Explore NeoCon with VDG
With a commitment to expertise, we cultivate fresh perspectives, explore new solutions, and foster an environment where innovation is key. In search of the latest and greatest, our team headed to Chicago for? NeoCon ?2023, the world’s leading show for commercial interiors.?
Our Design Director,? Jason Diaz , is a long-time NeoCon attendee, and this year he had the unique opportunity to be a 2023 Best of NeoCon Juror. Leading up to the convention, Jason spent a few extra days in Chicago with other influential designers, architects, manufacturers, and respected leaders in the design industry. The Jurors gathered at? THE MART ?to assess over 300 product entries that are impacting the future of design.?
Our designers returned to Atlanta with insights about the workplace in a post-pandemic world, where the human experience is prioritized and a balanced, productive, and collaborative space is essential. Read some of our key takeaways from our time in Chicago:
Furniture Embracing Architecture
With a continued desire to get employees back in the office and excited to be there, furniture manufacturers are developing and improving modular and mobile furniture solutions. These furniture pieces are a growing trend due to their ability to delineate space without fixed architecture. With a range of heights and varying levels of privacy, modular and mobile furniture solutions provide flexibility for an ever-evolving workplace.
Me & We Spaces
Flexible and innovative use of space is extremely important and directly connected to the success of RTO (Return to Office). The transition to fewer private offices and smaller private office footprints is gaining traction as furniture solutions offer generous accommodations within a smaller footprint allowing for more “We Space” rather than “Me Space.”
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Materiality & Tactility
Human connection and a sense of comfort are vital to the office return integration. Many manufacturers are diving into the human experience to develop products that evoke a sense of calm, comfort, and camaraderie to both the elements and each other.
Designing for the Senses
Researchers, manufacturers, and designers are expanding beyond the visual experience of the built environment. Sound, touch, and even the aromatic experience are being folded into elements of the design to round out a space’s sensory impact taking into account neurodiversity and well-being.?
Direct & Indirect Sense of Nature
Incorporating natural elements, whether biophilic-inspired or physical flora, helps soften hard materials and spaces while contributing to mental health and wellness.?