JANUARY + FEBRUARY 2013 VOLUME 9 | ISSUE 1 14 48 28 76 34 CLIENT CONFIDENTIAL | 30 DEPARTMENTS What it takes to work with high-profile owners FROM THE EDITOR | 10 GAME CHANGERS 2013 | 34 IN THIS ISSUE | 12 Designers and operators taking the industry by storm THE BUZZ | 14 DESIGN DECONSTRUCTED | 28 SOLID FOUNDATION | 42 PRODUCTS: U.S. MANUFACTURERS | 60 An insightful Q+A with II BY IV DESIGN’s co-founders LAST DETAIL | 76 HONORED VENUES | 48 BOUTIQUE DESIGN JANUARY + FEBRUARY | 2013 The seventh annual Boutique Design Award winners JANUARY + FEBRUARY 2013 HOSPITALITY REINVENTED ON THE COVER GAME CHANGERS GAME CHANGERS Clients and Designers to Watch boutiquedesign.com 8 boutiquedesign.com JANUARY + FEBRUARY 2013 DAVID SUSSMAN KIMPTON HOTEL & RESTAURANT GROUP David Sussman, Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group’s senior vice president hotel development and design, at the company’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. Photo: Karna Kuratahttp://www.boutiquedesign.com