Portfolio

Selected editorial and exhibition works:

Research: Beauty, Cosmetics, Wellness & Health

An in-depth Emerging Trends research report for Vypr exploring the cultural and consumer movements shaping beauty and health landscapes in 2026, touching on GLP-1s, hyper-personalisation and biotechnology.

Longread: Neo-Nomadism

Hospitality Lab longform feature for FRAME, charting the rise of the digital nomad movement and its impact on the design and operation of hospitality spaces worldwide.

Cultural Analysis: Aviva Studios

A cultural impact analyis of the arts institution Aviva Studios – the UK's largest cultural investment since the Tate Modern – for The Manchester Evening News, featuring an interview with architects OMA.

Conference: HIX Talks

Curation and project management for the annual conference strand within Europe's leading hospitality design exhibition. Multi-day programmes from 2022-2025 featuring leading architects, designers and experts.

Installation: The Mush Room

The world's first mycelium bar. An immersive, award-winning event activation grown to showcase the transformative power of mycelium-based architecture and design techniques, now residing in Kew Gardens.

Criticism: The Brutalist

A critical look at Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold's The Brutalist and its place in both design and film culture for Conde Nast's World Of Interiors, featuring an interview with Production Designer Judy Becker.

Trend Report: Pop-up Restaurants

As the best restaurant in the world pivots to a nomadic pop-up concept, the trend for temporary F&B experiences enters a new chapter and poses a challenge to designers.

Trend Report: Hospitality Hits The Gym

As major operators explore a crossover niche between the gym and hotel industries, how can designers balance fitness functionality with an experiential lifestyle element?

Insights: Solo Dining

Solo experiences are on the rise, but with high-profile restaurants punishing guests for eating alone, a stark lack of single-booking F&B alternatives becomes evident.

Interview: Hospitality Horizons

An editorialised conversation between Floor Kuitert (Editor-in-Chief of FRAME) and I touching on the future of hospitality design, data-driven experiences and sustainability paradoxes.

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Trend Report: Sober Social Spaces

As younger guests lean towards sober or low-alcohol hospitality experiences, designers will need to create social spaces minus the presence of what has long been the de facto social lubricant.

Insights: Digital Exhibitions

As the immersive exhibition movement reaches an inflection point, the adoption of hospitality design values in spaces hosting a new wave of digital art experiences could prove key to its future.

Insights: The Drive-Thru Revolution

New infrastructure and service approaches to the in-car fast food model aspire to higher levels of efficiency than ever, but is this the only metric operators and franchisees should consider?

Trend Report: Cinema Futures

After years of snapping at the heels of big screen dominance, streaming services have all but caught up with cinemas. What does this new state of play mean for the screening spaces caught in the middle?

Trend Report: China Luxury Travel Market

Exploring China's post-Covid domestic tourism surge and the wider influence of Chinese design and luxury values on international hospitality spaces.

Trend Report: Hotels vs. Delivery Apps

As consumption habits evolve and ordering a restaurant quality meal for delivery becomes easier than ever, hotel F&B venues and their designers are being forced to adapt.

Profile: Paul D. Taylor

A profile of the American architect Paul D. Taylor, Founding Partner of Stonehill Taylor, exploring the studio's work across New York including its high-profile restoration of Eero Saarinen's TWA Flight Centre.

Profile: David Rockwell

A profile of the American architect David Rockwell, Founder of Rockwell Group, exploring his work across hospitality, theatre and set design featuring an interview conducted in his New York office.

Trend Report: Casino Design

As multiple countries tighten gambling laws and the growth of online platforms threatens land-based gambling revenues, the traditional casino floor will be required to keep up with the changing times

Interview: Restorative Design

An interview with David Chenery, Founder of sustainable hospitality design studio Reassemble, exploring how their restorative design framework can minimise the environmental impact of restaurants, bars and cafes.

Interview: Inclusive Hospitality

An interview with designer and architect Tarek Merlin, Co-Founder of FeixMerlin and Co-Owner of South London's inclusive Corner cafe.

Insights: Off-Grid Excursions

With staycations set to decline, cabin-based hospitality must evolve to stay relevant in a post-pandemic world and become a design typology of its own.

Interview: Hospitality in the 15-Minute City

Accor's Global Senior Vice President of Design Damien Perrot explains how hotel brands can engage with their localities, cater to new demographics and create more dynamic atmospheres by rising to the 15-minute city concept.

Trend Report: Campus Hospitality

It was only a few years ago that major operators were predicting college campus hospitality as the next big thing. As student housing enters crisis mode, how can designers create truly student-centric spaces?

Insights: Transport Design

Shifts in travel habits have repositioned the objective of transport for guest and operator alike. Now, spaces created to contain transport experiences are not strictly affairs of movement.

Interview: "A hotel is no longer a hotel"

An interview with Larry Traxler, Hilton's Senior Vice President of Global Design, exploring the future of hospitality spaces including a look at the transformation of a Bauhaus landmark into the USA's first net-zero hotel.

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Trend Report: Stadium Futures

As the next wave of highly-advanced sporting venues incorporate increasingly elaborate hospitality provisions, designers will need to balance global appeal with the local connections these structures have long served.

Insights: The Return of Hedonistic Deisgn

Emerging from a lengthy period of monotonous lockdown, some guests are seeking venues that satisfy their wildest desires. Can the hospitality industry cater for this without alienating its core audience?

Trend Report: Esports Design

As competitive video game tournaments draw audiences around the globe, what will it mean for designers working on venues that facilitate a new genre of spectator experience?

Insights: Adaptive Reuse

As adaptive reuse projects become the norm, designers have to reckon with the prospect of preparing a building for multiple generations of purpose. Can hybrid hospitality venues provide a suitable foundation?

Trend Report: New Age Date Spots

As lockdown restrictions lift, not everyone is excited about a return to the dating scene. Will a combination of health and social anxieties produce a demand for date-friendly hospitality spaces?

Insight: Alcohol Marketing

A new wave of flagships sees the traditional watering hole joined by an array of experience-centred designs, but what will this mean for the way bar spaces are considered in the future?

Insight: Healthcare Hospitality

Dispelling the notion that healthcare spaces have to look 'clinical', a new wave of hospitality-adjacent medical practices and wellness venues are taking cues from hotels to break the mould

Trend Report: The Hotel Space Race

Though launches might be imminent, space tourism won’t be widely available or accessible to the casual guest for a long time. How can the hospitality industry capitalize in the meantime?

Insights: Retail Hybrids

Spending habits in brick-and-mortar stores are fluctuating as e-commerce sales boom and economic anxieties force customers to focus on experience-based spending. Could teaming up with hospitality designers be the solution?

Trend Report: Fandom Spaces

Themed restaurants and bars are nothing new, but the concept of media fandom is undergoing a period of immense change and growth. Is the industry ready for a new school of thought?