The HON Company opened a 12,000-square-foot Chicago flagship at 320 N. Sangamon Street, Fulton Market, on June 8, as MillerKnoll anchored the same district with nearly 70,000 square feet across eight floors for Design Days, which ran June 8 to 10. Both companies announced their plans before the doors opened.
What opened, and where?
HON's flagship sits on the 11th floor at 320 N. Sangamon, combining the brand's workplace and K-12 education portfolios in one space. In its June 4 announcement, the company describes a floor organized into four zones, the Commons, the Sandbox, the Hub and the Education Lab, each staged to show how people "connect, focus, learn, and collaborate." Jason Heredia, HON's vice president of marketing, said the flagship brings the two portfolios together "in one immersive environment." For a reader planning a kitchen or a home office, the format matters: these are walk-in libraries of finish, scale and function.
Why is MillerKnoll part of the same story?
MillerKnoll anchored the same Design Days from two buildings at 1100 and 1144 West Fulton Market, spanning eight floors and nearly 70,000 square feet. Per the company's June 3 release, the presentation included new products across its collective of brands, including an updated Herman Miller Aeron, Knoll's Dividends Skyline enhancements, a Muuto twentieth-anniversary Coltre sofa preview and Maharam textile collaborations with Paul Smith, Sander Lak and Hella Jongerius. Incoming interim chief executive Jeff Stutz framed the event as a showcase "grounded in insight, technology, and craft."
Does a trade showroom matter to a home?
More than it used to. Flagships like HON's open to dealer partners and customers during district events, and many Fulton Market and Mart showrooms welcome design professionals and their clients year-round by appointment. A homeowner renovating on a schedule can see full-scale environments, compare upholstery against real daylight and note dimensions that catalogues flatten. The practical move is to check a showroom's visitor policy before traveling, and to bring a room's measurements on the day.
Both companies staged their spaces as arguments about how rooms are used, not just as product display. HON's four zones stage gathering, play, focus and learning in sequence, while MillerKnoll's exhibitions included Craft Work, portraits by photographer Balazs Gardi across six of its facilities, and live demonstrations of a Planning AI tool at 1144 West Fulton Market. For anyone tracking where workplace and home design converge, Fulton Market in June was the room to watch.
