The Upholstered Decade

On mohair, color drenching, and the first design era that asks nothing of you (except perhaps, keep calm and consume).

Apr 29 • Gabriela Anastasio

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Let's call it somatic design.

Ritual brands are selling the scarcest resource of our moment: a nervous system that can settle itself down.

Apr 21 • Gabriela Anastasio

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May 2025

An Untapped Opportunity in Hospitality Retail?

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

May 10, 2025 • Gabriela Anastasio

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True Abandon at the Swim-Up Bar

Exploring the Deep Appeal of All-Inclusive Resorts

May 1, 2025 • Gabriela Anastasio

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March 2025

The Rise of the "Design-Bait" Hotel

In an Instagram versus TikTok Era of Hospitality

Mar 29, 2025 • Gabriela Anastasio

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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, 2025 • Gabriela Anastasio

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Five Hospitality Objects That Became Cult Items

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

Mar 15, 2025 • Gabriela Anastasio

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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, 2025 • Gabriela Anastasio

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January 2021