Archive - The Lobby

An Untapped Opportunity in Hospitality Retail?

Why I think hospitality brands are sleeping on their e-comm advantage.

May 10 •

Gabriela Anastasio

True Abandon at the Swim-Up Bar

Exploring the Deep Appeal of All-Inclusive Resorts

May 1 •

Gabriela Anastasio

March 2025

The Rise of the "Design-Bait" Hotel

In an Instagram versus TikTok Era of Hospitality

Mar 29 •

Gabriela Anastasio

Quantum Intuition: What Designers Know That Science Is Just Catching Up To

A meditation on why intuition may be less woo and more subatomic—less magic, more recall. Designers are already working with principles that physicists…

Mar 22 •

Gabriela Anastasio

Five Hospitality Objects That Became Cult Items

And in turn: cultural shorthand for the very experience they represent.

Mar 15 •

Gabriela Anastasio

The Miracle of a Luxury Hotel: How Design Survives the War Room

The fact that any hotel feels cohesive, let alone transportive, is a small miracle. Here's why.

Mar 12 •

Gabriela Anastasio

January 2021

Updates from the Anastasio Home Shop

Welcome to The Lobby by me, Gabriela Anastasio.

Jan 7, 2021 •

Gabriela Anastasio

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