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Design Trends Featured at NeoCon 2022
NeoCon is all about discovery. It is the place to meet new people, learn about new products and identify key trends. After all, it is the place where manufacturers hatch ideas and the architecture and design community — along with their customers — comes to see them.
Global - Princeton™
Princeton is a freestanding and fully modular collection offering maximum flexibility with over 1000 components, easy installation and simple reconfigurations.
Global - Corby
The Corby collection of wood veneer and laminate desks, tables and storage elements features new century modern detailing available in twenty finishes with four different species of premium, architectural grade wood veneer and solid wood edges on all principle surfaces.
Global - Popcorn™
Popcorn, designed by Zooey Chu, is ideal for conference areas, cafeterias, classrooms and healthcare spaces or wherever multi-purpose stack applications are required.
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Where does the office end and the living room begin? It’s getting hard to tell, especially when roaming the halls of theMART. Furniture that feels like home continues to be a hot trend and no where was that more apparent than in Chicago. In a post-COVID world, no one wants to return to the same drab office. The way people want to work is changing too. Several years spent working at home means workers expect offices to feel more inviting and NeoCon exhibitors embraced this.
Safco Contract - Mirella
The Mirella collection of workstations, tables, and storage offers agile choices for workplaces that are growing and evolving—helping people feel comfortable and equipped to focus, engage and showcase their creativity.
Lesro - Fremont
Offers a sleek contemporary design that's available in standard and bariatric models. All seating and tables are available with solid wood or brushed steel legs.
Special-T - Relax Series
Whether it is a waiting room, a lounge area, or a cozy gathering space, a clean modern look will impress even the most sophisticated of guests.
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The comfort of home wasn’t the only warm and fuzzy furniture trend. Wood was everywhere at NeoCon and products that support biophilia in the office are on the rise. Don’t expect a return of all-wood desks and wood task chairs. Instead, furniture makers are adding wood accents, wood legs and sumptuous wood table tops. The trend extends beyond wood and could be characterized by the word “natural.” Materials were natural, plants were integrated into designs and vignettes felt warm and cozy.
Quiet Earth Moss - Frames Moss Wall Panels
Elegant and lightweight, Quiet Earth Custom Framed Moss Wall Panels help create a Biophilic experience, scientifically proven to reduce stress, increase productivity, enhance creativity and personal wellness.
Global - Adaptabilities®
With hundreds of components available in a wide selection of color combinations, Adaptabilities provides the ultimate in flexibility and modularity.
Magnuson Group - Conee
Conee painted aluminum planters are available in two sizes and three colors, and come with a drip tray and flowerpot.
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It shouldn’t come as a surprise that colors are becoming softer and more casual as well. NeoCon was filled with muted tones. It is important to note that we are not talking muted earth tones here, though there were a few tans and muddy browns around theMART. These are warm, rich colors — muted golds, purples, blues, greens and reds. These colors added a richness to the furniture we saw at NeoCon that is reminiscent of the late 1960s or early 1970s.
Indiana Furniture - Canvas
Always stylish, comfortable and effortlessly adaptable, Canvas enlivens environments with refined aesthetics born from an appealing mix of materials, finishes and components.
Indiana Furniture - Joy
Find joy at work no matter how hectic the schedule looks. The Joy family of seating is both stylish and highly adjustable.
Magnuson Group - Greencloud Planters
Greencloud planters are available as round standing or hanging flower pots in painted steel and aluminum. Includes molded water saucer and three round flower pots.
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If you thought every possible permutation of meeting pod had already been introduced, think again. Meeting pods of every shape and size were at NeoCon 2022 as companies continue to give workers variety in the office. Even before the pandemic, offices were looking for spaces where small groups could meet or workers could take a private call in open office settings. That need is even greater in a post-pandemic world. That demand showed at NeoCon as many companies added to their phone booth offerings or introduced new products. This trend will surely continue for years to come.
Global - Citi Square™
Global's most popular lounge series has gone uptown with a new metal frame design. Citi Square is also available as a sectional to create a relaxed and personal atmosphere in large open spaces.
Global - Drift™
Drift seating inspires people to come together with new ideas, new priorities and new ways of thinking. The series features lounge and side chairs in multiple back heights with wood or Polished Chrome bases.
Global - Priva™ Acoustic Pod
Priva™ acoustic pods provide a place for personal privacy, focus and online collaboration, away from the commotion of the open office. Integrated ventilation and low-voltage LED lighting are motion-sensor activated to reduce energy consumption.
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