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Photos by: Eric Laignel

AFTER

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offer views of the city's legendary Michigan
A Convivial Convergence
Throughout the office, Heiser carefully
Avenue, the Chicago River, and a lush plaza.
curated dozens of products donated by
The natural light and unobstructed scenery
IIDA Industry members. The corridor's
invite members, staff, and industry leaders
seating areas feature contemporary
to stroll the 15-foot-wide (4.6-meter-wide)
Herman Miller lounge chairs placed
corridor that runs the length of the office,
on Oscar Isberian rugs accented by lights
which Heiser likens to Mies van der Rohe's
from Artemide and accessories, selected
pavilion designs, including the Barcelona
by his colleague Daniel Krause, from
Pavilion in Spain. Sitting areas are positioned
Pagoda Red. And the IDEA Studio, the
throughout the corridor and provide team
headquarter's multipurpose event space,
members a place to work and interact
boasts not just one Maya Romanoff wall
untethered from their desks.
covering, but 10. "We tend to celebrate the
Heiser extended that sense of openness
-Todd Heiser,
designer," Heiser says. "We don't always
and community to the lobby. When visitors
IIDA
celebrate the brush or the paint they used.
entered the former IIDA offices in Chicago's
In this project, the manufacturers are the brush and paint,
Merchandise Mart, they encountered an expansive
and I'm merely the hand that put them on the canvas."
event-like space. "You had to search for the people, for
The amalgamation of so many different elements could
the energy of the association," he says. "They were tucked
have easily been overwhelming, but Heiser says the ceiling
away." Now, when visitors enter the new office, "they walk
and floor helped bring the design together. Heiser's team
right into the center of the space. The entry is a celebration
exposed the space's iconic waffle slab ceiling, which suggests
of everyone coming together," he says.
the city's grid and serves as the organizational framework.
The spacious square lobby features a reception desk
"Uncovering that grid allowed the building to sing," Heiser
that doubles as a communal table. Its burned wood,
says. The corridor's contrasting concrete floors serve as a
created with the shou sugi ban technique, nods to the
Great Chicago Fire of 1871, while the lobby's walls
neutral palette for the vibrant furniture and rugs.
showcase a rendering of the 1909 Plan of Chicago by
Heiser hopes the final story is a celebration of an
architects Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett. The
association that represents more than 15,000 commercial
lobby's vibrant mosaic floor sets the tone for the entire
interior designers from 58 countries. "Every interior
space. "I call it a large disco ball that dropped on the floor
designer who practices was an inspiration for this space,"
and exploded," Heiser says.
Heiser says.

I didn't want
it to feel like
Todd Heiser's
project. I
wanted it
to be [the
association's]
project.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017

IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017
Contents
From IIDA
Sum of Its Parts
Talk, Talk
Pre/Post
Data Viz
I Design
The Year in Design
Designs That Defined
A Show of Strength
Heat Map
Next-Gen Vision
Air of Anticipation
Scratch Pad
Insider Intel
IIDA News + Updates
Why This Design Works
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Cover2
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 1
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Contents
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 3
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 4
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - From IIDA
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Sum of Its Parts
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 7
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Talk, Talk
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 9
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Pre/Post
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 11
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Data Viz
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 13
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - I Design
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 15
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - The Year in Design
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 17
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 18
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 19
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 20
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 21
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 22
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 23
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Designs That Defined
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 25
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 26
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 27
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 28
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 29
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - A Show of Strength
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 31
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 32
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 33
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 34
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 35
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Heat Map
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 37
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Next-Gen Vision
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 39
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 40
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 41
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 42
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 43
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Air of Anticipation
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 45
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 46
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 47
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 48
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 49
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Scratch Pad
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 51
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Insider Intel
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 53
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - IIDA News + Updates
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - 55
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Why This Design Works
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Cover3
IIDA Perspective - Fall/Winter 2017 - Cover4
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