Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how hospitality is evolving, not just visually, but emotionally.

When I read The Passion Principle by Design Hotels and Universal Design Studio, it felt like someone had finally put words to what so many of us have been sensing: that the next era of hospitality will be defined by connection, not choreography.

Throughout the hotel, you’re invited to wonder and wander, to admire and explore. I didn’t know whether to sink into slow afternoons with a book in the library, lounge by the pool, or stroll the gardens appreciating the plants and flowers.

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We are all surrounded by many objects in our homes and even though they are quietly coexisting with us we are reminded by Sight Unseen authors in their How To Live With Objects book that ' our objects radiate meaning into our space, triggering us to remember, feel, or think while giving our guests a tangible sense of our personality'.

This artful escape in the heart of French Riviera is highly recommended if you are design obsessed and prefer small, personable hotels where every corner has been created with an intention or a story to tell.

NOTHING REALLY LOOKS AS IT’S USED TO AND IT’S A GOOD THING IT IS SO: HOTEL LOBBYS HAVE BECOME A CO-WORKING HUB, COFFEE SHOPS ARE DESIGNED LIKE A PIECE OF ART AND OFFICES HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO DINING & EVENT SPACES.

The hospitality of tomorrow according to Maison & Objet Paris. Seeing that the show as important in design world as Maison & Objet is, puts hospitality industry on a pedestal this year can only mean one thing: we have entered the Hospitality Design Renaissance era.

Space design has reached another level over the course of the last few years. We’ll know for certain if it’s because of the Instagrammable experience that became a norm nowadays or we are simply amidst the design Renaissance era. I like to think it’s the latter.

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