Experience Materials for Furniture and Interior Design Up Close at NeoCon 2025
The Event: Material Intelligence: Destination NeoCon 2025
When: 9 - 11 June
Where: 7-5067, 7th floor, THE MART, Chicago, IL
Why: Material Choices Matter
NeoCon® | June 9–11, 2025 | THE MART, Chicago
NeoCon has served as the world’s leading platform and most important event of the year for the commercial interior design industry since 1969. A launch pad for innovation—NeoCon offers ideas and introductions that shape the built environment today and into the future. The exhibition is complemented by first-class educational and inspirational programming offering expertise and insight into the most relevant topics in the industry today. NeoCon also 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 and experience the delight of downtown Chicago in June. Visit neocon.com for additional information.
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Material Intelligence: Destination NeoCon
Material Intelligence is a materials specification resource for furniture producers, interior designers, architects, and students. Kenn Busch, founder of Material Intelligence and ClimatePositiveNOW.org, launched the first Materials Pavilion installation at NeoCon in 2008. Kenn writes for I+S Design, Metropolis, and other commercial interiors publications, and has been creating CEU content for architects and designers for decades.
Material choices matter. Every successful commercial project begins with selecting materials and components that meet your demands for performance, sustainability, and budget—without sacrificing your design goals. Material Intelligence is curating an experiential, educational installation where designers can see and handle a wide range of materials, finishes, and components currently used in top commercial projects. You’ll also find answers to your challenges and inspiration for your projects from the materials experts staffing our space.
Material Intelligence: Destination NeoCon is proud to be a featured NeoCon experience in 2025.