The furniture store’s interior design business has taken over the second-floor space above Candyality, turning what was a two-bedroom apartment into an office and design studio. Scout has done some other expanding in Andersonville. It’s been a remarkable response.”Ĭredit: Courtesy Concept Scout and Côncept owner Larry Vodak. “Home furnishings is exploding right now, because people are spending so much time at home,” Vodak said. He is considering hosting future pop-ups as long as he can continue to source such furniture. The business has been approached by chambers of commerce and antique mall managers throughout the area to bring the pop-up to other locations, Vodak said. The opening weekend was one of the best Vodak has ever done as a businessman, he said. “It’s furniture that has simple, clean lines, almost an architectural sense,” Vodak said.Ĭôncept has been a big hit thus far, Vodak said. A 1940s-era stainless steel countertop available at Côncept comes from a defunct Kentucky ice cream shop. Some pieces were sourced from the former offices of famed architects, including lounge chairs from the offices of Helmut Jahn and granite tables from the former offices of Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Vodak said. Pieces available at Côncept come from well-known designers like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Charles and Ray Eames.
It’s been very exciting for us.” Credit: Courtesy Côncept Côncept includes furniture sourced from the former offices of architects like Helmut Jahn and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
“We got the idea to do a temporary space. “We’ve been collecting some really nice, pedigreed, midcentury pieces that weren’t easy to fit in” to the showroom at Scout, 5221 N. Landlord Pete Valavanis allowed Vodak to use the former Candyality storefront for a pop-up shop while he looks for a new permanent tenant for the location, Vodak said. Scout rents in the same Clark Street building as Candyality, and the furniture shop began using the vacant storefront as storage, Vodak said.Īt the same time, Vodak and his team were considering what to do with some new midcentury pieces it had procured. The pop-up will run through March, selling midcentury modern pieces that in some cases are sourced from Chicago’s most storied architect’s offices, said Côncept and Scout owner Larry Vodak.Ĭôncept took over the former Candyality storefront, after the shop decided to close its Andersonville location in an effort to survive the pandemic. as a temporary store from the team behind Scout, the neighboring design and furniture shop that has been an Andersonville stalwart since 2006. ANDERSONVILLE - Andersonville’s newest business hearkens back to the 1950s, selling midcentury modern furniture and home decor in a pop-up shop called Côncept.Ĭôncept opened Feb.
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