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from the guest editor
STACY SHOEMAKER RAUEN < Senior Vice President, Design Group
stacy.shoemaker@emeraldx.com
646.668.3751
KEVIN GAFFNEY < Vice President and Group Show Director
kevin.gaffney@emeraldx.com
770.291.5446
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PAUL BIENKOWSKI < Publisher and Key Accounts HD + BD
860.655.3134 paul.bienkowski@hospitalitydesign.com
KEELI SCHMIDT < Key Accounts HD + BD, Sales Manager
keeli.schmidt@emeraldx.com
770.291.5433
MELANI BEATTIE < Key Accounts HD + BD
melani.beattie@emeraldx.com
312.218.5691
JANA ROESCH < Account Executive, Companies, A-D
jana.roesch@emeraldx.com
770.291.5604
creative unity
When we think of collecting, our minds oſt en wander across the places
and times where we stumbled upon beauty or formed a mental snapshot
of an enchanting moment in the presence of loved ones or acquaintances.
Handpainted eyewear from a boutique in Kyoto. A night of dancing on the
piazza in Venice. To collect has its etymological roots in the Latin " colligere, "
which means " gather together. " It is not just to seek out or to accumulate but
to bring together.
It's the art of emotion, space, environment, and living. In this issue,
we examine the holistic process of collecting and how people, places, and
moments come together to inspire us and the projects that have given us the
platform to explore. This idea comes to life when taking on such an iconic
establishment as the Carlyle hotel in New York. William Paley, creative
director at tonychi studio, says it best: " Collecting is also a way of thinking
and an approach to designing a space. " Since renovating is not about making
something new but bringing history into the present, we started by collecting
the stories, memories, and details-from scents and fl avors to experiences-
that made up the essence of the Carlyle. We sourced furniture from Portugal
and craſt from Italy for the guestrooms. We gathered talent, asking French
artist Sylvie Bilger to paint a special tortoise shell fi nish on the walls and
Natalie Choy to curate the art for the restaurant.
Also in this issue, we invite our friends from all around the world to share
their art of collecting: Rosewood CEO Sonia Cheng on cities; Carl Hansen
& Søn CEO Knud Erik Hansen on culture; Julien Bedel on scents. Further,
three artists we have partnered with explain their infl uences. We are in awe
of the global world we live in together, and we wanted to share it with you.
When we design a space we take into consideration all of its parts so they
work in concert, not in isolation. Collecting is a form of collaboration, an
antidote to solitude, solipsism, stagnation. The things we choose to collect,
whether stamps or NFTs, will always evolve. We see hospitality design as
the ultimate expression of collecting, as it assembles the works of artists and
artisans and gives them a liveable space in which to exist in symbiosis.
Alison Chi
MANAGING DIRECTOR, TONYCHI STUDIO
LINDSEY JUDY < Account Executive, Companies E-L
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770.291.5405
LILIANA CONNOLLY < Account Executive, Companies M-R
liliana.connolly@hospitalitydesign.com
781.492.1509
KARI NYLUND < Account Executive, Companies S-Z, China
kari.nylund@emeraldx.com
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GERRY KREGER < Account Executive, Key Accounts HD + BD
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NEIL HOCHMAN < Business Development Manager
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PAULINA GLOZMAN < Customer Success + Events Manager
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NICOLE PANZECA < Customer Success Manager
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513.964.1789
HERVÉ SEDKY
President and CEO
BRIAN FIELD
Chief Operating Offi cer
DAVID DOFT
Chief Financial Offi cer
BILL CHARLES
Chief Information Offi cer
MICHAEL CHEN
General Counsel
REN AKINCI
Executive Vice President,
People and Culture
JOANNE WHEATLEY
Senior Vice President,
Marketing Services
MELANIE PEREIRA
Senior Vice President,
Finance
KATE ELDER
Senior Vice President and
Controller
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