Best Design-Led Hotels In the U.S.

Parker Palm Springs

In Palm Springs, where architecture and design is everywhere, it makes sense that design-led hotels inspire guests with their own take on modernism.

In 1959, long before it was the swanky hotel that it is today, the first Holiday Inn in California was established on the site. By 1961, Gene Autry had purchased the property to house his baseball team, the California Angels. Eventually (in 2003), the hotel landed in the hands of hotelier Jack Parker who hired designer Jonathan Adler for a $27 million remodel.

A couple of years ago, Adler redesigned A couple of years ago, Adler redesigned the property once again, this time adding a seven-foot-tall bronze banana sculpture to the hotel’s main lawn, and making a statement on the lobby stairs with a carpet that replicates the one from the cult film The Shining.

According to Jonathon Adler’s website, “It’s the vibe everyone should aspire to: comfy, glamorous, mood-enhancing, and appealingly eccentric.”

Around every corner there’s a sense of groovy, hedonistic luxury, from the turquoise velvet doors that flank a tiny bar in the lobby to the sheepskin draped over wicker chairs, Moroccan poufs perfectly placed for comfort and social time, and graphic prints and geometric shapes that add color and provoke conversation.

If you love Mid-Century modern as much as they do in Palm Springs, check out these 14 iconic Mid-Century modern decor elements.

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