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CF Stinson

Patty Madden’s C.A.R.E. x Stinson Too! woven and nonwoven high-performance textiles for healing environments.

Mayer Fabrics

Centric upholstery in polyester and post-consumer recycled polyester.

Extremis

Dirk Wynants’s Walrus outdoor sectional with galvanized-steel frame and legs, weatherproof tarpaulin upholstery, and Sunbrella-covered blankets and pillows (which can tuck into storage concealed in sofa back).

Mantra Inspired Furniture

Matt Cheadle’s Lowe Loop desk benching system in solid wood and steel with divider.

Patcraft

On Neutral Ground EcoWorx-backed carpet tiles in Eco-Solution Q100TM yarn with post-industrial recycled content.

J+J Flooring

Forces of Nature flooring collection in solution-dyed nylon with recycled content.

Designtex Launches a Trio of Graphic Goodies

Give a warm welcome to a trio of dimensional and graphically charged new goodies from the applied materials manufacturer Designtex. Circles decorated with colorful pinstripes animate Roll With It, a digitally printed cellulose-latex wallcovering that brings boundless energy to any room. Cutely named Wannabe Rib is, well, like a rib knit: felt wallcovering made from 100 percent recycled PET with thin vertical linear grooves texturing its soft, fuzzy surface. Then there’s the outdoor upholstery Hillside in solution-dyed Bella-Dura olefin yarn, its bold solid colors embellished with a dazzle camouflage stitch pattern.

These Wallcoverings by Bradley L Bowers for Wolf-Gordon Explore Visual Depth

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BuzziSpace Launches Debut Flooring Collection at NeoCon

Belgian furniture, acoustic, and lighting company BuzziSpace gets down by introducing its first-ever flooring collection, BuzziRugs. In Gold, Seal, Moss, and Jean colorways, the round and rectangular rugs incorporate the brand’s characteristic sound-absorption qualities, crafted with long thread loops for a soft, silky feel that allows chairs on castors to easily glide over. Also new is BuzziSpark Low, which expands Alain Gilles’s hit seating range with a chic sheltering lounge. The upholstered foam shade of BuzziShield Light, a gently curved linear fixture with integrated dimmable LEDs, is embellished with stitch detailing. Finally, BuzziCocoon is a 2.8-inch-thick temporary divider that can be propped atop desks or used as a telephone booth when wall-mounted.

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Oak Eye by Alain van Havre of Ethnicraft

The seat of the solid oak chair by the Belgian maker’s in-house designer perches on angled front legs, but it’s the curved backrest shaped like a winking eye that demands the most attention.

Little Haiti by Elisa Passino for Astek

Miami’s art deco architecture inspired the Italian designer’s digitally printed wallcovering that mixes precise geometry with a risograph-printed texture, all rendered in a pleasing pastel palette.

Umo by Brandon Walker of Stylex

The in-house senior designer crafted these accent tables, made in Upstate New York of solid maple, oak, or walnut, with angular legs that cul­minate in arched porticos where they join the tabletop.

Helio by Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub for Davis

Adding to their steel table collection introduced four years ago, the Jehs + Laub cofounders debut a rounded rectangular shape in three sizes and heights that are perfect for nesting.

Ghia by Jeannette Altherr, Delphine Désile, and Dennis Park for Arper

Create an artful cluster or constellation with the Altherr Désile Park partners’s system of low-slung tables offered in a dizzying array of heights, forms, and finishes that go with everything.

Baya by Béatrice Bostvironnois of Larsen

The design director of the decidedly modern fabric house founded by Jack Lenor Larsen em­broidered shapes inspired by land­scape forms on linen available in two colorways.

Forsi by Harald Gründl, Martin Bergmann, and Gernot Bohmann for Keilhauer

The upholstered conference chair by the founders of frequent collaborator EOOS comes in a unique “working lounge” height meant to encourage creative thought in relaxed collaborative spaces.

Buffer by Jonathon Kemnitzer for Loftwall

Just aluminum and PET compose the KEM Studio cofounder’s clean-lined partition meant to bestow privacy with the utmost minimalism (note the lack of visible hardware).

This Modular Sofa by Stefan Borselius Snakes Around Any Space

This year, a slinky, snaky form welcomes NeoCon-goers at the entry of the Scandinavian Spaces showroom on the 11th floor. It’s Spino by Stefan Borselius, a modular sofa system by Skandiform now available with a slimmer curve creating a rounded 90-degree corner. “Spino is growing and doesn’t want to be restricted,” Borselius says. The new pieces—still perched on a gravity-defying upside-down triangle base—have been adapted so that they can be positioned back-to-back or eye-to-eye or other configurations. The modules can take wider turns across the room, accommodate sharp corners, make tight U-turns in compact spaces, or line up straight as an arrow. Through Scandinavian Spaces.

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This Learning Center in Istanbul by Stüdyo AB Encourages Play and Curiosity

IIDA winner.

When tasked with an indoor playground and learning center situated on the second floor of a bustling shopping mall, architect Asli Baysan Birgen drew inspiration from the motto of her client, Cocoon Istanbul: “playful learning.” “We aimed to promote curiosity and let kids use their imagination,” says Baysan Birgen, whose Stüdyo AB, the Turkish studio she founded in 2015, won this category for projects by firms with five or fewer employees. “Our work had to address developmental needs of various age groups as well as ensure their safety,” she adds. Cocoon’s 20,000-square-foot, semi-open floor plan accommodates a panoply of tactile, age-appropriate activity zones for infants, tod­dlers, and preteens, as well as a café and a bookstore for their parents.

Eschewing the bright tones and plastic accessories commonly associated with children’s spaces, Baysan Birgen gravitated toward a gentle palette: Walls, arches, and seating areas are swathed in soft pastel fabrics, accentuated by bleached beech paneling and beams. She worked closely with local contractors to design and produce child-size furniture and fixtures, including the custom Corian sinks in the restroom.

One of many bespoke features, a curvilinear playhouse without walls or a roof, inspires children to use it as a cave, reading nook, or balcony. Above, daylight filters through dreamy wallpaper, evocative of Ebru, a traditional Turkish marbling art, and inspired by Cocoon’s branding. “We did our best to give kids their first taste of design,” Baysan Birgen concludes, “and trigger their appetite for aesthetics.”

Art on theMART Presents a Hypnotic Video Work by Nick Cave Projected onto its Facade

It’s not just NeoCon that’s drawing crowds to theMart this spring. Art on theMart, launched in 2018 by executive director Cynthia Noble to expand commission opportunities for artists and engage new community stakeholders, presents Ba Boom Boom Pa Pop Pop, a new video work by Nick Cave that’s being pro­jected twice nightly on the 1930 building’s expansive art deco facade through September 7. Expect to see Cave’s iconic Soundsuits—figures masked in head-to-toe costumes concealing race, gender, and class—in jubilant, kaleidoscopic motion. The installation coincides with his career-spanning solo show, “Forothermore,” on view through October 2 a mile away at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Fun fact: Art on theMart is the world’s largest permanent digital art projection.