NeoCon 2018 Preview – Part 1: Events & Education

by Susan Avery | May 7th, 2018

And so it begins! NeoCon season is here, and it’s an especially celebratory one. This year the beloved show, North America’s largest design expo and conference for commercial interiors, will host its 50th edition June 11-13 at the Merchandise Mart. 50 years is meaningful for that number’s indication of strength and endurance – something the Mart has safeguarded through the years.  Most recently, this longevity showed itself a few years ago in the form of large-scale renovations to NeoCon’s home at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. The updates to a historical giantess of a building are timeless, beautiful and thoughtful, gracefully gliding the building into its modern identity that we all enjoy today. Organizers expect more than 50,000 architecture and design professionals during the three-day event.  And interior products companies continue to swarm NeoCon – a sign of the show’s vitality and ability to evolve and shift gears. In 2018 that evolution …