"This showroom creates its own environment, one that is fresh but is also a good backdrop for the furniture," said the jury, words of praise that define the ideal for any display space. "The design is sublime, particularly in the new way of using glass," they continued. The 23,000-square-foot flagship showroom in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart needed to use commonplace materials to reflect the client’s corporate values of economy and honest use of materials. The 200-foot perimeter exhibit wall is composed of dynamically faceted glass panels mortised into a recycled clear glass and white epoxy floor, which flows onto low benches that engage the free-floating reception desk and island kitchen. Overlapping pinned glass panels that curve through the space are used as enclosing walls on four conference rooms. These etched glass panels absorb the multi-colored light, which is programmed to change throughout the day, so that they can be either clear or obscure at the flip of a switch.