{"id":1110,"date":"2018-08-09T23:02:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T23:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2023-04-09T09:22:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T09:22:56","slug":"hotel-living-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/09\/hotel-living-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Supporting Local Artists as a Traveler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone is embracing a trend to support local artists\u2014 and we’re thrilled about it!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>At home and abroad we’re gravitating towards restaurants and hotels that uniquely embody their surroundings.\u00a0Spaces like these are the places we fly around the world for and draw inspiration from.\u00a0<\/span>A traveler survey<\/a> even showed that 70% of travelers decide to stay based on the design of the space. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many travelers want to bring home a piece of their trip. But they\u2019re not just buying themed off-the-shelf home decor anywhere. Rather, these design-savvy travelers prefer unique pieces, ones that connect them to a special moment of their trip or a specific local artist.\u00a0<\/span>The artists and designers who’ve gotten their works in these spaces are often times incredible modern artists and craftsmen whose pieces would draw crowds in a gallery\/showroom.\u00a0<\/span>You can find incredible design and moving\u00a0experiences in any space, and help local artists thrive in the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Surfrider Malibu hotel<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

Alex Segal and Riley Rea, who founded Croft House<\/a> in 2010 in Los Angeles, are California to the core. Their team at Croft House incorporate California\u2019s signature style\u2014a relaxed kind of elegance\u2014into any piece they make.\u00a0 The style and origin of their furniture as equally important elements.\u00a0They source and manufacture the pieces in Southern California\u2014 a local move that\u00a0many other artists and designers are catching onto.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Granada Side Table by Croft House as seen in The Surfrider Malibu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The side tables at The Surfrider Malibu hotel provide an intriguing contrast to the light browns and off-whites found elsewhere throughout the space. But like anything else sporting a distinctly California style, the piece would fit right into a less beach-like atmosphere back at home. \u201cIf you want to go bold with design, hotels are the place to look for inspiration,\u201d Architectural Digest<\/i> recently noted. That said, bold doesn\u2019t have to mean gaudy or cluttered, as the simple materials and use of negative space in Croft House designs show.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bar Agricole<\/a> <\/span><\/h3>\n

Other great spaces where you can\u00a0find inspiring local design are restaurants. Travelers who step into Bar Agricole<\/a> in San Francisco\u2019s SOMA district\u00a0are met by a subtle yet huge mural triptych mounted behind the bar by Germany-born, SF-based Thomas Winz<\/a>. Winz specializes in large-format panoramas of places, and the one at Bar Agricole is part of his \u201cAfter Hours\u201d series, which showcases houses, signs, and cars in the quiet hours of the morning. As a part of Bar Agricole, the mural matches both the classic feel of the bar and the distinctly urban surroundings outside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Urbanscape Mural by Thomas Winz as seen in Bar Agricole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tartine Manufactury<\/a><\/h3>\n

There\u2019s something about their subdued lighting, intimate layout, and unique decorations that makes caf\u00e9s a great source of inspiration for cozy design. Caf\u00e9s are also one of the prime destinations for food travelers hoping to get some caffeine and leisure into a long day of sightseeing. Tartine Manufactury is a bakery located in the Mission District in San Francisco.\u00a0Big windows steam natural light onto this excellent organic space, completed by LA-based design firm Commune with lots of gorgeous metal and woodwork, raw concrete floors and Calacatta marble counters. Many creators contributed to this earthy and soothing space, such as the\u00a0reclaimed Douglas fir wood furniture by Peter Doolittle of PDX Productions\u00a0<\/a>and stainless steel metalwork by Conceptual Metalworks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wood Furniture by PDX Productions as seen in Tartine Manufactury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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L’Horizon Resort & Spa<\/a><\/h3>\n

Many trips abroad are spent in quaint resorts and spas and we can’t help but get a little inspired. Phase Design by Reza Feiz <\/a>is an LA-based self-taught designer who conveys a 21st-century edge, making his work relevant to the constantly evolving contemporary environment. His philosophy of \u201cstrength in simplicity\u201d is present in the solid woods, metal, and fiberglass furniture crafting the luxurious interior at\u00a0L’Horizon Resort & Spa. His innovative wired table designs and veil chairs add an industrial touch to the modern and yet cozy atmosphere that greets guests upon arrival.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wired Coffee Table by Phase Design as seen in L’Horizon Resort & Spa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When we travel, we bring back an amalgam of experiences, shaped by the places and people we meet during our time away. Local creators in any city tell stories through unique designs and culture-specific trends that are new to the traveling foreigner. When\u00a0cool designs are an\u00a0advantage,\u00a0space owners buy more work from local creatives. At Wescover, we love to acquire unique designs and help local artists thrive.<\/span>\u00a0As a traveler and design-lover, you have the power to not only harness inspiration from unique designs all around the world, you also have the power to nourish local artists worldwide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Planning a trip and hoping to get inspired? Checkout spaces all over the world on our MAP<\/a> and the incredible creators that make them special>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone is embracing a trend to support local artists\u2014 and we’re thrilled about it!\u00a0\u00a0At home and abroad we’re gravitating towards restaurants and hotels that uniquely embody their surroundings.\u00a0Spaces like these are the places we fly around the world for and draw inspiration from.\u00a0A traveler survey even showed that 70% of travelers decide to stay based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,395],"tags":[392,414,79,415,416,417,258,270,191,418,419,171,420,421,422,423],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-categories","category-spaces","tag-bar-agricole","tag-cafe","tag-california","tag-conceptual-metalworks","tag-croft-house","tag-lhorizon-resort-spa","tag-local-art","tag-los-angeles","tag-mural","tag-pdx-productions","tag-phase-design-by-reza-feiz","tag-restaurant","tag-tartine-manufactury","tag-the-surfrider-malibu-hotel","tag-thomas-winz","tag-wired-coffee-table"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11578,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/11578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}