Hospitality Design - September 2013 - 36

from the editor

Photo by CLODAGH

art works
When we decided to explore the current uses of art in hospitality spaces,
we had no idea just how fertile the ground would be. But as you can tell while
perusing this month’s issue, the richness and variety of art pieces to be found in
hospitality today are astonishing, as is the diversity of the media designers are
employing—from murals to miniatures, from the hands of the celebrated to those
of the unknown. There is painting and sculpture and photography, of course, but
also digital art, neon, “junkyard art,” 3D, multimedia installations, cartoons, and
even a gorgeous installation in the form of thousands of butterflies and real cherry
blossom trees in the restaurant Chi Lin in West
Hollywood. That art can enhance and elevate
a property is not news, but the wide variety of
media employed to create today’s art continues to
grow and capture the imagination of designers in
more and more exciting ways. We hope you enjoy
the tour.
This is also our HD Americas issue,
published in conjunction with our upcoming
tradeshow (formerly HD Boutique) in Miami.
I’m particularly excited to be holding a keynote
conversation with Carlos Couturier and Moises
Micha, half of the partners of Grupo Habita,
the Mexico-based hotel group, on Tuesday,
September 24th. I first met the energetic
foursome when they won Best of Show at the HD
Awards some years back for their Mexico City
boutique property, Condesa df. They came back to
the winner’s podium in 2011 for their stunning hotel “on stilts,” Endémico.
Their collective star continues to rise as they develop outside of Mexico (Hôtel
Americano in Manhattan and other projected U.S. projects), and each of them is
personable, bright, and completely devoted to design. They’ll make for a lively,
provocative conversation. We hope you’ll be there to share it with us.

Michael Adams

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