I could not imagine a hotel more fun than the Shoreline in Waikiki. Designed by BHDM Design, it is quite spectacular and I have never seen anything like it. Nature meets neon. BHDM incorporated the colors and textures found in the landscape and wildlife of Hawaii and filtered them through a neon lens. The aim was to create the most instagrammable hotel in Hawaii for the millenial-minded traveler, and the result: a boutique stay in an eternal sunset. 

Back in 2016 Jo had featured a couple of projects (here and here) by Paris design firm Kierszbaum Intérieurs, and what she noted about this firm still stands 100% true. Eclectic in style, exuberant in taste, fun and fab meets OTT, it is like a magpie collection of trinkets and treasures. EXACTLY! It’s such a unique mélange of colours and styles. This is a random and fabulous assortment from their portfolio.

This apartment may be small but it has everything a plant lover could need (aside from maybe a garden LOL). The yellow/green/chartreuse-y shades colours bring it all to life and add so much energy. It’s amazing what paint can do. And plants. Another project by Studio Paradisiartificiali.

Georgia-based Terracotta Design Build Co. have an absolutely stellar portfolio filled with some of the most beautiful kitchens I’ve ever seen, so I thought I would start off this feature with some of them, and follow those up with other enviable spaces. Each one has design elements that really pop, from bold uses of colour to architectural details and built-ins.

Love the family-friendly, bright, and whimsical vibe of this home designed by Milan-based design firm Studio Paradisiartificiali. The design of this home centres around a small coloured volume: the mixing and matching of a few, simple geometries, amidst the luxuriant vegetation of an imaginary garden. The effect is that of a votive temple, an architecture born to celebrate domestic rituals. When a house represents living in its most intimate form, it turns into a home, a physical and mental extension of its inhabitants. What we wished to convey was the sense that beyond the threshold lay a marvel of nature that reigns supreme insofar as capable of arousing infinite wonder in the onlooker. To this end, together with the Mexican artist Guillermo Flores ORBEH, we left our clients to wander through the leafy branches until they reached a small coloured volume and chose it as their home. 

Photos: Riccardo Gasperoni