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D.B. KIM
DESIGN DIRECTOR | GENSLER

IN THE PAST DECADE, D.B. Kim has accomplished more than many hospitality designers do in
a lifetime. During his nearly three years as vice president at Wanda Hotel Design Institute (Wanda
HDI), the in-house studio of Chinese real-estate giant Dalian Wanda Group, Kim completed more
than 30 hotel projects. That work helped earn the firm six Gold Key Awards for Excellence in
Hospitality Design in 2016. "After my contract was over, I was happy to come back [home to New
York] knowing that I'd be resting and enjoying my normal routine," he says. "But I'm a fast thinker
and doer, so I quickly started seeking out projects and opportunities." After two years of recharging,
designing products and weighing his options, Kim recently joined Gensler's Shanghai office as
design director. For more on why he took that role, flip to page 18.

SALLY BREER

VARIETY IS THE SPICE of Breer's career. The largely self-taught designer has worked with

celebrities such as Zooey Deschanel on residential projects; designed the quirky, tiny Hotel Covell
in Los Angeles' Los Feliz neighborhood (for which she was profiled in the March 2016 issue of
Boutique Design); and created scenester hotspot Cafe Birdie, also in LA. For more on how the
designer and her recently launched firm made magic for the cameras-with design help from Katy
Perry-in a theater-turned-hotel in LA's Chinatown, turn to "EAT.PLAY.LIVE" on page 34.

TOBIAS WALLISSER
DIRECTOR | LAVA

WALLISSER'S FIRM has a decidedly forward-thinking modus operandi, combining a digital workflow,
nature's structural principles and the latest fabrication technologies to build what it describes as
"more with less: more (architecture) with less (material/energy/time/cost)." Wallisser, who co-founded
LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) with Chris Bosse and Alexander Rieck in 2007 and runs
its Berlin studio, used those principles to spearhead the firm's design of a highly interactive Sports
Youth Hostel in Germany that's profiled on page 46. In addition to two decades'-plus experience in
architecture at such firms as UN-Studio in Amsterdam, Asymptote Architecture in New York and
KTP in Germany, Wallisser carries a noteworthy academic credential: He's professor of innovative
construction and spatial concepts at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart.

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Boutique Design - March 2018
Contents
From the Editor
In This Issue
Check Out boutiquedesign.com
The Buzz
Q+A: Style Setter
eat.play.live
Playing the Angles
Bdwest Preview: Wow Factory
Products: Fabrics
Products: Made in California
Exit Interview
Boutique Design - March 2018 - Intro
Boutique Design - March 2018 - Boutique Design - March 2018
Boutique Design - March 2018 - Cover2
Boutique Design - March 2018 - 1
Boutique Design - March 2018 - 2
Boutique Design - March 2018 - 3
Boutique Design - March 2018 - Contents
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Boutique Design - March 2018 - From the Editor
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Boutique Design - March 2018 - In This Issue
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Boutique Design - March 2018 - Check Out boutiquedesign.com
Boutique Design - March 2018 - 11
Boutique Design - March 2018 - The Buzz
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