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It's NeoCon Week
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This week runs over our original NeoCon 2020 dates and it certainly will be an active one on NeoConnect. We hope you'll join us.
Discover new products from NeoCon exhibitors, read the latest editorial content, register to attend this week's programming and check out special new sections launching this week from NeoConnect partners. |
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Design 2030: the Next Next
Monday, June 8, 10:00am–11:00am CDT
IIDA’s Cheryl Durst and a panel of design industry leaders discuss collaboration across design disciplines—driving culture, sparking creativity and collaboration, and offering clarity and coherence for teams.
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Design Speaks Editorial Webinar
Monday, June 8, 2:00pm–3:00pm CDT
Join the editors of Contract, Healthcare Design, Hospitality Design, and design:retail as they highlight key global design trends and opportunities in their respective markets.
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Neurodiversity and Workplace Inclusivity
Tuesday, June 9, 10am–11am CDT
This session explores opportunities to rethink the physical design of workplaces to improve the experience for neurodivergents as well as the benefits of inclusive organizational and workplace design.
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Experience: Art, Culture, Design
Tuesday, June 9, 2:00pm–3:00pm CDT
IIDA’s Cheryl Durst speaks with artist and architect Amanda Williams, and MCA director Madeleine Grynsztejn about art in the time of COVID; how museums, galleries, and DIY spaces will continue to adapt for the future; and the ways we can let society know that creativity can’t be canceled.
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Healthy People, Healthy Planet
Tuesday, June 9, 3:00pm–4:00pm CDT
Due to the global pandemic, 2020 is a watershed moment for wellness and sustainability. How can designers navigate the challenge to create healthier, more sustainable spaces?
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Ready to Reoccupy? Assessing Workplaces for Ourselves and Our Clients
Wednesday, June 10, 10:00am–11:00am CDT
Join AIA Chicago's exploration into a post COVID-19 workplace including an introduction to AIA's Reoccupancy Assessment Tool. This session reveals a health danger in materials that designers should fully understand and offers a review of surfaces used in healthcare and other institutional indoor environments which may have advantages in minimizing risk of Hospital Acquired Infections.
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Get to the Point: a Rapid-Fire Discussion About Careers in Design
Wednesday, June 10, 2:00pm–3:30pm CDT
Join IIDA and a panel of industry veterans, human resource specialists, career counselors, and recruiters as they answer students’ and young professionals’ questions about the state of the industry.
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New Lighting Design Trends in Wellness and Hospitality
Wednesday, June 10, 3:00pm–4:00pm CDT
The lighting design process from the eyes of a hospitality design architect and a look at the versatility and quality of current lighting technologies to emphasize the elements of new design trends.
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Your Goldilocks Moment: Getting Amenities Just Right!
Thursday, June 11, 10:00am–11:00am CDT
Perspectives from a designer, a building developer, and a real estate broker on the changing landscape of work and what changes we might see in the workplace to enhance experience in a post-pandemic world.
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Collective D(esign): Women Lead Design | The NeoConnect Edition
Thursday, June 11, 2:00pm–3:00pm CDT
Join IIDA’s Cheryl Durst for a special edition of Collective D(esign) in dialogue with female design leaders, to discuss the urgency of this current moment, what’s next for design, and how a diversity of design thought is more crucial than ever.
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Design Leaders Celebration and Happy Hour | Presented by IIDA
Thursday, June 11, 5:00–6:00pm CDT
Celebrating the 2020 Recipients of the IIDA Educator of the Year, Member of the Year, Anna Hernandez/Luna Textiles Visionary Award and the College of Fellows Inductees.
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From Ocean to Office: a New Path for Plastic
Friday, June 12, 10:00am–11:00am CDT
New concepts on how to source materials and the social, environmental and economic impact of designing with sustainability as a foundation.
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Virtual HiP Awards: HiP Product
Friday, June 12, 12:00pm–1:00pm CDT
Join in on Interior Design’s 7th annual HiP Awards, honoring industry people and innovative products – the HiPpest in the industry.
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We Need to Talk… About Materiality and Wellness (Part 1 of 3)
Friday, June 12, 2:00pm–3:00pm CDT
Learning from Healthcare: Adapting to a post-pandemic world. Contract Magazine takes a look at the expert knowledge and practices in healthcare that we can apply to other sectors like workplace and hospitality.
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DesignTV by Interior Design: NeoCon Edition
Watch daily from 11:00am-1:00pm CDT for State of the Industry information, product and project inspiration, and conversation pertinent to the contract market. |
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Metropolis Sustainability Lab
Explore and gain a deeper understanding of what's happening in the areas of sustainability and wellness. |
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INSPIRE from Interiors + Sources
Check out technology-enhanced hand sketches of would be NeoCon exhibits from interiors+sources and a group of very talented SCAD students. |
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officeinsight
Take this week's virtual walk through of NeoCon 2020 by floor from officeinsight. |
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Business of Furniture
Read BoF's latest weekly edition of NeoCon: Products, People, and Projects. |
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Design Milk
Visit Design Milk's @designmilkworks Instagram account throughout the month, which exclusively features NeoCon exhibitors' new products, projects and collections. |
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Guest Blog: The Silver Lining
Next up in our series, find new blogs from Studio O+A's Verda Alexander; Perkins and Will's Ken Wilson and IIDA's Cheryl Durst. |
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Design Stands Together
This week’s creativity-inspiring video features Brooke Fenn, an experienced Occupational Therapist and Ergonomic Consultant for Humanscale, who offers easy to adopt tips for a more comfortable at-home workspace. |
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Virtual Programs for Week 3 |
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Using Creativity to Spark Creativity
Monday, June 15, 10:00am–11:00am CDT
Leading designers discuss how they use creativity in their everyday lives to guide their revolutionary work.
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We Need to Talk... About Materiality and Wellness (Part 2 of 3)
Monday, June 15, 2:00pm–3:00pm CDT
Rethinking Materials in a Post Pandemic World: Adapting to a post-pandemic world. Contract Magazine talks with experts about how material now need to work in our interior spaces.
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Introduction to Regenerative Design: Your Role as a Designer for a Thriving Future
Tuesday, June 16, 10:00am–11:00am CDT
Regenerative design's relationship to sustainability and how to best shift mindset for your practice and clients.
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Putting Carbon to Work
Tuesday, June 16, 3:00pm–4:00pm CDT
The Metropolis Sustainability Lab presents tools and strategies to help designers evaluate and reduce the carbon emissions of spaces they create.
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Gender Neutral Design: Restrooms and Beyond
Tuesday, June 16, 2:00pm–3:00pm CDT
Presented by AIA Chicago, leaders in gender neutral design discuss the history, advantages and techniques of designing without bias.
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Contradictions: Inclusive Design for All Generations
Wednesday, June 17, 10:00am–11:00am CDT
A look at post-Covid generational expectations for the workplace, from dedicated and shared individual workspaces; formal and informal meeting spaces; and community and quiet spaces.
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We Need to Talk... About Materiality and Wellness (Part 3 of 3)
Wednesday, June 17, 2:00pm–3:30pm CDT
Reshaping the Healthy Workplace in a Post Pandemic World. Adapting a post-pandemic world: Contract Magazine looks at how the workplace will evolve and be redesigned to make employees happier and healthier.
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Proof in Design: ASID Outcome of Design Awards 2020 Winners
Wednesday, June 17, 2:00pm–3:30pm CDT
Celebrating the 2020 winning projects: the Sensory Wellbeing Hub by HKS and M Moser Associates Living Lab.
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How to Talk to Your Clients About Going Green
Wednesday, June 17, 3:00pm–4:00pm CDT
Presenting knowledge, tools and foresight to help clients make informed decisions about creating healthy and sustainable spaces.
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The Next Level of Physical Space: Multisensory Experience Design
Thursday, June 18, 10:00am–11:00am CDT
Noah Waxman of Cactus offers attendees the chance to rethink how they incorporate design tenets to stimulate creativity, and honor mindfulness and digital disconnection.
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Novità's #DesignGetsTogether Virtual Happy Hour
Thursday, June 18, 4:00pm–5:00pm CDT
Join us for a special Virtual Happy Hour to celebrate design and the NeoCon community.
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Healthcare Facilities Post-Pandemic: Programming and Design
Friday, June 19, 10:00am–11:00am CDT
Lessons learned from facility adaptations during COVID-19 and what designers can do moving forward.
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Virtual HiP Awards: HiP People
Friday, June 19, 12:30pm–1:30pm CDT
Interior Design presents the 7th annual HiP Awards honoring industry people and innovate products.
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I+D
IIDA
Interior Design
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LuxeHome
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Novità
officeinsight
RD+D
Sixtysix
Work Design
Workplaces |
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