Patricia Sheehan

Boston claims a storied history with the Orient, dating to 18th century shipping trade routes that ferried tea and other commodities to the booming Colonial city. It’s only fitting then that more than 200 years later, the connection is celebrated in the contemporary yet classic new Mandarin...more >>

The winter of our discontent has sputtered to an end. What a relief.

Renowned designer Geoffrey Bradfield collaborates with Baskervill to update a Colonial classic

I can’t be the only one so over that tired phrase “Tough Economic Times.” Admittedly, I’ve been guilty of abusing it. But TET these are, and I haven’t spoken with a designer or vendor who hasn’t been affected by the worldwide crisis. From the single-person shops to the large...more >>

Hotel design in 2009 will center on the growing trends of lifestyle, the influence of technology and the further developments of sustainability

Years ago, when my kids were small and New Year's Eve celebrations consisted of hanging out at friends' houses consuming pizza and beer in between fielding toddler tantrums, my pals and I would sit around a kitchen table playing a game called simply "the predictions game." We'd create all sorts of...more >>

Miami–The same week initial reports of a national financial meltdown hit the airwaves, hospitality designers, developers and vendors gathered for the annual Hospitality Design Boutique Exposition & Conference (HD Boutique) in Miami's South Beach.

By the time you read this, the U.S. presidential election will have been decided (unless, God forbid, we end up in some kind of a procedural-induced stalemate like the 2000 election—remember the hanging chads?). And by now, I bet, you're exhausted and beaten down by weeks of stomach-turning...more >>

The same week initial reports of a national financial meltdown hit the airwaves, hospitality designers, developers and vendors gathered for the annual Hospitality Design Boutique Exposition & Conference (HD Boutique) in Miami's South Beach in mid-September.

Since joining Hotel Design a year ago this month, I've had the privilege and pleasure of tweaking an already fine publication to better reflect the rapidly changing nature of the design and publishing industries.