designchicagomag.com designchicagomag.com THE MART DESIGN CHICAGO 37 36 DESIGN CHICAGO THE MART In this Lincoln Park home, Julie Mitchiner of JAM Interior Design, was tasked with deconstructing the open floor plan to create a separate entry space. Mitchiner added a partition wall painted in a Benjamin Moore black and an intensely colored floral wallcovering by Schumacher . The dark palette has the effect of making the space seem larger. Console table and stools by CAI Designs . photography by dustin halleck Mark Schubert, principal and founder of M2 Design Lab (formerly Phillip Harrison Interiors), has opened his first working studio in Bucktown, Chicago. The space embodies the brand’s bold, bespoke, and urban-elegant aesthetic, balancing functionality and luxury and including an open collaborative design studio and flexible client presentation areas. Lighting by Visual Comfort , and furnishings by Arteriors , Modern Forms , and Caracole , all through CAI Designs . 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 616 I Chicago, Illinois 60654 Architect/Designer: Heidi Lightner Architects | Summer Thornton Design Photographer: Thomas Loof 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 616 I Chicago, Illinois 60654 Architect/Designer: Heidi Lightner Architects | Summer Thornton Design Photographer: Thomas Loof