My first day in Chicago for NeoCon was overwhelming to say the least. Despite the terrible phone reception, slow Internet and lack of elevators, I think I accomplished quite a bit my first day. I was only there for two days, so I tried to squeeze in as much as possible. One thing I definitely will need to know from you, readers, is whether you are in the contract business (I sense a poll coming on…)
I hope you’re sitting down, this one is a long one.
First up was the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) exhibit which was just outside the Press Room. I especially loved two pieces. The Chrysalis Chair from Timothy Luscher (above) and the Tria Sofa by Justin Dehner:
I also fell in love with this new Jonathan Browning pendant in the Holly Hunt showroom, but my photos do not do this light any justice.
I also spotted some beautiful leaf chandeliers in Lalique, but didn’t get any more information about them.
I checked out JANUS et Cie, who had the Arthur table in their display window. I also liked their oversized apples, but am not sure that they are for sale.
I had a great tour in the Herman Miller showroom, which has this great succulent setup:
They have some new pieces in the higher education realm, like this Swoop Lounge pictures above.
They also introduced a nifty desk, which goes from this:
to this, for those of us who like to spend some time stretching our legs throughout the day:
Geiger, a Herman Miller company also launched some new pieces, like the Full Twist by Mark Goetz (above left) and the Saya by 5D Studio (above right).
I got a tour of the Haworth space designed by Clive Wilkinson Architects, who will now be the distributor for the Kvadrat clouds. The chair above is called Very.
Knoll has a new office system called Antenna which is very versatile. I really liked the wall storage system as well as the executive office suites. One of these days maybe I will have my very own executive office suite…one of these days…
My last stop of the day was Vitra. They let me try out a Chairless (designed by Alejandro Aravena), which Anne mentioned in one of her posts on Milan! This is genius, but it takes a lot of getting used to. All of your muscles want to engage, but you’re supposed to let them all relax. Turns out, it’s hard to relax. I didn’t quite get the hang of it, so I think I need one!
Plus, they have a few new clocks, two of which I snapped photos:
Joel Pirela on 06.16.2010 at 15:24 PM
did you get one of those clocks for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! pleaseeeeee! ;)
wow! they are amazing!
Jaime (post author) on 06.16.2010 at 15:26 PM
HAHAHA I almost wrote in the post…I wonder if Joel is going to read this. !!!!!!!! You are hilarious. There are actually 3 new ones, but only 2 were on display. You NEED to have them.
Anon on 06.17.2010 at 23:25 PM
The SCAD student Luscher needs to maybe consider some comfort issues otherwise NeoCon looks like fun.
Karen on 06.23.2010 at 21:21 PM
I didn’t know you were there! Shoot, I was too, and I missed you. Hope you enjoyed it, I had a blast!
Lucy on 08.02.2010 at 11:16 AM
The Chrysalis chair and the Lalique chandeliers are definitely my favourites, I can imagine our UK Habitat stores stocking something along those lines (but obv. more user-friendly in the case of the Chrysalis chair!). Am also intrigued by the ‘chairless’ – would love to have a go and see if all the yoga classes have been put to good use!
Jimmy on 10.16.2012 at 05:26 AM
I love the wall storage items. They look very high end of the market so I imagine they cost quite a bit. I can see them selling well in the UK though.