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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

10 Qs with… Stacy Garcia

by Andrew Stone | posted 1:40 pm

Top manufacturers and hospitality brands have come to covet Garcia’s artistry—textiles, wall coverings, carpeting, and, more recently, lighting and furnishings.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

FENDI Casa Designs Virgin Gorda Penthouse

by Laura B. Weiss | posted 4:11 pm

FENDI Casa, the Italian home furnishings designer, has been tapped to design a 1, 334-square-foot penthouse with sweeping views of the Caribbean.

Projects > Hospitality
Projects

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

10 Questions with… Ed Ng of AB Concept

by Andrew Stone | posted 10:35 am

Here, Ed Ng—a graduate of Hong Kong Polytechnic University who began his career at Chadda Siembieda & Associates followed by P&T Architect & Engineering before launching AB Concept with Ngan—offers his take on craftsmanship, design essentials, and AB’s unique vocabulary.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Theresa Fatino Ushers in Design Surge for Scottsdale

by Meghan Edwards | posted 11:14 am

Designer Theresa Fatino has unveiled six renovated suites at the W Scottsdale hotel in Arizona, one of several recent projects heating up the local design scene this season.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

NYDC’s Check-in to 200 Lex Toasts Hospitality

by Matthew Powell | posted 10:03 am

The theme of this year’s “Check-In to 200 Lex” event at the The New York Design Center was collaboration—specifically in hospitality design.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Remembering Architect Graham Downes

by Andrew Stone | posted 10:00 am

As founder and principal at Graham Downes Architecture and Blokhaus, Downes was known for such noteworthy projects in the hospitality sector as the San Diego Hard Rock Hotel, Le Meridian in Dallas, Heat Hotel in Arizona, and celebrated restaurants such as the Blue Hound in Phoenix.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

A Great Gatsby Redesign at the Plaza

by Matthew Powell | posted 11:37 am

Eighteen floors above the hustle and bustle of Fifth Avenue, Catherine Martin, the Oscar-winning production designer of the film Moulin Rouge!, led the redesign of the new Fitzgerald Suite, now named after the author and frequent Plaza patron.

Events
Projects > Hospitality
Projects

Monday, April 1, 2013

Solomon & Wu Create a “Snow Wall” in Dubai

by Jesse Dorris | posted 9:18 am

The British firm Solomon & Wu, in collaboration with Wimberly Interiors, has installed an 18-foot-tall resin “snow wall” in the café of the Kempinski Mall of the Emirates Hotel in Dubai, which overlooks Ski Dubai, the largest indoor ski resort in the Middle East.

Friday, March 29, 2013

Duncan Quinn in front of his mobile boutique.

Double-Decker Bus Takes Design on the Road

by Matthew Powell | posted 11:46 am

Bespoke menswear designer Duncan Quinn has transformed a 1966 Bristol Lodekka double-decker bus into a mobile boutique and speakeasy.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Rising Star Charles Zana Redesigns Paris Cafe

by Arlene Hirst | posted 12:24 pm

Parisian auction house Artcurial features a comprehensive art bookstore, now joined by the chic Café Artcurial freshly redesigned by Charles Zana, a rising star on the local scene.