T Is For Talent

Metropolis showcased four emerging talents in a vibrant installation at NeoCon 2017.

- Dora Vanette

This year’s NeoCon, held at the Mart in Chicago from June 12 to 14, once again gave industry leaders an opportunity to showcase their best and boldest work. At the same time, the team at the Mart doubled down on their efforts to provide a platform for emerging talents, turning to Metropolis for a second year in a row to help give a voice to a new generation of designers.

As part of this endeavor, Metropolis, with the help of Chicago-based architecture studio Design With Company, curated the exhibit T Is for Talent!, which highlighted the work of up-and-coming studios Branch, Norma, Studio Gorm, and Moving Mountains.

In designing the installation, which needed to command a strong visual presence within a small physical footprint in the lobby of the Mart, Design With Company co- founders Stewart Hicks and

Allison Newmeyer found inspiration in