Any hotel with a “do not disturb” sign this original deserves a mention. Es Marès Hotel & Spa, a boutique hotel on the Spanish island of Formentera, which takes its name from the local Marès sandstone used in its construction, is a bright and airy confection infused with distinctive Modernist touches. The pristine all-white — Continue reading
From Kate Spade Saturday, the brand’s lower-priced label which just launched this spring, expect “bright colors, graphic shapes, and bold prints.” We’ll admit we don’t know how that necessarily distinguishes it from its perpetually upbeat parent, but the affordable price point and it’s aim of “channeling the carefree spirit of the — Continue reading
Despite being surrounded by impeccable style—pristine whites, textured greys, mid-century furnishings—anyone staying at the hotel Casa do Conto in Porto, Portugal would be forgiven for spending an unreasonable amount of time staring at the ceiling. The 19th Century house was converted into a hotel in 2008, but when a fire destroyed — Continue reading
The City of Boston wants a new public transportation map, and anyone interested in designing one is free to submit a proposal. Small problem: it doesn’t pay, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will own the rights to all submissions. Needless to say, designers are most displeased, and with good — Continue reading
While we’d certainly turn our nose up at anyone who travels to a distant spot just to stay put on their hotel premises, we may need to make an exception for those staying at Hotel Sezz Saint-Tropez. Continuing in a tradition started in the 1980′s, when Philippe Starck was given — Continue reading
J. Crew has labeled this color sour lemon, an unfortunate moniker for such a happy-hued piece of luggage with which we’d gladly encircle the globe—but for its forbidding price tag ($1,750). In their defense, there’s its pedigree: individually handcrafted by the venerable (founded in 1897, thank you) British luggage brand, — Continue reading
Anyone looking to instantly banish the long winter blues would do well to immerse themselves in the desert colors of Palm Springs, California—and we’re not talking burnt sienna and yellow ochre. Thanks to the architects Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat of Stamberg Aferiat + Associates, guests at the Saguora hotel will find an — Continue reading
With over 100 destinations under their belts, the design team at Wallpaper magazine has hit upon an ingenious formula for making their city guides a magnet for design savvy wanderers. Reduce the essence of a city to a single color, keep typography to a minimum, and then watch as — Continue reading
Travel + Leisure magazine’s Design Awards issue is one of those annual editorial events guaranteed to make even self-proclaimed sophisticates feel like they’ve missed the boat, somehow. Its survey of the best and brightest in far-flung places is usually a baleful reminder of all the places and things we’ve never seen, — Continue reading
Nashville is hot. Yes, of course, there’s the very popular TV series, but there’s also Wildsam Field Guides, the Nashville edition, the first in “a new American travel series with a bygone sense of place.” Wildsam’s editor, Taylor Bruce, is a New York-based writer, and, not surprisingly, words, not pictures, are his — Continue reading
Yes, we admit to having been overtaken by a spot of wanderlust lately, here at 2Modern, and our discriminating eye for design naturally lead us to LUXE City Guides. To say that LUXE guides aren’t for most traveleers is to state the obvious, given their lavishly decorative, photo-less covers. Aimed at — Continue reading
Do you have 4.5 million dollars? Then this lovely home in Sweden could be yours! Just listen to this place: ”The main floor features a magnificent, spacious living room, dining room and kitchen in an open layout and with amazing views, as well as a bedroom and an office. Direct access — Continue reading
This was my first Basel, so I’ll be honest when I say I was fairly overwhelmed, totally under-prepared and completely knocked off my feet…in a good way! You’ll find no thorough examination of all the artists in this blog post — Basel is one huge show full of over 200 — Continue reading
You ready to see the hottest and coolest of contemporary art from more than 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries through 260 of the most leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa? ‘Cause we’re totally headed to Art Basel in Miami Beach this year, — Continue reading
Boy if you ever needed proof that lighting can make or break a space, you need only look at the newly revealed Restaurant Höst Kopenhagen in Denmark, that sports an exciting array of lighting options from that Amsterdam-based vintage industrial lighting store resource we’ve posted about before, 360Volt. As you can see, — Continue reading
The famous and never-miss Dwell Home Tours is coming to Silicon Valley for the first time this year, on Saturday, November 3rd and Sunday, November 4th! Enjoy ten modern homes that “demonstrate the most forward-thinking approaches to site planning and sustainability.” And since it’s Dwell (those folks with amazingly impeccable tastes), — Continue reading
Stumbled (quite literally) into our idea of heaven: a personal, local store in Amsterdam wall-to-wall full of industrial, vintage lighting fixtures and light-up letters. We were almost brought to tears. Called 360 Volt, it’s located down a few stairs in the basement of one of Amsterdam’s adorable canal houses on — Continue reading
It’s hard to say what it is about certain pins that just catch our attention more than most. Something colorful and patterned always does it. Something rich and earthy, too. Something that blows our mind or isn’t quite what it seems and something dark and dramatic always works. You’ll find — Continue reading
As you may or may not have realized, your trusty editor-in-chief is gallivanting across Europe right now. Well actually, specifically, Amsterdam and Paris (I was gonna make it to Berlin, but had to drop that portion of the trip unexpectedly). I just love Paris. Love walking around. Loving seeing the — Continue reading
Okay so the name is a…ahem…cheesy, and yes, they do indeed sell a lot of cheese, but we couldn’t believe our eyes when we stumbled across this surprisingly modern interior near the old city center of Amsterdam. They went a little heavy-handed with the whole yellow = cheese concept, but — Continue reading
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