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contents
the product issue
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18
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26
Editorial
The List:
Nine new books to
inspire you
Product Focus:
The Etc. by National
Product Trend:
Soft Landscapes
62
Industry News
Viewpoint:
Michael Bonomo
on designing for a
data-obsessed
generation
Product Focus:
Lauren Rottet for
Visual Comfort & Co.
Product Briefs:
Products that Work
30
Designer You Should Know:
KImberly Dowdell
34
feature
Where do we go from here?
Experts weigh in on the future of design
44
Designing Better Cities:
60
Matrix: Lighting
CBT envisions a human-centered future through
emerging technologies
By Paul Makovsky
50
Viacom Global Entertainment Group
62
Matrix: Innovative
Materials
64
Matrix: Kitchen and Bath
HOK
By Sheila Kim
56
Front of Haus
Designtex shines a light on two of the Bauhaus school's most
extraordinary women weavers
By Anna Zappia
68
awards
IIDA Best of Asia Pacific 2019
78
Designers Select:
Furnishings
80
Exhibition
"...And Other Such Stories,"
the 2019 Chicago Architecture
Biennial
26
volume 60 issue 10
cover: Desert Light carpet designed by Rockwell Group in collaboration with Shaw Contract
photography: courtesy Shaw Contract
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Contract Magazine - December 2019
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
The List: Nine new books to inspire you
Viewpoint: Michael Bonomo on designing for a data-obsessed generation
Product Focus: The Etc. by National
Product Focus: Lauren Rottet for Visual Comfort & Co.
Product Trend: Soft Landscapes
Product Briefs: Products that Work
Designer You Should Know: KImberly Dowdell
Where do we go from here? Experts weigh in on the future of design
Designing Better Cities: CBT envisions a human-centered future through emerging technologies
Viacom Global Entertainment Group HOK
Designtex shines a light on two of the Bauhaus school’s most extraordinary women weavers
Matrix: Lighting
Matrix: Kitchen and Bath
Matrix: Innovative Materials
Matrix: Kitchen and Bath
IIDA Best of Asia Pacific 2019
Designers Select: Furnishings
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Contract Magazine - December 2019
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Contents
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 8
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 9
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Editorial
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 11
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 12
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 13
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Industry News
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 15
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - The List: Nine new books to inspire you
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 17
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Viewpoint: Michael Bonomo on designing for a data-obsessed generation
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 19
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Product Focus: The Etc. by National
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 21
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Product Focus: Lauren Rottet for Visual Comfort & Co.
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 23
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Product Trend: Soft Landscapes
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 25
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Product Briefs: Products that Work
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 28
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - 29
Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Designer You Should Know: KImberly Dowdell
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Where do we go from here? Experts weigh in on the future of design
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Designing Better Cities: CBT envisions a human-centered future through emerging technologies
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Viacom Global Entertainment Group HOK
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Designtex shines a light on two of the Bauhaus school’s most extraordinary women weavers
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Matrix: Lighting
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Matrix: Innovative Materials
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Contract Magazine - December 2019 - Matrix: Kitchen and Bath
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