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The Student NonTech Design Charette was a success! Tuesday of NeoCon 2012, Jim and Vince proctored the event, guiding the students as they went through the program, gathered samples from NeoCon showrooms and exhibits, sketched out their ideas, and brought their charette concept together into a presentation, all in 6 hours!





At 3:00, design time was up, and presentations began! The student teams each proposed their solutions for the Merchandise Mart’s South Lobby to the three judges for the event, Debbie Carruthers of DIRTT, Jim Williamson of IIDA and Gensler, and Tom Marquardt of marquardt+, who then deliberated afterwards to select a winner and first runner up.



On Wednesday the IIDA awards ceremony was hosted by DIRTT Environmental Solutions at their Chicago Showroom, where Monica DeAngelis of IIDA and Tom announced the winners and runners up, and gave a special award for the most professionally enthusiastic individual during presentation!



Overall, it was a great event and really got the students thinking low-tech, rather than going straight to the computer, and involved them with NeoCon in a much more inclusive way. Make sure to watch for it again next year!

pictures courtesy of IIDA

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marquardt+ is working with IIDA on a new event for this year’s NeoCon: A tech-free student design charette! Groups from various design schools will work as teams from 9:30-3:00 on Tuesday, the 12th, to create a fantastic concept based on a design brief, which will include programming, rendering, all that fun, but no tech is allowed! Many students today go straight onto the computer and have lost a lot of the joy and interesting turns that can come from working by hand, so it was important to us that this process gets back into students’ minds.

m+ has been heavily involved in the process, writing the program and design problem. Vince from our office, and Jim, principal and founder of our sister firm Gridwerk Architecture, will be facilitating the charette on Tuesday!

   

Be sure to stop by booth 7-2067 and check out all the fabulous work! Winners will be announced Wednesday of NeoCon at the official IIDA Awards Reception hosted by DIRTT. Everyone’s already talking about it; it’s sure to be exciting, and will hopefully become an annual event!

IIDA announcement
Architizer’s Guide to NeoCon 2012

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Maya Romanoff’s Flagship Showroom just turned one year old! We had a great time at the party, sponsored by CS Interiors, and we can’t wait for all the parties in the coming years!

To see learn more about the showroom, be sure to visit our Case Study.

Photography in this post by Shelley Anderson of Cage + Aquarium

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The Merchandise Mart is going through a transition right now, as all the showrooms on 16-18 are being relocated. Are you one of those companies? Let us help you with your new showroom!

Call us at 773.227.0007 or email Lauren!

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…are you ready? Make sure your brand really sings this NeoCon. Give us a call, and be sure to check out marquardtplus.com to see what we’ve done for others…

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Tom Marquardt, James Wild and Lauren Haras from our office had the privilege of attending the Maya Romanoff Grand Opening Reception a couple of weeks back. Although only approximately 550 sq ft, Architectural Digest and the Romanoffs’ really packed them in at the D&D building!

Photo of Maya Romanoff before his potrait in the background.

Here is Maya Romanoff in the foreground in front of his portrait that is implemented into the design of the space. When asked what he thought of the space he responded to Tom, “I look at it and see me…” We couldn’t have received a better compliment!

Overall shot of the party and space.

Photo of (from the left): Lauren Haras, David Berkowitz, Tom Marquardt, Joyce Romanoff, James Wild
From the left: Lauren Haras, David Berkowitz, Tom Marquardt, Joyce Romanoff and James Wild

Photo of custom designed lighting by Tom Marquardt of marquardt+.
Custom designed light fixtures by Tom Marquardt of marquardt+ with Maya Romanoff wall covering applied

The Romanoff Family.

All in all it was a great night, with great people who just happen to be our clients! Thank you for being our client, and more importantly, our friends!

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marquardt+ is pleased to see the Maya Romanoff NYC Showroom open and completed! The space, while smaller, maintains the same feeling and aesthetic from the Maya Romanoff Flagship Showroom in Chicago, and everyone is quite happy with how it turned out. Make sure to visit the space [Suite 922] the next time you’re in the D&D Building!

Professional shots will be coming soon, but here are a few shots by Jim Wild of our office to tide you over.

Initial view from the corridor, looking in with partially opened doors.

We’re particularly pleased with the custom LED light fixtures designed by Tom Marquardt specially for the space. All hardware is rubbed antique bronze with Romanoff Meditations on the 5′-0″ tall cylinder, and Romanoff Fabricadazzle in three graduating colors on the eccentric circle chandelier with an offset suspension rod and bronze outrigger cable for support.

The 9′-0″ tall pull-out panels from the Chicago Showroom appear here as well, creating a curve along two of the walls in the space. This more closely shows how it would look on your wall compared to a small sample in your hand.

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