A Giant Hello to NeoCon

Staff -- Interior Design, 7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Interior Design's Giants celebration was clearly the place to kick off NeoCon. Guests mingled in a Chicago building's winter garden by Powell/Kleinschmidt, then headed off for a good night's rest before the fair's opening bell—thanks to the eye masks given as party favors. (OK, so some folks stayed up to catch the finale of The Sopranos.)

1. Powell/Kleinschmidt's winter garden at 200 West Madison Street.

2. The May issue with Louise Nevelson's steel Dawn Shadows.

3. D'Aquino Monaco's Carl D'Aquino and Interior Design deputy editor Edie Cohen.

4. Design + Design CEO Claudio Bellini, Interior Design editor in chief Cindy Allen, and Fuseproject founder and principal Yves Béhar.

5. Wolf-Gordon design director Kari Pei.

6. Andreu World's Francisco Andreu, the company's commercial director, José Palau, and Bellini.

7. IIDA executive vice president and CEO Cheryl Durst.

8. Carrier Johnson interior designer Carey Hultgren and interior design associate Viveca Bissonnette.

9. IIDEX NeoCon Canada director of special features Reggie Foliot and her husband, GF Ideas principal Georges Foliot, with IIDEX vice president Tracy Bowie, sales director Maria Dubroy, and marketing director Matthew Searle.

10. Bentley Prince Street creative director Russ Ramage.

11. Nelson's John Nelson, Sr., principal Scott Hierlinger, and senior interior designer David Standard.

12. VeenendaalCave's Ed Cave and designer Lindsay Murphy.

13. Interior Design Hall of Fame member Robert Kleinschmidt, Niedermaier's Judy Niedermaier, and Wynn Design and Development executive VP Roger Thomas.

14. Grant Design Collaborative design director Matt DeFrain and president and creative director Bill Grant flanking Interior Design associate publisher Carol Cisco.

15. Interior Design marketing's Geoff Bock and Heather Hughes with NeoCon Show Daily distribution manager Chris Brewster.