood) mean Anla can reside in a range of environments—from the dining room to the boardroom. Says Lane, “It’s a chair you don’t want to get out of.”

We can’t wait to get in one!

Your Impact

Momentum introduces Circon™ .

The first bio-sourced, carbon-neutral, climate-forward wallcovering. Debuting exclusively at Momentum Textiles and Wallcovering, Suite 323. MAKE IT WITH MOMENTUM

INSPIRED BY NATURE. MADE FOR CALM.

Discover more. interface.com/madeformore

Visit our showroom at 345 N Wells St, 3rd floor

Escape the noise and find your ‘zen’ with Etched & Threaded carpet tile and Earthen Forms LVT – the latest flooring collections from Interface.

Drawing on organic woodgrains, cool travertine stone, and the warmth of luxury textiles – these stylish collections embrace nature’s power to help you focus in or kick back and zone out.

ETCHED & THREADED

Need to focus your mind, or just let it wander? Meet Etched & Threaded, designed to bring a bit more zen to your spaces.

EARTHEN FORMS

Need space to kick your brain into high gear, or a chill-out zone to unwind? Meet Earthen Forms, designed for spaces with a bit more zen.

davis furniture

SPACE 3-115

Sculptural seating alert! The modular Arcular collection by LucidiPevere is an exemplar of casual luxury. It’s available as a single chair or a two- or three-seater sofa, all on cast-aluminum legs. Then there’s the neotenic Elora by Sebastian Herkner. It comes in two versions, both equally chic: a lounge chair with memory-return swivel and a sofa, their silhouettes dressed in Davis textiles, COM, or COL. Looking to stow instead of sit? Check out Vida, the three- or five-shelf unit by Hanne Willmann. It features softened geometric forms, look-at-me storage options, and curved steel sides available in 35 powder-coat finishes.

SEBASTIAN HERKNER

PAOLO LUCIDI, LUCA PEVERE

HANNE WILLMANN

turf.design

Stone has never felt so inspired.

Introducing our new family of Stone Textures that capture the beauty of natural stone. Inspired by nature, designed for felt, and stunningly unique.

Photograph by Kendall McCaugherty, Hall + Merrick + McCaugherty

Barcelona Wall Scape

Bastille Lounge design by Patrick Norguet

“There are surprising scales and unexpected uses of color— namely, pale pinks and sunny yellows standing in for traditional neutrals”

British-Nigerian artist-designer Yinka Ilori, who refers to himself as an architect of joy, breathes fresh life (and bold color) into textiles and wallcoverings via a new collection for Momentum. “The collaboration is a testament to the power of happiness created by strong community and storytelling,” the NeoCon keynote speaker says. That’s certainly true of Rhythms Surround You, an exuberant stripe stacking multiple arches, circles, chevrons, and triangles; Shower Me With Flowers, a modernist, geometric take on florals; and Eyes in Reflection, a grid of rounded motifs. Ilori began his career upcycling vintage furniture, a practice that has since expanded to collaborations with powerhouse brands like Adidas and LEGO. Now, with his first foray into commercial textiles, he aims to transform spaces into playful, creative hubs that “inspire, uplift, and even heal.”

Elora Lounge by Sebastian Herkner | Vida Table + Vida Shelving by Hanne Willmann On Display at NeoCon 3-115

Design does more than create a space. Design shapes culture. At Mohawk Group, our goal is to use design to nurture a culture of care. Inspired by pollinators, the Pathmakers Collection connects people to the ways of nature, while working to protect and nurture our natural world.

Experience a culture of care at our pop-up space (“the Hive”) at 817 W. Fulton.

dauphin SPACE 393

Designed for acoustic privacy, the Bosse Cubes 4.0 series offers a sleek aesthetic. There’s the Bosselino, Telephone, and Work Cubes, sized for one person, and Space Cubes, which are larger, customizable room-in-rooms. The units are set up independently of a building envelope, thus can be flexibly positioned and moved around. Panes in the aluminum frame are made of 12mm-thick, laminated safety glass with integrated acoustic insulation film, and electrification is provided via a plug-and-play system. For cooler, calmer, clearer heads, consider the Bosse Ion Cloud, which introduces negative ions into its enclosed environments, minimizing the risk of infection from airborne pathogens and improving air quality. Neat!

MONDAY

SRP

AN ALCHEMY OF RESPONSIBLE BEAUTY ª

SRP™ TPU flooring is an alchemy of responsible beauty that is designed to transform waste plastic bottles into innovative, circular flooring. Two plastic bottles are upcycled into each square foot of SRP TPU Flooring and built into a simple chemistry that allows the planks to be upcycled into new flooring post use, while maintaining optimal performance and quality.

Visit us in Showroom #1169 to learn more!

The design-forward Italian company heads to the Windy City to showcase wares that it dubs “acoustethics”: a portmanteau of acoustics, ethics, and aesthetics. Slalom’s sound-deadening ceiling baffles, wall panels, acoustic light fixtures and furniture, and curtains come in refined, sustainably produced felts and fabrics made in Italy. Innovation abounds, as evident in two new offerings: lightweight Woody, perfect for vertical applications, is composed of FSC-certified wood and recycled-plastic fibers that have been thermoformed via a patent-pending technology, while Bloom is a blend of natural fibers and real flower petals treated at high temperatures to retain their fragrance.

COLLABORATIVE

“This low-maintenance polish-optional solution has a true through-pattern construction that resists abrasion, scratches, and scuffs”

ahf products

SPACE 7-2086

It makes sense that products designed for healthcare, assisted living, and education should not contain harmful chemicals. Armstrong Flooring MedinPure homogeneous vinyl sheet is free of PVC as well as such tongue-twisters as plasticizers, ortho-phthalates, halogens, and isocyanates. Its through-pattern construction also features Diamond 10 Technology, a no-polish finish that minimizes maintenance and maximizes resistance to scratches, stains, and scuffs—and is now anti-slip to boot, achieving an R10 rating per standard DIN 51130. The commercial floor-covering collection can be specified in a newly refreshed color palette that promotes well-being and calm: The 20 soothing tones, from Crème Bruleé to Springtime Green and Sage Dream, are perfect for medical settings.

DAYLEN

design: Gemma Bernal

3rd Floor, Space 351

Drawing inspiration from the graceful movement of water, Tributaire offers visually stunning yet widely functional tables, storage and more.

Experience our most expansive collection yet SHOWROOM 1181 ki.com/tributaire

Circular by design. Remade to matter.

For 25 years, EcoWorx® has been the backing system for making our high-performance carpet tile. Now we are bringing that innovation to our resilient flooring with ReMATERIAL PVC-free EcoWorx™ Resilient.

Backed by a 25 year warranty, it is fully recyclable at the end of its useful life. Rethinking performance, sustainability and design, ReMaterial is the next generation of resilient flooring.

SPACE 1048

The Chicago-based manufacturer’s Carrara imagines the beauty of natural stone as a panel with exceptional acoustic properties. The product comprises two layers of 9mm felt, the top one intricately carved—with cracks and veins abstracting those of marble— to expose the contrasting-colored underlayer. The 4-by-10-foot panels are customizable in any of the brand’s 32 colors, can be mirrored horizontally or vertically, and come in five standard layouts: book match, slip match, reverse slip match, aesthetic match, and continuous match. As for materiality, Carrara earns sustainability points: the PET felt incorporates up to 60 percent preconsumerrecycled content. It’s a natural for workplaces and hospitality spaces alike.

“Carrara mirrors the look of the veined stone’s sinuous lines”

A COLLECTION WITH A CAUSE

Let’s make a difference. Together.

In a collaborative effort to create sustainable, domestically-sourced textiles, we’re incredibly pleased to offer six new patterns woven with SEAQUAL® YARN containing Upcycled Marine Plastic.

Along with our design and manufacturing partners, we will donate a portion of the proceeds of our In Good Company collection™— which features lush texture, sophisticated hues, and reliable performance— to SEAQUAL® FOUNDATION to help clean our oceans.

Experience IN GOOD COMPANY | Showroom 1181 pallastextiles.com/ingoodcompany

The DiGiorgi Collection features exceptional leathers in a color-forward palette inspired by the landscape and design culture of Italy. Artfully presented in families of colors and textures, the collection takes a strong, contemporary approach that reflects a life immersed in design.

NeoCon: Suite 11-114B

The Portuguese wine industry treats cork sustainably: The offcuts that remain after bottle stoppers are stamped out of tree bark get passed through a chipper and compacted into blocks for reuse as other objects. The dimensions of those blocks sparked designer Paul Crofts’s Tejo: The sofa system’s 60 and 90cm modules are efficiently formed by cutting one such block down its length or width. Any dust generated from the process is returned to the chipper to be converted right back into more blocks—making production circular and almost zero-waste. Grown in the Alentejo region, which gave the sofa its name, cork is an ideal material for seating support: soft, warm, tactile. Plus, it regenerates naturally. The bark can be harvested every nine years for the full lifespan of the tree, often more than two centuries. Moreover, whereas most sofas use polyurethane-foam cushioning, Tejo employs natural latex, another self-generating material. The padding is wrapped in wool wadding before being upholstered in flax, wool, or hemp fabric.

“Frame, fabric, even the castors: Everything about Tejo is based on natural materials”

Oh So Dreamy

Cloud delivers architectural interest in a whimsical way. The soundabsorbing sphere brings joy, energy, and life back to interior spaces.

Showroom + Café #366

SPACE 10-160

On the lookout for LVT that’s a little less ordinary? For something, ahem, boulder, try Lithic Hard Surface, a large-scale geometric take on marble terrazzo in three patterns—Megalith, Neolith, and Heelston—by Patcraft senior product designer Kelly Williams. For gentler souls, there’s Lithic Soft Surface, high-performance carpet tiles made of 100 percent postindustrial-recycled nylon content, in five designs by the brand’s director of product development, Susan Smilek. Dubbed Reformed, Alt-Rock, New Stone, Stone Clad, and Earth Stone, the floor coverings utilize different constructions, but all are inspired by the beauty of nature.

MONDAY

“The Lithic collection is designed to emulate the artful characteristics of stone”

SUSAN SMILEK

KELLY WILLIAMS

Bonh Lume by jehs+laub | Arcular Lounge by LucidiPevere On Display at NeoCon 3-115

The indomitable Barbara Barry, renowned for her decades-long career creating elegant interiors and home furnishings, debuts Kubi, a lounge collection that telegraphs luxury, comfort, and ease. Inspired by architectural elements, the rectilinear wood construction dovetails with soft, rounded upholstery details. There’s a bench, an ottoman, side and coffee tables, a ganging modular table, and single and double lounges. Imbued with a sense of symmetry and tranquility, it’s yet another hit from the American design icon—and a continuation of the Interior Design Hall of Famer’s longtime relationship with HBF. Find Barbara Barry for HBF offsite and at the Mart at DesignScene by Sandow.

Take part of the best scene that is all about community and celebrating what we do best!

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“The shift to 100 percent recycled materials comes at no cost to customers. We want to create an incentive to buy non-virgin material”

3form SPACE 1120

Know New Plastic is a cleverly named initiative from the material innovator that combines a traditional mechanical recycling process with a novel molecular one that increases the salvaged-content potential of 3form products. It creates new, high-quality materials from all sorts of waste unsuitable for mechanical recycling—clothing and carpet fibers, dense plastic containers, etc. Textures, the inaugural collection utilizing the process, comprises 100 percent recycled content, resulting in a lowercarbon-footprint resin than one created from newly extracted fossil fuels.

One textured Varia panel, for instance, diverts the equivalent of 3,296 plastic water bottles from the landfill. The line comes in 21 textures including six just-launched designs that don’t compromise the translucency and durability for which the brand is known. Available in 3form’s full portfolio of 250 colors, Textures is on view at DesignScene by Sandow.

JUMPER® chair family. Curious minds and growing bodies absolutely need freedom. To twist. Flex. And fidget. Leading with ergonomics. That’s our priority. And what leads to greater comfort, better health, and higher performance.

The Intentional Office

Join us at Fulton Market Design Days from June 10-12, where we invite you to explore The Intentional Office.

An environment designed to support activities and behaviors integral to the workplace, from focus to socialization. Every piece of furniture, every layout is chosen with intention, to serve a purpose. The Intentional Office isn’t just about the physical space; it’s a philosophy.

Allsteel Experience Center 345 N Morgan, 3rd Floor Chicago, IL

Advent Health Innovation Tower

“The Fortune chair represents the epitome of a Jumbo project: It’s symmetrical, commodious, and food-themed”

SPACE 1123A

When Heller CEO and president John Edelman discovered Jumbo on Instagram, he was immediately struck by how much the New York studio’s designs embodied the essence of his brand. Founded in 1971, Heller has produced award-winning modern furniture by some of the world’s greatest talents, among them Mario Bellini, Frank Gehry, and Massimo and Lella Vignelli; Jumbo founders Justin Donnelly and Monling Lee now join that elite roster. The pair explains that they have an abiding interest in “reductivism, whimsy, and gastronomy,” the latter passion influencing their Fortune chair, named for the iconic cookie and channeling its pinched-circle shape. Fully recyclable and U.S.-made using a high percentage of postconsumer-recycled plastic, the perch comes in six tasty hues: Oatmeal, Cookie, Olive, Tomato, Dark Cherry, and Licorice. Available exclusively through DWR.

JUSTIN DONNELLY, MONLING LEE

Hello.Hi.Hey.

N Halstead St

ATMUS

MOBILE DESK

ALWAYS THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.

allermuir

SPACE 1112

Talk about the great divide—or make that Crate Divide, the ingenious new system from Allermuir. The modular cubic-grid steel frame snakes through open plans to zone off semiprivate areas and can even wrap around on itself to enclose a circular “room.” Horizontal connector bars join the modules together (in-line or at right angles), obviating the need to double up vertical frames. The effect is visually light and pleasingly perfected. Add curtains for softness and more robust sound dampening, and/or supplement with shelves, boxes, planters, and acoustic panels in plywood or TFL. As for color, the standard powder-coat finishes available are black, white, sage, bronze, and aubergine.

“The design uses horizontal connector bars to maintain a single seamless vertical upright”

TOAST TO FINE DESIGN

ENJOY A GLASS OF BUBBLY ON FLOORS 6 & 14

TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 3–5 PM

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New pieces located outside the Mart

HBF: FIRMA

LUUM: TWIST ON A CLASSIC

PATHMAKERS

ALLSTEEL: ADMIX

MAHARAM: BEYOND

CF STINSON: KNOLL TEXTILES: CLASSIC BOUCLE

TARKETT: LAYERED DUALITY

FRIANT: FALA MARSET, AT LIGHTOLOGY: FRAGILE AME

dining guide

When the day is done and dusted, check out one of these new eateries.

[$] Affordable. [$$] Moderate. [$$$] Expensive.

fresh pick!

La Serre [$$$]

This regionally inspired bistro focuses on French fare, but more specifically the Mediterranean flavors of the South, including Saint-Tropez and Provence. Located on the second floor of a new building overlooking Fulton Market, the spacious and pretty dining room (think cane chairs and feathery greenery!) is airy in the most literal sense, as its HVAC system is calibrated to allow for open windows in almost any weather. Among the classic menu items is that most stereotypically French of dishes: escargot, here served with herbgarlic butter, gruyère, and grilled sourdough.

307 North Green Street; 312-500-1128

Bittersweet Pastry Shop [$]

For the French bakery’s just-launched Pilsen location, owner Esther Griego tapped Mexico City–born Katsuji Tanabe, a Top Chef alum, to devise a substantive café menu for breakfast and lunch. There are staples like egg sandwiches, plus unique brunch dishes such as a breakfast pasta with bacon, scrambled eggs, and parmesan. Depending on the time of day, these can be paired with coffees and rare teas or libations from the wine menu—and, of course, pastries ranging from conchas to palmiers. 2019 South Laflin Street; 773-929-1100

MONDAY

Industry Ales [$$]

This brewpub’s owners, all Chicago-area hospitality industry veterans, insist it’s a “brewery first”—as evidenced by the rotating list of beers both familiar and eclectic, with those in the latter category often themed around classic cocktails. Which is not to say Industry Ales is only a brewery, given that its menu by chef Alexander Willis (formerly of Dusek’s and Mordecai) could stand on its own. Pairings range from simple bar snacks like chicken wings and charcuterie boards to heartier prime-cut steak frites.

230 South Wabash; 312-496-3624

Sunda New Asian [$$]

Award-winning restaurateur Billy Dec opens up a second location of his popular River North eatery, this time in Fulton Market. The atmosphere is moody and dimly lit, with paper lanterns and cane chairs fostering an earthy-organic vibe. The fusion dishes draw on culturally important classics from countries across Southeast Asia, but also incorporate nods to China (Szechuan chicken) and Japan (baked snow crab hand roll). A highlight is the Kamayan feast, a shareable array of celebratory Filipino fare featuring adobo pork belly crispy pata, chicken inasal, garlic shrimp, lumpia egg rolls, green beans, and jasmine rice alongside copious dipping sauces.

333 North Green Street; 312-900-0033

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“A Night at Mister Kelly’s”

The halcyon days of Chicago’s hottest nightclub, Mister Kelly’s, are spectacularly recreated at The Newberry. From 1953 to 1975, the Gold Coast hot spot featured a diverse roster of jazz singers and comedians such as Natalie Cole, Billie Holiday, B.B. King, Richard Pryor, and Muddy Waters, attracting 200-plus crowds of martini-sipping tastemakers. Curated by Alison Hinderliter, who describes the erstwhile club as the Las Vegas of the Midwest, the free exhibit renders the zeitgeist of Mister Kelly’s through oral histories, recorded music, and documentary clips. A trove of archival material—signed albums, black-and-white photographs, playbills, matchbooks, cocktail napkins—captures the scenography of an electrifying era. Through July 20. 60 West Walton Street; 312-943-9090

“Foreign Exchange: Photography between Chicago, Japan, and Germany, 1920–1960”

The sinewy contours of Edo-era ink paintings and the clean lines and light-filtering partitions of traditional Japanese architecture served as prototypes for Walter Gropius’s modernist movement. Post WWII, dialogue between Bauhaus students and their Eastern contemporaries spread to the U.S., where photographers melding disparate cultural influences formed a distinct, irreverent vernacular. Through 100 works spanning 40 years, The Art Institute of Chicago’s “Foreign Exchange” explores this stark, stateless aesthetic cultivated by human-centric artists like Hungarian György Kepes and Institute of Design alumni Nathan Lerner and Yasuhiro Ishimoto. From cameraless abstractions to multiple exposures, the show celebrates a transcendent movement of light and shadows. Through September 9. 111 South Michigan Avenue; 312-443-3600

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“Chicago Works: Maryam Taghavi”

Noghtes, the diamond-shape glyphs found in Arabic and Persian script, denote punctuation and cadence. For Iranian-born, Chicago-based artist Maryam Taghavi, these marks serve as blueprints to Iranian culture, a conduit between heritage and diaspora. Her debut solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago explores linguistic and optical ambiguity, with a series of airbrushed crepe de chine paintings and mirrored sculptures. Noghtes appear throughout, dotting the horizon of an Op Art interpretation of Lake Michigan in sunset hues and embedded in stainless-steel installations on the gallery walls. Some round apertures prismatically refract light and color, while others serve as periscopes, allowing viewers to adjust their gaze and find new perspectives…connecting the dots, so to speak. Through July 14. 220 East Chicago Avenue; 312-280-2660

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Shaddle: Fuller Circles”

The late Chicagoan’s preferred medium was paper: contorted, ruched, crimped, and tucked. An exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center, where Shaddle taught for decades, introduces the artist to a new generation and explores her work in the context of the city's modernist scene. “Fuller Circles” features cast-offs from immersive installations, a 1964 papier-mâché bas-relief sculpture, ’70’sera shadowboxes, and large-scale, colored-pencil drawings from 1978 to 1984. Also on display are architectural details from Frank Lloyd Wright’s George Blossom House, Shaddle’s home for 50 years. Here, she engaged with the architect's organic Prairie School style, riffing on its tessellated stained-glass sidelights and sawn-lunette paneling in her enigmatic mosaics. Through June 16. 5020 South Cornell Avenue; 773-324-5520