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12.17.24

Travel

A Mural-Bedecked Soho Escape and a Paris Hotel With Portugal Energy Are Among Our Latest Hotel Recs

Winter travel plans typically skew one of two ways: You can embrace the cold, throw on a cute overcoat, and take in the festive magic of a ski resort, historic European city, or even a staycation. Alternately, you can reject the chilly vibes entirely and haul your vitamin D–deprived self to somewhere warm and sunny. The three design-forward hotels we’ve chosen for our latest round-up are more than up to the task, including a mural-bedecked Soho escape, a Paris hotel with Portugal energy, and an historic property overlooking Southern California's Laguna Beach.
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06.23.26

The Weekly

I Expected to Love My First 3Days of Design in Copenhagen. But I Could Never Have Anticipated What Would Make It So Great.

If you can believe it, this was my first year attending 3DaysofDesign in Copenhagen, and I went to the fair, now in its 10th year, armed with absurdly high expectations. I knew that just existing in Copenhagen in early June — using Lime bikes to cycle around, drinking natural wine, eating smørrebrød — would set a good baseline for fun. But after my experience at Salone, which I wrote about here, I felt increasingly desperate for Copenhagen to mean something. I told people I was going because, as a chronicler of design fair culture, I felt compelled to see one that had become such a word-of-mouth success. But on a personal level, it’s like I needed Copenhagen to prove to me that design fairs were still worth attending. As hesitant as I am to say this — lest everyone frantically start planning their show next year in Denmark, which is simply not the right move for everyone — Copenhagen actually exceeded my expectations.
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