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Emerging Themes from NeoCon and Design Days 2026
NeoCon and Design Days always put on a show, bringing the best of interior design innovation to Chicago. Across dozens of showrooms at the Merchandise Mart and Fulton Market, three themes surfaced: an embrace of color palettes that are warm, immersive, and emotionally resonant; a return to 1970s-influenced forms and retro-futurist references; and a celebration of natural materials, expressed through tactility, visible craft, and attention to detail. Corgan’s Chicago Workplace studio, led by Emily Frazer-Smith, reflects on the trends that stood out to them in 2026:
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