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Show Daily 1, June 15, 2009

-- Interior Design, 6/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Get ready for three action-packed days of innovative products, networking, enthusiastic exhibitors, and enlightening programs. For 41 years, NeoCon has been your resource for the best in contract design—and this year is no different.

Use the Show Daily—distributed each day of NeoCon—as your resource for a look at products and the designers behind them; the scoop on the fair's latest happenings; and a hot list of exhibits and events you won't want to miss.

While here, take advantage of all that's available to you, including 700-plus showrooms and exhibitors; more than 150 CEU-accredited seminars, tours, and association forums; networking events with industry leaders; and keynotes, luncheons, and spotlights led by inspiring speakers. Most of all, have fun.

Be sure to save the date for next year's show, June 14 to 16, 2010. We at Merchandise Mart Properties hope you enjoy NeoCon 2009!

Show Daily News

Today's Keynote: Daniel Pink
How do you stay inspired to push beyond your limits and perform at higher levels?
Win A Green Vacation
Win a Sierra Club eco travel certificate with round-trip arifare.
gor"geo"us
The Buckminster Fuller exhibition is sponsoring the installation of an original Fuller geodesic dome.

Seminars/Designer Spotlight

Today's Top Picks
Clodagh Country
Interior Design Hall of Fame member is exploring Africa—in the Clodagh for Perennials outdoor fabrics collection.
Citterio & Co.
Citterio's AC 4 task chair is clearly intended for functionalists—concealing its ergonomic workings in a slender frame of die-cast aluminum.
Showing Some Leg
It's OK to flaunt at the office.
Show and Tell
Can commerce and consciousness coexist?

Floors

3rd Floor
Lees Carpets, Bernhardt Design, Herman Miller, and ICF.
7th Floor
Adesso, a Serach Table Lamp with an adjustable neck and slightly flared head.
8th Floor
Architex International, Amtico International, Chilewich, Jonti-Craft, Paul Brayton Designs, and Tokuyama.
10th Floor
Teknion, Coalesse, Designtex, Jofco Len-Tex, Luna Textiles and Shaw Contract.
11th Floor
Tuohy, Cambridge Commercial Carnegie, Joel Berman Glass Studios, KI, Pallas Textiles, Maharam, and Knoll.

Outside the Mart

Dining Guide
Our annual roundup of Chicago's hottest dining spots, organized by cuisine.
Rooms With a Views
Two of the city's most recent significant additions—Renzo Piano's Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago, and his Nichols Bridgeway that connects the museum to Millennium Park.
The Shape of Things
Experience the exhibition "Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Tourists Welcome
Whether you like to tour by foot, bus, or boat, the Chicago Architecture Foundation has a sightseeing expedition for you.