Design Chicago, the Midwest’s largest, most immersive residential design conference, will welcome leading interior design, architecture and luxury custom home-building professionals from across the Midwest, as well as coast-to-coast. All programming in the more than 120 showrooms across 600,000 square feet on the Merchandise Mart’s 1st, 6th and 14th floors, is complimentary to the trade-only audience.
The two-day event will showcase 39 featured presentations and 25 CEU programs featuring industry luminaries, along with 50 open houses, 56 featured product debuts and newly opened showrooms ready to be explored.
The conference will feature notable members of the design community including Jonathan Adler (The Shade Store, Suite 105), Christopher Peacock (Christopher Peacock, Suite 148) and Mick De Giulio (de Giulio kitchen design, Suite 121); design expert and TV personality Vern Yip (Fabricut, 6-117); Eva Quateman (deAurora, Suite 1499); author and furniture designer Marshall Watson (Edwards Ferrell + Lewis Mittman, Suite 1483); along with CEU presentations from Joyce Romanoff (Maya Romanoff, Suite 6-167); Chad Stark (STARK, Suite 6-102); Sue Wadden (Sherwin-Williams, 1448 conference center); and award-winning architect Julie Hacker, FAIA (Pella Crafted Luxury, Suite 100.