For Show

Mannington Commercial’s Atlanta showroom

Mannington Commercial’s new show room in Atlanta is specially designed to tell the flooring company’s story: about its people, process and products. Corgan, designers of the showroom (and one of the nation’s leading architecture and interior design firms), asked Widgets & Stone to create various installations throughout the building to help tell the Mannington Story.

Collaborating with the client, Corgan Architects, Range Projects and a variety of sign makers, Widgets & Stone helped to design beautiful displays, structural infographics, bright neons and historical murals along with simple interior and exterior identification signs.

Design Direction: Mandy Lamb; Design: Travis Hitchcock, Stephanie Fast, Paul Rustand, Brad Dicharry; Sign Painting and Interior Production: Jason Meyer, Brian Burden, Range Projects.

Pattern of Place

Mannington Showroom 2015

Widgets & Stone directed the full scale redesign of the Mannington Commercial Showroom in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago for the fourth year in a row. The designs showcase new products in a visually exciting and memorable way, both on the floor and in wall displays.

This year’s showroom design theme was “The Pattern of Place,” derived from the great cities and sites that influenced 2015’s new product introductions. There was a heavy emphasis on highly graphic patterns inspired by everything from tire tracks in LA to the cacti of Tucson and the city grids of DC.

Each display reinterpreted the pattern of each product, utilizing a grey veneer that cohesively brought a sophisticated hospitality feel to the space. Highly patterned pendant lights from Finland complemented the theme, and Built-ins provided functional storage for presentations while doubling as seating. Custom furniture added to the loungy feel and encouraged clients to linger longer.

Design Direction/Art Direction: Mandy Meredith; Designers: Amy Trumbull, Kerry O’Connor, Travis Hitchcock, Matt Greenwell, Bradley Dicharry; Fabrication/Design-Build: Range Projects.