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Editorial
Show Director's Letter
PHOTOGRAPHY: GARRETT ROWLAND (TOP LEFT), EITAN GAMLIELI (TOP RIGHT), ERIC LAIGNEL (BOTTOM)
design intersections
Industry News
Viewpoint: Joan
Blumenfeld on interior
design's gender problem
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Product Briefs: Acoustic Solutions
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Designer You Should Know: Betsy Vohs
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The Nordic
Studio BV | Minneapolis
by Hayley Arsenault
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34 design intersections
Hybrid forms that are changing the way we live, work, and play
by Contract Staff
46 lighting as an amenity
Three illuminating case studies
by Sheila Kim
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LiveRamp
Studio O+A | San Francisco
by Beatrice Spinoza
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Matrix: Innovative Materials
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Matrix: Lighting
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Matrix: Tile & Stone Preview
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Designers Select:
Products for Amenity
Spaces
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Exhibition: Eileen Gray
volume 61 issue 2
cover: Humble Pizza, London
photography: Courtesy of Child Studio
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Show Director’s Letter
Viewpoint: Joan Blumenfeld on interior design’s gender problem
Product Briefs: Acoustic Solutions
Designer You Should Know: Betsy Vohs
The Nordic Studio BV | Minneapolis
design intersections
lighting as an amenity
LiveRamp
Matrix: Innovative Materials
Matrix: Lighting
Matrix: Tile & Stone Preview
Designers Select: Products for Amenity Spaces
Exhibition: Eileen Gray
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - Industry News
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - Show Director’s Letter
Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - 21
Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - Viewpoint: Joan Blumenfeld on interior design’s gender problem
Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - 23
Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - Product Briefs: Acoustic Solutions
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - 26
Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - 27
Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - Designer You Should Know: Betsy Vohs
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - The Nordic Studio BV | Minneapolis
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - design intersections
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - lighting as an amenity
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - Matrix: Innovative Materials
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - Matrix: Lighting
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - Matrix: Tile & Stone Preview
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Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - 69
Contract Magazine - February/March 2020 - Designers Select: Products for Amenity Spaces
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