design:retail - July 2018 - 28

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Spring New York
Market Week 2018

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HE PREMIER New York Market Week

kicked off its spring 2018 rendition,
running May 21-25, featuring retailfocused events, such as design:retail
HONORS, the Conference Crawl, ICFF,
RDI International Design Awards, NYCxDESIGN and
a consortium of retail design showrooms-the NYC
Partners for Creative Retail.

It's.
All.
Happening.

At the annual design:retail HONORS event,
design:retail recognized the 40 Under 40 recipients
and the winner of the 2018 Markopoulos Award,
Anne Kong, followed by an After Party at Manex/
France Display in partnership with RDI New York.
Debuting for the first time, the Conference Crawl
saw impressive turnout for sessions and panels
that took place in the New York showrooms of the

← 2018 Markopoulos Award winner Anne Kong
moderated a panel of 40 Under 40 honorees from the
2018 class at Bernstein Display.
↓ Attendees got
interactive at Mondo
Mannequins/Econoco,
posing as part of the
installation by guest
artist J Con at the
#crawlagram station.

← Universal Display &
Design Inc. offered an
intimate Q&A with Roe
Palermo, divisional vice
president, merchandise
presentation and store
visual, Lord & Taylor.

↓ JPMA Global Inc.'s Spring
Cocktail Party wrapped up the
long day with plenty of drinks and
mingling, and a glimpse at their
capabilities as seen in various
vignettes around the showroom.

↑ A demonstration
on 3-D design and
prototyping at Genesis
Mannequins.

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↑ WINDOW FRANCE hosted a
presentation on creative props
and décor in their showroom.

GLOBALSHOP.ORG

↑ Andy Hearle, director of Vitra
Retail North America, moderated a
Markopoulos Circle panel discussion
at the Vitra showroom to kick things
off. Panelists: Ignaz Gorischek, vice
president, CallisonRTKL; Judy Bell,
chief energetic officer, Energetic Retail;
Denny Gerdeman, co-founder and
co-chairman, Chute Gerdeman; Harry
Cunningham, vice president/creative
services, Vera Bradley.
← design:retail
Editor in Chief
Alison Embrey
Medina gave
her trends
presentation
at Noa Brands'
penthouse
showroom.

↓ At Manex/France Display, ZenGenius helped
run "#NAILEDIT...The Visual Merchandising
Challenge," where attendees competed to recreate
a "cake" made from apparel and accessories.

↑ Attendees at the Architectural
Systems Inc. showroom got to watch
a live abstract art performance by
artist Jonathan Chanduvi.

NYC Partners for Creative Retail. The NYC Partners
for Creative Retail include: Architectural Systems
Inc., Bernstein Display, DK Display Corp., Genesis
Mannequins, JPMA Global Inc., Manex/France
Display, Mondo Mannequins/Econoco, Noa Brands,
Shaw Contract, Universal Display & Design Inc.,
Vitra and WINDOW FRANCE.
Check out Conference Crawl highlights below:

New York Market Week's Winter 2018 edition will
run Dec. 3-7. For more info, visit designretailonline.
com/marketweek.
- Jessie Dowd

Photos by PHILIP MAURO/JESSIE DOWD
http://www.DESIGNRETAILONLINE.COM http://www.GLOBALSHOP.ORG
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