NEOCON 2019

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NEOCON 2019

Shaw Contract's brand and product exhibition
at the The Mart in Chicago.

Showcasing two completely different product stories in one cohesive spatial experience. For Neocon 2019, we worked with Shaw Contract to create a spatial brand and product experience centered around the concepts of color (“A Color Study”) and community (“A Need to Belong”). The challenge was to design a product exhibition that featured two narratives in one brand and product exhibition.

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Shaw Contract's brand and product exhibition at the The Mart in Chicago.

Showcasing two completely different product stories in one cohesive spatial experience. For Neocon 2019, we worked with Shaw Contract to create a spatial brand and product experience centered around the concepts of color (“A Color Study”) and community (“A Need to Belong”). The challenge was to design a product exhibition that featured two narratives in one brand and product exhibition.

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We worked with horizontal and vertical product layerings to present the newest collections but also by utilizing other Shaw Contract product lines to unleash endless design possibilities. The layerings combined with tactile product displays, digital screens and hands-on interactions, created a multi-sensory experience for Shaw Contracts customers. 

We worked with horizontal and vertical product layerings to present the newest collections but also by utilizing other Shaw Contract product lines to unleash endless design possibilities. The layerings combined with tactile product displays, digital screens and hands-on interactions, created a multi-sensory experience for Shaw Contracts customers.

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The entrance area invited customers to explore “A Color Study”, three new flooring collections that the Shaw Contract product design team derived from intense color study and experimentation. We wanted to invite their customers inside this process, and to share their perspectives of color impact and through selections of materiality in space.

The entrance area invited customers to explore “A Color Study”, three new flooring collections that the Shaw Contract product design team derived from intense color study and experimentation. We wanted to invite their customers inside this process, and to share their perspectives of color impact and through selections of materiality in space.

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Several moving images and videos, huge graphic applications and some bold print collateral to take home, supported the overall product experience.

Several moving images and videos, huge graphic applications and some bold print collateral to take home, supported the overall product experience.

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Working with see. opened up ideas we never imagined possible at the outset. That made our projects always more fun and fulfilling then we could ever envision alone.

John Cantrell, Brand Director Shaw Contract, 2019

Working with see. opened up ideas we never imagined possible at the outset. That made our projects always more fun and fulfilling then we could ever envision alone.

John Cantrell, Brand Director Shaw Contract, 2019

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In the other half of the space we presented “A Need to Belong” - the Community collection by Shaw Contract. The collection is inspired by their design team’s travels to the High Atlas mountains in Morocco, with a final collection that embodied multi-formats and materials.

In the other half of the space we presented “A Need to Belong” - the Community collection by Shaw Contract. The collection is inspired by their design team’s travels to the High Atlas mountains in Morocco, with a final collection that embodied multi-formats and materials.

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A community table was also installed which allowed customers to dive deep further into the collection. Process and inspiration were shared and we explored the meaning of community, via a rich and tactile narrative. The table featured playful hands-on interactions and branded take-home materials including product brochures, notebooks, and pencils.

A community table was also installed which allowed customers to dive deep further into the collection. Process and inspiration were shared and we explored the meaning of community, via a rich and tactile narrative. The table featured playful hands-on interactions and branded take-home materials including product brochures, notebooks, and pencils.

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Shaw Contract’s customers were delighted to actively explore color, think about the meaning of community, experience the design process as well as get up and personal with the Shaw Contract brand.

Shaw Contract’s customers were delighted to actively explore color, think about the meaning of community, experience the design process as well as get up and personal with the Shaw Contract brand.

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Chicago’s NeoCon is a legacy design event which has been held every June since 1969. Featuring over 500 brands and attended by over 50 000 design professionals, we were hired by Shaw Contract to breathe life into their showroom display by designing a spatial brand experience that would make an immediate impact at such a highly-trafficked and leading industry event. 

Watch Design Milk’s video to learn more about
the featured flooring collections.

Chicago’s NeoCon is a legacy design event which has been held every June since 1969. Featuring over 500 brands and attended by over 50 000 design professionals, we were hired by Shaw Contract to breathe life into their showroom display by designing a spatial brand experience that would make an immediate impact at such a highly-trafficked and leading industry event. 

Watch Design Milk’s video to learn more about
the featured flooring collections.

Project: Brand and Product Exhibtion
Date: 2019
Client: Shaw Contract
Photography: Copyright Shaw Contract

Project: Brand and Product Exhibtion
Date: 2019
Client: Shaw Contract
Photography: Copyright Shaw Contract

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