NeoCon is where the biggest ideas and boldest innovations debut. Explore 400 leading and emerging companies launching thousands of cutting-edge new products.
The Best of NeoCon Submission Site will Open March 1
Best of NeoCon 2025 will showcase products across 43 product categories, selected by a diverse jury of leading architects, designers, specifiers, and facility managers with expertise spanning commercial, healthcare, institutional, and hospitality sectors.
We’re thrilled to share the news that renowned Spanish manufacturer Andreu World will more than double its footprint at THE MART in a move that further solidifies the landmark building as a vibrant center for innovation and development within the design industry. The new showroom, a 20,000 square-foot suite on the third floor, is scheduled to be completed ahead of #NeoCon2025!
Pantone's Color of the Year, Mocha Mousse, is redefining workplaces and public interiors, creating welcoming spaces perfect for balancing bold accents or fostering calm, inclusive environments. NeoCon Exhibitor, Ultrafabrics, is embracing the quiet luxury of this inviting shade!
Designers are embracing rich and vibrant jewel tones to add sophistication to workspaces and public environments. NeoCon Exhibitor, Prostoria, uses rich hues like emerald, ruby, sapphire, and amethyst to bring depth and elegance, making a striking statement across upholstered seating, lounge chairs, and accent tables.
The new UTLX offices in Chicago are a strong example of how workplace design is evolving to meet both current and future needs. Designed by Whitney Architects, the space reflects a growing trend toward hospitality-inspired environments that encourage employees to return to the office for in-person connection and collaboration with the use of products from multiple NeoCon 2025 Exhibitors.
Art begets art. Bold begets bold. So it stands to reason that a bold artistic workplace interior will bolster a creative workforce. NeoCon 2025 Exhibitor, Zintra, uses pattern play to bring creative spaces to life!
NeoCon offers a compelling series of highly topical and inspirational programs. Gain insight and inspiration from foremost design and business experts with a powerful line up of world class presentations and accredited programming.
NeoCon 2025 Programming Registration Opens April 1
This year, NeoCon will offer daily on-site keynotes and featured presentations, a well-rounded roster of virtual and on-site CEU sessions from an impressive roster of leading industry experts, in addition to NeoCon Talks; 20-minute conversations between inspirers, disrupters, leaders, and influencers, both inside and outside the industry.
Monday Keynote - Annie Jean Baptiste, Author, Building for Everyone
Today, innovation in design is critical to the lifeblood of creators, and a top priority for clients and consumers alike. Creating and designing inclusive spaces and experiences doesn't happen by accident. Come learn practical tips and hear relevant use cases to create for multifaceted consumers.
Tuesday Keynote - Alice Rawsthorn, Author of Design as an Attitude and Co-Founder of Design Emergency podcast
Alice Rawsthorn will share her vision of design at NeoCon 2025 as an eclectic, open-ended agent of change that can help us all to live safely, fairly, and prosperously by developing ingenious solutions to the complex social, economic, and ecological challenges we face.
Wednesday Keynote - Chris Barton, Founder & Creator, Shazam
Technology & A.I. are dramatically changing what’s possible in our world. Our challenge as we create new things is to dislodge from the comfort of what we already know. Chris inspires with jaw-dropping stories about creating Shazam and shows how innovation comes from not just an idea, but from a series of insights to overcome obstacles along the way.
NeoCon serves as the hub for the commercial design community, uniting its designers, architects, end-users, manufacturers, dealers, service providers, associations, educators, students and media each year in June. Connect with more than 50,000 fellow design professionals from around the world with a non-stop schedule of events and celebrations.
Designing a Better Chicago, a NeoCon After Party
Join us for NeoCon's after party at the stunning new venue of Secrist Beach, graciously hosted by the Design Museum of Chicago. Let’s raise a toast to another triumphant year of visionary international design and extended a warm welcome to the recipients of the Designing a Better Chicago Award, an impactful program by NeoCon and the Driehaus Foundation.
Now on the NeoCon blog, Von Robinson, award-winning industrial designer and Founder of Play Orbit, explores how healthcare furniture can go beyond function, using design to enhance wellness through comfort, emotion, and connection. Click the link below to learn how design can engage users on emotional, physical, and cognitive levels, using insights from neuroscience and biophilia.
In the latest issue of Converge, the magazine of the contract interior tenants in THE MART, officeinsight takes a look at the role of dealers and independent reps. Read the full issue at the link below.
Discover how neuroinclusive design is transforming workplaces to support everyone. In NeoCon’s latest “From the Community” blog, Kay Sargent of HOK shares key strategies—choice, variety, and control—that create sensory-friendly, inclusive environments benefiting individuals and businesses alike. Read the full story below!
Each year, NeoCon spotlights thousands of innovative products for commercial interiors—spaces where we live, work, play, and heal—and serves as a barometer for prevailing and emerging movements in design. Click the link below to learn more about neuroaesthetics on display at #NeoCon2024 in our latest blog post!
In this issue, Converge caught up with Jesús Llinares, CEO of Andreu World, who discussed the brand's major showroom expansion on the 3rd floor of THE MART and its significance for the company's success in North America.
Embracing storytelling in design allows for the potential to create environments that resonate deeply with others, shaping meaningful human experiences in a rapidly changing world. Our latest article, penned by Best of NeoCon 2024 juror Suzanne Lefebvre of CannonDesign, examines the profound impact of immersive design and human connectivity, which can transform spaces into dynamic experiences that engage the senses and “stir the soul.”
In this second issue of Converge, hear from companies that used their new and reimagined showrooms at THE MART during NeoCon to boost awareness of their brands, attract new audiences and establish themselves as trusted sources to the scores of attendees who visited.
Our latest article, penned by Future Today Institute's Mark Bryan, provides takeaways from IIDA's NeoCon 2024 Featured Presentation, “The Future of Experience,” including the growing need for designers to embrace storytelling, create sensory experiences, and utilize generative AI.
We’re excited to announce the inaugural edition of Converge, a magazine-within-a-magazine dedicated to everything happening at THE MART. As Rob Kirkbride puts it, “let's start the conversation about this community, which has had such an incredible impact on our industry and its success." Converge will be published quarterly in officeinsight. Happy reading!
NeoConversations, offers a deep dive into the world of NeoCon! Dynamic host Amy Devers (Clever Podcast) guides listeners through the ins and outs of the event.
