CADILLAC MAGAZINE THE WELL-DRIVEN LIFE WINTER 2016

KINGDOM OF AWE EXPLORING THE EXOTIC BEAUTY OF CAMBODIA

JASON MRAZ PLANTS THE SEEDS OF KINDNESS

FIRST-EVER CT6 TAKES A DOWNTOWN DRIVE

THE SHARED WORKSPACE COMES OF AGE WELCOME

THIS YEAR WE BEGIN to transform the Cadillac brand. We launched our new brand platform, Dare Greatly, as a signal of our ambition. We moved our marketing, leadership, and sales organization to New York, while keeping Cadillac’s great design and engineering functions in Detroit. And we’ve hosted some incredible events, including the reveals of the first-ever 2016 CT6 Sedan and 2017 XT5 Crossover. In addition, we’ve celebrated those who dare with our entrepreneurial brands like Public School to extend the Cadillac brand into the realms ONLY THOSE WHO of fashion and business. And with Cadillac Magazine we continue to DARE, DRIVE THE share stories of those who dare. WORLD FORWARD. It’s daring to nearly circle the globe to explore a country most remember only from headlines about a gruesome war. Today the Kingdom of Cambodia enchants with ancient temples and a culture refective of two faiths—Hindu and Buddhism over centuries (page 62). It’s daring to leave behind the comforts of the offce to strike out on your own. The latest wave of shared workspaces is making the transition easier for 21st century entrepreneurs (page 49). And it’s daring to eschew glamor and use your celebrity voice to spread kindness and change the human experience. That’s what singer Jason Mraz is doing (page 34). I continue to admire those who don’t just say what they want to do, but prove it—they didn’t just dream, they made their dreams a reality.

Uwe Ellinghaus Global Cadillac Chief Marketing Offcer JOE VAUGHN / LOCATION: ELEMENT BY WESTIN NEW YORK WESTIN ELEMENT BY / LOCATION: JOE VAUGHN

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34 “Music has always been a way for me to shut down the rest of the world.”

V I S I O N S : THE FEATURES New York is even more magical PAGE 34 PLANTING KINDNESS after dark. Singer Jason Mraz uses his celebrity to create a nicer world

PAGE 38 A VISION IN THE NIGHT Cadillac’s CT6 Sedan uncovers Gotham’s best after-dark gems

PAGE 49 A SPACE TO CREATE Young entrepreneurs embrace the fast-growing coworking trend

PAGE 56 LIGHT FANTASTIC Projection mapping inspires wonder on stage and beyond

PAGE 62 KINGDOM OF AWE 38 A spiritual journey through Cambodia’s ancient landscape

PAGE 74 THE MASTER OF ILLUMINATION Product designer Max Gunawan writes the book on light “Max has a keen sense of poetry and storytelling.”

ON THE COVER The pool at the Belmond La Résidence d’Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Photographer Luc Forsyth’s work has appeared in The New York Times and Time. 62 74

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PUBLISHER Uwe Ellinghaus 22 Global Cadillac Chief Marketing Ofcer

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS ERIC CHANG CHRIS SHEEDY Renée Rauchut // WRITER // WRITER Associate Director, Content Creation WE ENLISTED the co- THE AUSTRALIAN jour- Louis Falco founder of the design nalist saw his old home- Cadillac CRM Manager house Hellman-Chang town in a completely to interview red-hot new and dazzling light style influencer Nick when he reported “Light CONTENT ENGAGEMENT Wooster. During their Fantastic”: “I joined the 84 DIRECTOR two-hour conversation EDITOR human tide that flowed Laura Rogers DREW LIMSKY // at Morandi, Chang was through the CBD every struck by the fact that night of Vivid Syd- EDITORIAL DIRECTOR “Wooster was unassum- “IN STORIES THAT take us from the cobble- ney,” he says. “Highly Dan Grantham ing and humble beyond stoned streets of Soho to steamy Southeast designed light shows— the reputation that pre- an art form known as EDITOR Asia, and from the culinary world of the Napa cedes him—the man is a projection mapping— Drew Limsky Valley to a nighttime Sydney lit up by technol- true sartorial academic.” ogy, this issue of Cadillac Magazine reveals the are taking of in cities Chang was selected to around the globe.” MANAGING EDITOR best and boldest that life has to offer,” says edi- be one of the featured Sheedy’s credits include Greg Tasker tor Drew Limsky. After taking on the serpentine entrepreneurs and faces The Sydney Morning of UBS’s global rebrand- Hana Highway in the XTS and the tip of Baja in Herald, GQ, Virgin ART DIRECTORS/ DEPARTMENTS ing campaign, shot by the ATS, Limsky hopped a fight (actually four Australia Voyeur, and DESIGNERS Annie Leibovitz. flights) to Siem Reap, Cambodia, to immerse The Australian. Cassidy Zobl himself in Khmer culture for our cover story, S PE C T RU M : John Kalmar T H E V E H I C L E Joseph Ferraro “Kingdom of Awe.” “Angkor Wat and the sur- PAGE 08 Discoveries Grayson Cardinell rounding temples offer such a sensory over- dose that you actually reel from it,” he says. PAGE 12 Cadillac Voices COPY EDITOR “And discovering luxury amid timeless ruins PAGE 14 Exclusives Sheila Walsh Dettlof was a total surprise. But perhaps the biggest PAGE 16 Ride Along gift I left Cambodia with was a reminder that ACCOUNT it’s okay to be still, to take your time, to greet DIRECTOR and thank with your hands over your heart. My INSPIRATIONS: Eliza Nascimento THE LIFESTYLE gratitude extends to the leaders in their felds— Jason Mraz, Daniel Libeskind, Nick Cannon, PAGE 20 Trendspotter PROGRAM MANAGER and Tali Sharot among them—who took the PAGE 2 1 Arts Mary Carlington LUC FORSYTH time to be profled in these pages.” DEAN BRADSHAW // PHOTOGRAPHER // PHOTOGRAPHER PAGE 22 Fashion PRODUCTION PAGE 23 Mind & Body MORE CONTRIBUTORS // WRITING David MANAGERS CURRENTLY LIVING in Bahr, Shayne Benowitz, Christine Ciarmello, “THIS WAS my first PAGE 24 Cuisine Susan Osterrout Phnom Penh, Forsyth Charles Desselle, Robert Gritzinger, Becca time shooting a lion,” PAGE 26 Objects of Desire Tom Stewart (“Kingdom of Awe”) has Hensley, Laurie Heifetz, Victor Ozols, Lynn says Bradshaw of his PAGE 28 Business been based in various Parramore, Kathy Passero, Eugene Yiga experience creating the ART BUYING locations in Asia for the Dean images for “Introduc- PAGE 29 Film Tat Luneva-Evenchik PHOTOGRAPHY/ILLUSTRATION last seven years. “Even Bradshaw, Luc Forsyth, Danielle Evans, Roy ing Max: The Master PAGE 30 Design though I’ve called Cam- Ritchie, Jenny Risher, John Konkal, Ako and of Illumination.” “We PAGE 96 Perspectives bodia home for the last Atiba Jeferson, Qian Dongsheng, Julene turned an old shipping several years and the Harrison, Joe Vaughn and receiving ware- Angkor temple complex house into a whimsical PURSUITS: is in my backyard, every scene from another THE OPEN ROAD time I visit I am blown DOWNLOAD THE FREE TABLET EDITION time.” Bradshaw, who Cadillac Magazine is published away by the scope and is based in LA, has PAGE 84 Colorado of Cadillac Magazine // Find the latest issue, twice a year by Campbell Ewald, history of the place,” plus archives, featuring more great photos, worked for American 2000 Brush Street, Suite 601, PAGE 92 Los Cabos says the lensman, whose exclusive videos, and interactive elements. Express, Asics, National Detroit, MI 48226 586.574.3400 PAGE 94 Maui ©2016 General Motors. images have appeared Geographic Channel, All rights reserved. in The New York Times Diageo, and Acer. and Time. 26 BRETTHUFZIGER.COM DREW LIMSKY:

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DRIVING A STAR IS BORN FASHION CIEL CONCEPT CAR TURNS HEADS DURING CADILLAC EXPANDS INTO THE PREMIERE OF ENTOURAGE MENSWEAR WITH A SPECIAL COLLECTION FEATURING FANS HOVERING ALONG the red carpet at the LA pre- TODAY’S EMERGING DESIGNERS miere of Entourage, the film spinoff of the popular HBO televi- sion series, glimpsed the show’s stylish stars Jeremy Piven, IT’S NOT THE centerpiece of a man’s outfit, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, and Adrian Grenier along with pro- but a dressy baseball cap can accent everything ducer Mark Wahlberg. But the real eye-catcher might have been from a tuxedo to a crisp T-shirt and dressy jeans the Cadillac Ciel concept car. during a night out on the town. Just ask some of The sleek black four-seat convertible with suicide doors— Hollywood’s A-list actors who regularly walk the which debuted at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in red carpet sporting a Gents baseball cap, a sim- 2011—plays a pivotal role in the $30 million flm, which focuses ple hat with a curved brim and no sports-related on the return of superagent Ari Gold (Piven’s character ) to Holly- or other logos. wood. Series fans may remember that Ari was last seen retiring to Launched three years ago by Josh Reed, a Italy in the show’s fnal episode. The inspiration to return to Tinsel former public relations and celebrity director Town comes after a mysterious-yet-familiar stranger shows up for Calvin Klein, Gents is part of the fall 2015 in Italy in a never-before-seen car, the Cadillac Ciel (pronounced Cadillac Capsule Collection, a line of clothing see-el, the French word for sky). Ari follows the car to uncover the and accessories curated by fashion icon Nick signs he needs to return to his glory days in Hollywood. Wooster. The collection includes diverse pieces The inspiration to place the Ciel in the movie came from Doug from some of today’s most infuential emerging Ellin, creator of the Hollywood send-up who is as passionate about designers, including David Hart, Cadet, Ernest cars as he is movies. He discovered—and fell in love with—the DEBUT OF 2017 CADILLAC XT5 Alexander, Carlos Campos, and Mark McNairy. concept car during a tour of the automaker’s design bunker in LA Many of them showcase their work annually at ALL-NEW LUXURY CROSSOVER UNVEILED WITH a few years back, setting the creative wheels in motion. FASHION DESIGNERS PUBLIC SCHOOL New York Men’s Day. The cast was mesmerized by the Ciel. “Getting dressed is a form of self-expression, “It’s kind of cool to say we drove a car that doesn’t exist in the THE FIRST-EVER XT5 CROSSOVER debuted this fall in and today, men are more attuned than ever to the world,” says Ferrara, who plays Turtle in Entourage. Indeed. the most fashionable of ways. possibilities in front of them,” Wooster says. “My First, in a sneak peek to the media and fashion insid- approach to curating this collection with Cadillac ers, the XT5 arrived by helicopter (flying over the Hud- was to show a spectrum of ideas that can ft into son River) at a Fashion Week event in the Big Apple. a variety of lifestyles. We’ve worked with a cross But the real debut came in early November at the Dubai section of some of the most interesting emerg- Motor Show with a private kickof event, where the New ing designers to create a collection that is, in my York design brand Public School unveiled a collection opinion, stylish, appropriate, and cool.” inspired by the luxury crossover. The show in Dubai Look for everything from classic camel coats marked Public School’s first international runway show, to leather bombers to chunky knit cardigans to showcasing the pre-fall collection that will be available clean-tailored suits. The Cadillac Capsule Collec- in 2016. Public School is growing its global footprint tion debuted at a kick-off VIP shopping event in through the partnership with Cadillac. New York in September, and is available exclu- “This is a new way for two American brands to join sively online at Gilt.com/CadillacCapsule. Prices forces, share a passion for design, and grow globally,” range from $59 to $2,000. said Andrew Smith, Cadillac executive director of Global The Cadillac Capsule Collection caps a signif- Design. “For Cadillac, it gives new meaning to being a cant year for the brand in menswear, including patron of the arts.” a multi-season partnership with the Council of The XT5 will become the cornerstone of a new series Fashion Designers of America in support of the of Cadillac crossovers and will be available during the frst New York Fashion Week: Men’s, and present-

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the lap pool, massage and fitness room, A partnership between Cadillac and DESIGN and the face of the Michelin-starred chef Architectural Digest, the Driven by Design ENDURING SEASONS who will cook only for residents. tour highlights the brands’ shared pas- PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES LASTING IMAGES OF LIFELONG ADVENTURERS The Millennium Tower, designed by sion for exceptional design, craftsman- INSPIRATION Handel Architects, the same New York ship, and attention to detail. Guests meet SNOWBOARDER BOBBY MEEKS Partnering with Cadillac, Alberts is road along the West Coast in two Esca- CADILLAC’S ANNUAL firm behind the National September 11 at a point of architectural signifcance and is famous for performing some of the best creating a multimedia photography col- lade ESVs—one towing a travel trailer ARCHITECTURAL TOUR BLENDS Memorial in Lower Manhattan, was then drive a new Cadillac to landmarks tricks captured on film, thanks to a trilogy lection of adventure sports–driven sto- and the other a mobile dark room—to MODERN DESIGN one of several stops in the Boston area. throughout the city, including private of videos made more than a decade ago. ries about people who push the limits shoot cyclists and skateboarders, down- WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY Another was the Harvard Art Museums residences. The other cities on the 2015 “I owe everything to snowboarding,” in pursuit of their passion. Called The for-life legends like Danny Way, Ray Bar- in Cambridge, where three museums tour were LA, Houston, and New York, says Meeks, whose lifelong passion for Seasons Collection, the segments focus bee, and Steve Berra. The fnal segment WHEN COMPLETED IN 2016, Bos- united their collection under one roof in where one highlight was the Champagne the sport recently landed him a job as on adventures related to snow, sun, focuses on surfers and other water- ton’s Millennium Tower will become the a newly renovated and redesigned space, Suite at the New York Palace. The ultra- snow marketing director for DC Shoes. and water. The first segment honed in sports enthusiasts in New England. city’s tallest residential structure—and its remaining true to the aesthetic of the 1927 luxurious penthouse features an Italian “Because I found snowboarding and on skiers and snowboarders, including See more on Alberts and The Seasons third highest skyscraper after the John landmark. Guests traveled to each stop in marble foyer and combines modern because it’s given me so many opportuni- Meeks. For the second, Alberts hit the Collection at thelifersproject.tumblr.com. Hancock and Prudential towers—offer- state-of-the-art 2015 Cadillac Escalades extravagance with traditional elements, ties to experience life and educate myself ing views never before seen from a pri- and CTS Sedans. living up to its opulent name. in the real world, I feel like I am obligated vate home in Beantown. What’s more, to help snowboarding grow.” the sleek Millennium Tower will be home Meeks is what photographer Matt to the city’s most exclusive address: a Alberts calls “a lifer,” someone whose pas- 60th-floor penthouse with floor-to-ceiling sion shapes his or her life rather than ft- windows and an outdoor terrace over- ting in as a hobby. Looking to capture that looking the Boston Common and wind- passion on film at a more personal level ing stretches of the Charles River. than digital photography allows, Denver- Although the building was still under based Alberts launched The LIFERS Proj- construction during Cadillac’s Driven by ect. He uses a 19th-century technique Design architectural tour, the Millennium known as wet collodion photography. Tower’s sales center offered a glimpse of The sensitivity to ultraviolet light and long life in the luxury high-rise: a model kitchen exposure times create an enduring image. with high-gloss Poggenpohl cabinets and a 30-inch wine cooler. A screen showed

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT MATT ALBERTS SHOWS A TETONS TINTYPE IN JACKSON HOLE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT DRIVEN BY WYOMING. ALBERTS TREKKED TO SNOW DESIGN HIGHLIGHTED MODERN ELEMENTS IN COUNTRY, AND THEN HIT THE ROAD IN AN MAJOR U.S. CITIES. A PROTOTYPE OF THE MIL- ESCALADE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER TO

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“THE KEY TO “WE DO [THINGS] SUCCESS IS NOT FOR THE MONEY ... IT LOVE OF IT, AND BOILS DOWN TO IT BECOMES HAVING PASSION A SUCCESSFUL FOR WHAT THING AND IT KEEPS YOU’RE DOING.” HAPPENING.” — ATIBA JEFFERSON — AKO JEFFERSON

sense of gratitude, and humbleness. “She raised us to be hard workers,” Ako recalls. ROLLING “As brothers, we were always pushing each other, harder and harder.” ALONG And, as brothers, their work and play lives frequently intersect. “Skating is where ATIBA AND AKO JEFFERSON we hang out the most” when they have SPIN SKATEBOARDING free time, Atiba says. But DJing, though INTO SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE technically a paying gig, also brings them STREET // BY GREG TASKER together. “We are lucky enough to travel together to DJ. We have a lot of fun. There’s SELF-PORTRAIT BY not a lot of difference between working ATIBA AND AKO JEFFERSON and being casual. “It’s been a great, non-meditative life,” IT WOULD BE no exaggeration to he adds. “If you do what you love, you’re say Atiba and Ako Jefferson are skating not working a day in your life. I do what I through life. love. I’m never stressed out or angry. I don’t That’s not a slam, mind you. It’s more take anything for granted.” refective of the passion the twin brothers taking photos. Skateboarding is always The brothers fell into the street sport extend well beyond skateboarding. money, but loving what you do. There are The brothers credit the skateboarding share for skating, a street sport they’ve about documentation,” says Atiba, an avid in their early teen years. Ako led the way, They’re both professional DJs, frequently many things you can do to make a living, community in Colorado and California pursued since childhood. And it’s this pro basketball fan who helped photo- mesmerized by flashy images of well- traveling the circuit across the country but it boils down to having passion for with helping them defne themselves. love of skating—and the lessons they’ve graph his home LA team for three years. “I known skateboarders in popular movies at as The Blackouts. “For us, it’s just a great what you’re doing.” “We have a lot of creative friends in this learned from years of practicing tricks knew I was never going to be a pro skater. the time. “I was so intrigued,” he says. “It excuse to drink some beer and listen to The Jeffersons left their home in Mani- skateboarding community. Everybody and immersing themselves in the close- I started shooting pictures in high school just looked like one of the coolest things, whatever you want loud,” says Atiba. tou Springs for Southern California when says skateboarding is a brotherhood,” Ako knit culture—that has helped propel the and from then on I always had the bug. I and you’d always see a group of guys skat- What’s more, the duo has a stake in Bravo, they were 18, both landing jobs with a says. “If you see someone skateboarding, pair through life, with successful ventures just loved it.” ing together.” a backpack company inspired by Atiba’s skateboarding magazine, and even tually you can instantly relate to them. You can in a variety of businesses, including pub- Ako, a graphic designer for The Skate- Says Atiba, “Ever since I frst saw some- need for a camera bag. The company pro- making the move to LA. They credit their relate to them whether they’re 60 years lishing, music, and craft beer. board Mag, also sees his career as an one skateboarding, I knew it was some- duces bags in small runs, with an empha- mother, who was a single parent, for old or 15 years old. There’s something to For Atiba, a professional photographer extension of the sport and childhood thing I wanted to do. I’ve known since I sis on function rather than fashion. instilling them with a strong work ethic, a be said for that.” who has made a name for himself shoot- pursuits. “It was just one of those natural was 12 years old. Ako was the frst to get a “We do [things] for the love of it, and ing skateboarders, hip hop artists, and pro progressions. I loved skateboarding and skateboard, so there was a constant battle it becomes a successful thing and it athletes, capturing images of athletes and I was always into art and all of that,” he of sharing until I fnally got my own.” keeps happening,” Ako says. “It’s like our WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! musicians in action was a natural extension says. “You love your industry and you’re They never dreamed the sport would careers. A hobby turned into work and SHARE YOUR STORY AT [email protected] of skateboarding in the neighborhood. always trying to take care of it and do the lead them out of their Colorado home money. It’s been a natural progression.” AND YOU MAY BE FEATURED IN OUR NEXT ISSUE. “In skating, you’re always filming or best you can.” to LA and into a variety of pursuits that Adds Atiba, “The key to success is not

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The Route to China CADILLAC’S NEW GENERAL DIRECTOR IN CHINA WOOS LUXURY CAR BUYERS WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE OPEN ROAD AND A RICH BRAND HERITAGE // BY GREG TASKER

ROUTE 66 MIGHT seem like an Q: Status in China once meant being power, handling, technology, and overall unlikely advertising tool in the global chaufeured around, but now, Chinese luxury. This has supported Cadillac’s sales marketplace, but the legendary American car buyers seem to want to savor the growth of 150 percent over the past three highway translates well among China’s joy of driving vehicles themselves. years in China. new luxury car buyers. Just ask Violet Li, What accounts for the change? Q: How are you working to build the the general director of Cadillac at SAIC- A: Consumers preferences have changed Cadillac brand? GM, who is a driving force behind Cadil- over the past 20 years. These days, about A: Cadillac has a rich history and proud lac’s Route 66 community, which boasts 90 percent or more of luxury car buyers heritage that cannot be copied or imitated. more than 1 million followers and is the prefer to drive their vehicles themselves. We need to leverage that to cater to the biggest customer experience platform unfappable and innovative spirit of our launched by a luxury carmaker in China. local customers. Cadillac will continue to For China’s up-and-coming luxury “FOR THE CHINESE, create an anticipated showcase platform, car buyers, Route 66 represents the ROUTE 66 ISN’T A extreme performance platform, and lux- open road and a sense of freedom and ury experience platform to highlight the adventure, says Li, who is responsible for SPECIFIC ROAD; full luxury experience that buyers can Cadillac’s brand communication, market IT REPRESENTS AN expect. These platforms will also build promotion, product sales, after sales, and further awareness of the new generation channel management in China. “For the ON-THE-ROAD of Cadillac products. Chinese, Route 66 isn’t a specifc road; it STATUS. YOU’RE Q: Cadillac is investing in a new plant to really represents an on-the-road status,” bring more models to the Chinese mar- she says. “You’re always going forward.” ALWAYS GOING ket. Can you tell us more? It’s the very essence of the Cadillac FORWARD.” A: The construction of our new Cadillac brand, and a message Li hopes resonates plant in Shanghai is an important step with even more Chinese luxury car buyers forward not just for Cadillac in China, but as the brand expands its product portfolio. Another change is the luxury car buyer for Cadillac as a true global luxury brand. is becoming younger. For most buyers, Our new plant will enable us to introduce Q: China is poised to become the world’s their luxury vehicle is not their frst vehi- more models tailored specifcally for the largest luxury car market, providing an cle. As a result, they are more rational needs of the Chinese market and con- opportunity to grow the Cadillac brand. in their purchasing decision—they pay sumers. These products will be consistent Who is the luxury car buyer in China? greater attention to performance, han- with the Cadillac DNA in all areas, such A: The luxury car market in China has dling, and interior amenities. as styling and performance. gone through many changes. Previously, Q: How is Cadillac persuading the Chi- Q: How does Route 66 tie in with the the market was like a pyramid and the nese that it’s a formidable alternative? message Cadillac is delivering in China? people who bought these cars were at the A: Established German brands dominate A: Route 66 is not only a brand marketing top. These days, more and more middle- China’s luxury segment. They account platform, but also a customer experience class individuals are becoming fnancially for around 70 percent of sales. However, platform. Value—or as we call it “spirit”— secure, creating a whole new category Cadillac has an opportunity to capture is very important for luxury brands. Route of luxury car buyers. They are willing to share. Chinese consumers appreciate 66 fully delivers the spirit of courage, pio- purchase luxury cars not only for status, Cadillac’s premium-grade image. The neering, freedom, and exploration. It reso- but also for pleasure and to express their new-generation Cadillacs coming to nates among luxury car buyers in China

QIAN DONGSHENG identity and individuality. China are very competitive in terms of just as it does among those in America.

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DRIVE WITH CONFIDENCE (ARRIVE IN STYLE) THE 2016 ESCALADE IS THE ALL-PURPOSE FAMILY VEHICLE THAT’S LOADED WITH ELEGANCE // BY ROBERT GRITZINGER

WITH ITS SIGNATURE good looks correction. The Escalade’s easy handling and premium features, it’s easy to see the and predictable control make it a pleasure 2016 Cadillac Escalade as a vehicle for to pilot, regardless of road conditions. a night on the town, one that gets you Cadillac is offering adaptive cruise con- where you want to go in confdent com- trol as part of its Driver Assist Package. fort and luxury. We found the Escalade’s adaptive cruise It’s easy to forget that, at its heart, the highly capable of maintaining the driver- Escalade is an all-purpose family vehicle selected following distance from vehicles that can haul gear, people, and a trailer. ahead over a wide variety of highway So I decided to put the 2016 Escalade speeds. The best feature, however, is the through its paces as a family hauler—a system’s ability to actively brake to a full test it passed with ease. stop when traffc ahead slows and comes Our first adventure was a weekend to a halt, restarting when traffc proceeds camping trip. No problems here: We with a simple fick of the “Resume” switch pulled a 3,500-lb. trailer like it was a child’s or tapping the accelerator. wagon—the Escalade’s 8,300-lb. towing Pulling out of a mall parking lot to a capacity1 hardly challenged by the extra busy roadway, our model’s Driver Aware- weight as we launched (thanks to the ness Package afforded visual cues as well numerically high first-gear ratio) and as Safety Alert Seat cushion pulses to readily negotiated lane changes and some alert of lane departure and potential for- tight turns. The vehicle’s air suspension Anyone with kids knows you do a lot ward collisions. We especially came to automatically adjusted for the tongue of chauffeuring, but with the Escalade, rely on the seat cushion’s reminders, and weight, making sure that handling stayed you don’t mind. On suburban roads, the the 360-degree camera views, to assist in steady and the ride smooth despite the 6.2L V8 engine remained quietly muted, tight parking spots. load. Aligning the hitch was child’s play but its massive 420 horsepower and No matter where we ventured in the thanks to the rear-view camera display. 460 lb.-ft. of torque were apparent in the Escalade, we experienced over-the-road We found the Escalade’s spacious ease with which the Escalade accelerated comfort and quietness. Instead of noisy 94.2 cubic feet of cargo capacity2 able to to freeway speed from an entrance ramp intrusions, drivers and passengers are accommodate everything. The second and responded quickly when we needed treated to the robust 16-speaker Bose Cen- row of seats quickly folded and tumbled to overtake another vehicle in a short terpoint® audio system. Independent web out of the way, while the third row pow- passing lane. browsing is also available via the built-in ered down fat in seconds. The adaptable Even on winding stretches of highway, OnStar 4G LTE Wi-Fi® hotspot.3 cargo space came in handy when we had the Escalade carves corners with the For business or pleasure, the 2016 to take members of our youth baseball aplomb and body control typical of a Cadillac Escalade offers all the capability team and their equipment bags to a game. smaller, lighter vehicle. That’s because the and functionality you demand from a full- The split-folding third row allowed ample chassis is stiffened with high-strength sized SUV, with the style and panache you space for the gear while preserving seats steel and improved body mounts. The expect from a luxury vehicle.

in the second and third rows for players. Magnetic Ride Control instantly reacted 1 Before you buy a vehicle or use it for trailering, carefully Even the weekend trip to the grocery and smoothed any rough patches. And the review the trailering section of the Owner’s Manual. The weight of passengers, cargo and options or accessories store went smoothly. We powered the available All-Wheel Drive system and sta- may reduce the amount you can tow. 2 Cargo and load capacity limited by weight and third-row seatbacks upright to create a bility control combined to provide road- distribution. 3 Requires a compatible mobile device, active OnStar service right-sized cargo space for a few grocery gripping security, keeping the big SUV on and data plan. 4G LTE service available in select markets. Visit bags and milk jugs. course with little need for steering onstar.com for coverage map, details and system limitations.

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NOW TRENDING Above the Line BE INSPIRED of China. At some point THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OPENS TO DOWNTOWN DENIZENS AND “There isn’t anything that in time, in five years, or OTHER NIGHTHAWKS // BY DAVID BAHR doesn’t influence how 10 years, or next season, or what I think about you will see the influ- LIKE A SLATE-GREY mountain once were. It contains a nod to the neigh- was more closely identifed with the dis- what I put on—maga- ence of China. Look at perched along the Hudson River, the new borhood’s history without overtly copy- tinctly modernist structure it moved to in zines, television, social Guo Pei, who designed Whitney Museum of American Art sits ing old buildings.” 1966. This spring, the Whitney returned media, the Internet. They the stunning dress that anxiously. Come closer, and a thing of Amelia Manderscheid, a post-war and “home” to a downtown swath that, in the inspire me the same way Rihanna wore at the Met beauty emerges. As with any ambitious, contemporary art specialist at Christie’s, intervening years, has taken its place as that air inspires us to Gala this year. Some- high-profile project, the museum’s cur- acknowledges that the venture was bound an artistic epicenter. breathe. People-watching times the efect has been rent incarnation has inspired spirited dis- to attract spirited comment. “When a well- With the move, Piano’s nine-story was the Instagram of literal and sometimes it’s cussion. While The New York Times critic known architect becomes involved with a vision has expanded its indoor exhibition my childhood. Call me been a reference, but its Holland Cotter describes the building museum, the focus tends more toward the space by 17,000 square feet—to 50,000 old-fashioned, but when influence will only con- designed by Pritzker Prize–winning archi- building than the space showing the art— column-free square feet. Perhaps more I’m on the street, I’m tinue to grow.” tect Renzo Piano as possessing “the bulk such as ‘will the ceiling leak if it rains’?” thrilling, the museum’s ffth foor sprawls always looking around of an oil tanker’s hull,” Deborah Berke, she says. “But the new Whitney is an over 18,000 square feet to show off more and being inspired.” RACK RATES founder of her eponymous architecture example of both goals being met.” of its 22,000 works. “In my closet, I have dif- and design firm, applauds it. “I think the The original museum, founded in 1930 “Our move has energized the Whit- FULLY MALE ferent brands for diferent new Whitney is terrific,” she says. “I like by artist and philanthropist Gertrude ney in ways we could not have fully “I hate the idea of trends reasons, but in no particu- its funky ungainliness, and I think it suits Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), was imagined,” affirms Donna De Salvo, because it somehow lar order: Thom Browne, what the Meatpacking District and the located on bohemian West 8th Street, senior curator and deputy director for implies that something Rick Owens, Color, Sekai, High Line are becoming, and what they off Fifth Avenue. The museum, however, inter national initiatives. “The proximity you have isn’t cool any- and anything in the to the High Line brings an entirely new more. But right now the Comme des Garçons uni- audience to the museum—especially of lines of demarcation are verse: Junya Watanabe, international visitors—who are now able being blurred—we are in Homme, and Homme to experience aspects of art not widely DIGITAL IMPACT the middle of a mascu- Deux. Craig Green is available abroad.” FASHION INFLUENCER NICK WOOSTER KNOWS line/feminine androgyny probably the most inter- At dusk, the illuminated cantilevered WHAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR CLOSET movement. It doesn’t esting new designer who entrance at 99 Gansevoort Street becomes // BY ERIC CHANG mean that men are going has gotten my attention. especially dramatic, the site of an to wear dresses, but it But then I also get white 8,500-square-foot plaza and the museum’s EVEN IF HE’LL never admit it, and hates to be called one, means that shirts can shirts at Brooks Brothers, incandescent glass–encased, ground- Nick Wooster is an American fashion icon. His body of work is as be longer and flowy, or Thomas Mason shirts foor restaurant, Untitled. Day or evening, impressive as the number of his Instagram followers (475k and and shorts can be fuller at J.Crew. There are clas- the Studio Cafe, on the eighth foor, offers growing). He has worked his way up from a buyer at Calvin Klein and pleated. The evolu- sics and non-classics, high a spectacular outdoor panorama of lower and Barneys to design director at Ralph Lauren, Neiman Marcus, tion of menswear is a and low—I’m open to all Manhattan and the Hudson River, stretch- and Bergdorf to president of John Bartlett, and now, unofficially, lengthening of the body of it. I think it’s all good.” ing for miles. to Ambassador of All Things Men’s Fashion to the World. He cred- and a tasteful increase Manderscheid recommends starting its a former position—and good timing—with his peculiar suc- in volume.” TRUE SELF at the top and taking your time to soak it cess: “When I went to work at Bergdorf in 2010, Tommy Ton took “First of all, I hate the all in. “I think it’s just great that it’s open my picture. It blew up. Blogs and street style were growing into a PACIFIC notion of myself as a late,” she says, noting the Whitney’s critical mass at just the right time and that exposed me to a popula- OVERTURES brand. I can only do very downtown weekend closing time— tion of 20- and 30-year-olds who never would have cared about “The other major trend what I know. So far 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday—a who I am. No other guys my age were doing that, but in my new is coming from the East. everything that I’ve done ftting hour for nighthawks. position, I was around these young people who were encouraging Marokia, Visvim, Color, has been organic, natu- me to get into Instagram.” Today, the Instagram star is a staple at Sekai, and other Japa- ral, and fun. I think one of any important global runway show and influences an entire gen- nese brands are becom- the main reasons for my THE WHITNEY HAS DRAWN CRITICISM AND PRAISE FOR THE BUILDING DESIGN, BUT eration with each post. Wooster is the defnition of American cool, ing more mainstream, success is authenticity— THERE’S NO DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE

and he offers some cool quips to show for it. along with an awakening me doing me.” NIC LEHOUX PAGE: SHIH / OPPOSITE CHIUN-KAI THIS PAGE: QUALITY OF ITS COLLECTION.

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MIAMI VICE JEWELER JASON OF BEVERLY HILLS PLANTS A SPARKLING FLAG The Sunny Side ON THE OPPOSITE COAST // BY SHAYNE BENOWITZ HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY? NEUROSCIENTIST TALI SHAROT EXPLORES THE VALUE OF ‘UNREALISTIC’ OPTIMISM // BY LYNN PARRAMORE SITUATED IN PALM Court’s central jewelry on campus at UCLA to help cover is on customization and fashion-forward, plaza—a sort of subtropical Place expenses. “By the time I graduated, I limited-edition collections made of dia- AS VOLTAIRE ONCE said, stable. Optimism motivates us to Vendôme in Miami’s Design District— was making more than most attorneys,” monds, gold, and platinum with prices “Optimism is the madness of insist- try harder, so optimists tend to be Jason of Beverly Hills stands out as a fine he says, adding that his operations starting at $2,200 and most falling in ing that all is well when we are mis- more successful and earn more jewelry rebel amidst venerated names expanded to six campuses. “But I knew the $10,000 to $20,000 range—but up to erable.” Looking at the bright side money. You can see the evolution- like BVLGARI, Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget, millions. His celebrity fan base includes of life may feel good, but is it bene- ary advantages. and Harry Winston. “If my mom doesn’t Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Dwyane Wade, ficial as well? Q. How much optimism is too like it, I know I’ve done a good job,” jokes “IF MY MOM Sean “Diddy” Combs, and Madonna. Most of us tend to believe that much? Jason Arasheben of the edgy and some- DOESN’T LIKE IT, Arasheben’s Design District show- we will raise gifted children and live A: If you have too much, you might times controversial jewelry line he room, outfitted in signature flashy longer than average. According to not take a precautionary action like founded in 2002. Dressed in a purple I KNOW I’VE DONE red carpet and high-gloss black tile, is Tali Sharot, an associate professor wearing a bike helmet. When many blazer, white T-shirt, and loafers, Arashe- A GOOD JOB.” designed to resemble a modern museum. of cognitive neuroscience at UCL optimistic people come together, for ben is reeling from the grand opening of Collections are displayed in individual (University College London), that’s example in a fnancial market, even his fourth boutique. Affixed to his lapel is cases, with mood lighting and original called the optimism bias, and 80 mild optimistic predictions can a white gold safety pin with a diamond- there was only so far I could go with photography. On display in the center of percent of us have it. It means we expand, which, at times, could have encircled button—a piece echoing ’80s cheap pieces.” Equipped with sharpened the room is a $2 million pair of diamond- see the cup half-full not because negative consequences. punk anarchy from his Cavalier Collec- entrepreneurial skills and creative ambi- encrusted loafers commissioned by Nick we have devoured Sharot’s book Q. How does optimism alter tion in collaboration with celebrity stylist tion, he outsourced his drawings and Cannon. There’s also a nod to Miami The Optimism Bias or even seen her reality? David Thomas. designs to make one-of a-kind, high-end style with a Champagne bar, a modern- TED talk on the subject; it’s because A: Any kind of expectation, whether Groomed to be an attorney, Arashe- jewelry for a clientele of celebrity friends. ist chandelier, and a curved, silver, tufted we’re wired that way. good or bad, can become self-fulfll- ben started selling wholesale plastic Today, the growing company’s focus banquette that could just as easily be Illusion or not, Sharot says if ing. So if we think that we’re going found inside a South Beach nightclub. we didn’t believe that things will to do well in our jobs, we’re going “Miami’s image and feel is the same iden- turn out well, we’d all be slightly to put more effort into them and so tity as our brand,” says Arasheben. depressed. Pessimism paralyzes. we’re actually going to do better. If With his rock ’n’ roll aesthetic, Arashe- In her lab, Sharot studies how the you think you’re going to fnd love, ben’s statement-making designs include brains of optimists and pessimists differ and also inhibits the processing of bad you might be more inclined to go out gold skulls, diamond-encased bullets, and why we project the future the way news. Interfering with the activity of this and seek it. You’re actually enhancing black diamond Uzis, dagger earrings, we do. It turns out that optimism seems to region reduces the optimism bias. On the your chances. Same thing with negative and vampire fang rings. Some of his have a Goldilocks component—too much other hand, the right inferior frontal gyrus expectations. You think, well, my start-up more demure, yet nonetheless creative, of it trips us up. Too little and we never appears to be involved in the processing is not going to work out, so I don’t put in designs include gold honeycomb cuff get up when we fall. The good news— of bad news. The more optimistic a per- any effort. I give up and it actually affects bracelets, angel-wing pendants, rings even Debbie Downers may be able to son is, the less activity in this “bad news” the outcome. Expectations affect reality. outfitted with sparkling ribbons, and learn to be more hopeful. part of the brain. Q. Can optimism be learned? more traditional geometric earrings and Q. Is having high expectations rational? A: Psychologist Martin Seligman has engagement rings. Q. How did you become interested in A: Optimism per se is not an illusion, but worked on retraining people to become The Jason of Beverly Hills customer the optimism bias? the optimism bias is. We expect things more optimistic. Optimists don’t think of “wants something no one else has, but has A: I’ve been curious about the neural sys- to be better than they end up being, negative outcomes as permanent or gen- everything else, at the same time,” says tems involved with how people imagine even when there is evidence things will eralized. Seligman tried to teach an opti- sales director Will Gearin. If that something the future. Using functional magnetic not turn out well. Is this the appropriate mistic interpretation style, and according is a white diamond–encrusted skull pen- resonance imaging (fMRI), my colleagues use of information? Probably not. But to his studies, he was successful at chang- dant sporting black diamond sunglasses, and I found that the left inferior frontal people who are more optimistic tend be ing peoples’ perceptions. So there’s some

then you’ve found your new jeweler. KFIR ZIV PAGE: HILLS / OPPOSITE OF BEVERLY JASON THIS PAGE: gyrus encodes unexpected good news healthier, happier, and mentally more evidence it works, but it’s not easy to do.

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4 NEARBY NAPA WINERIES When in Calistoga—or St. Helena, Rutherford, or Yountville, for that matter— some of the country’s finest terroir is but a country lane away.

IN SEASON CAIN VINEYARD EHLERS ESTATE STONY HILL CLIFF LEDE THE CARMEL VALLEY’S & WINERY VINEYARD LUCIA RESTAURANT & BAR THE STORY THE STORY THE STORY Modeled after a THE STORY Estate vineyards DEBUTS WITH SURPRISES The St. Helena French chateau, Fred and Eleanor are the backbone FROM CHEF CAL STAMENOV property, which the 42-acre St. McCrea bought of Clif Lede, and // BY DREW LIMSKY clings to a spec- Helena property the property in its 60 Stags Leap tacular bowl over- features a stone the Spring Moun- District acres in IN THE VENN diagram of Carmel looking the Napa winery dating tain District that Yountville are Valley and Luxury, one destination has Valley from the back to 1886, would become widely regarded long occupied the coveted overlap crest of the Spring while its vine- Stony Hill in the as some of Napa between the two: Bernardus Lodge. Mountain District, yards, which are early 1940s, and Valley’s best ter- Farm Standard varies in eleva- planted to Bor- planted the first roir for cabernet Devotees may recall the gastronomic SOLAGE CALISTOGA DOUBLES DOWN ON GASTRONOMY // BY DREW LIMSKY tion from 1,400 deaux varietals, vineyards in 1948. sauvignon vari- heights of Marinus. Now Lucia Res- to 2,100 feet. Its are all certified Today, Stony Hill eties. Clif Lede taurant & Bar has debuted within the THE INTERESTING THING about The restaurant’s new look (defned by stage to showcase Sharp’s California soul winemaker—an organic by Cali- remains one of boasts the Poetry newly reopened Bernardus Lodge & Solage Calistoga is how little it required banquettes, custom-built partitions made food. “The redesign also created 10 or iconoclastic, intel- fornia Certified the few wineries Inn, with guest Spa. Renowned Chef Cal Stamenov a top-tier restaurant. If that errant from reclaimed wood, and oversized 12 intimate, special tables, of which we lectually curious Organic Farmers. operating under rooms named and his team are driving the stoves short-haired hip- the same fam- for such literary thought sounds like heresy—since the multi-paned windows) offers a fresh originally had few,” says Sharp, who has WINEMAKER and decorating the tables on the new pie in chinos—is ily ownership to figures as Emily 89-room resort and spa is located in the been at Solbar from the beginning. “Sol- Kevin Morrisey 2,300-square-foot heated terrace with food-and-wine-crazed Napa Valley—fol- bar has become a special-occasion res- passionate about produce small- Dickinson and the edible colors of the central Califor- the production THE WINES lot wines from a Walt Whitman. low this thinking: The 22-acre resort is taurant over the years, and now we have nia countryside. A graduate of Califor- of three cabernet The very exclusive small estate. so expansive and beautiful, with its jewel the supply of romantic tables to match WINEMAKER nia Culinary Academy, “Chef Cal” blends: Cain Five, Ehlers Estate pro- WINEMAKER Christopher Tynan a 130-foot Canary Island palm–lined lap the demand.” Cain Cuvée, and duces eight wines: launched his stellar career more than Mike Chelini pool, that it hardly needed a major gas- In a place where seasonality and Cain Concept. the 1886 Cabernet THE WINES 30 years ago at New York’s storied tronomic draw. And competition is stiff: local growers are key to a dish’s suc- Sauvignon ($110), THE WINES Clear your palate Four Seasons restaurant and contin- WINEMAKER It’s not like Napa was screaming for yet cess, menu discussions are speculative Ehlers J. Leducq Stony Hill pro- for the 2012 Claret, ued his education under Alain Ducasse Christopher another seasonally appropriate fine at best. Sharp’s menu has been known Cabernet Sauvi- duces four wines: Napa Valley ($45), and other illustrious toques. Today, he Howell dining venue. to boast such dishes as the Tuscan black gnon ($75), Estate Chardonnay 2012 Beautiful dazzles with his delicate, farm-fresh But when Solage Calistoga opened kale and ricotta agnolotti, and Monterey THE WINES Cabernet Sauvi- ($45), Cabernet Generation, Stags menu that includes a fava, pecorino, with a bang in 2007, its cuisine led the Bay sardines a la plancha with grilled Toast the top-of- gnon ($55), Cab- Sauvignon ($60), Leap District and artichoke salad with black truffle the-world gold ernet Franc ($60), White Riesling ($95), 2012 Cab- acclaim—and the raves kept coming. seeded bread and baby artichokes, but vinaigrette, and a local Dungeness and green views Merlot ($55), Petit ($30), and ernet Sauvignon, Now the six-time Michelin star–rated his winter offerings are sure to include crab cake with spicy aioli and pickled with 2010 Cain Verdot ($60), Gewürztraminer Stags Leap Dis- restaurant, Solbar, has doubled down on heartier fare. Five ($125), 2010 Sauvignon Blanc ($27). trict ($75), and green tomato. Since one meal at Lucia gastronomy with a daring $1.1 million “I’m excited about quince season,” Cain Concept-The ($28), and Sylvi- 2012 High Fidelity, is scarcely enough, settle in at one the redo and reopening, and a new chef de Sharp says, “and I expect us to have a Benchland ($75), ane Rose ($28). Napa Valley ($80). Lodge’s 57 guest rooms set on 28 acres cuisine, Brad Cecchi, joining Executive composition of duck, foie gras, chestnuts, and NV11 Cain blanketed with lavender, orchards,

Chef Brandon Sharp’s team. vanilla, and quince on the menu.” WINE: CLIFF BERNARDUS LODGE; CHEF STAMENOV: / THIS PAGE: CALISTOGA SOLAGE PAGE: OPPOSITE HILL VINEYARDS STONY & WINERY), VINEYARD (CAIN MIGLAVS JANIS LEDE, EHLERS ESTATE, Cuvée ($36). and vineyards.

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“I ADORED ANYTHING THAT MAN SOUNDED LIKE MY FAIR LADY, SO I’D GO FROM COCKNEY ABOUT STREET URCHIN TO POSH ENOUGH TOWN FOR ASCOT.” — CARLA MEYER ACTOR, RAPPER, PRODUCER, AND HOST NICK CANNON American speech teachers from whom the Ameri- SECRET OF THE IS A MAN ON THE MOVE can Theater Standard evolved. The veteran vocal SOUND // How // BY LAURIE HEIFETZ expert spotted Meyer’s talent straightaway, but voice coach Carla the gifted pupil had her own plans. She went on Meyer coaxed the AT EASE IN The Ritz-Carlton Central to teach acting in St. Louis, performed in Godspell cadences from stars Park, Nick Cannon, his black knit cap and in Boston, and helped run a developmental theater in some of their toothy grin in place, doesn’t have all the company in California. best-known films time in the world, but it’s just enough to Undeterred, Skinner passed Meyer’s name CAROL (2015): let him convey how many creative pies he along to Robert Redford, who was directing The Meyer and Cate has his fingers in. Milagro Beanfeld War (1988) and needed a dialect Blanchett spent hours Actor and rapper, comedian and pro- coach for star Sonia Braga. Meyer was pragmatic: listening to Grace ducer, writer and TV host—the 35-year- Talking “I knew I wasn’t going to be working with them at Kelly, Susan Hayward, old Cannon refuses to be pigeonholed. any point as an actor, so I agreed. It turned out to and Eva Marie Saint His hosting duties have included Amer- be amazing.” In the years since, Meyer has helped for “the patrician ica’s Got Talent, the MTV2 series Nick form the consonants and vowels that issued from quality of the East Cannon Presents: Wild ’N Out, and The Points the mouths of Nicole Kidman, Anthony Hopkins, Coast establishment Nick Cannon Show. He’s managed artists WHATEVER THE ACCENT, DIALECT Naomi Watts, Jude Law, and Emma Thompson. in the 1950s.” like Kreesha Turner, has recorded with COACH CARLA MEYER HELPS Meryl Streep’s 1982 performance in Sophie’s GONE GIRL (2014): Pitbull, and is marking his fourth season HOLLYWOOD FIND ITS VOICE Choice, Meyer says, was the game changer. “She Meyer helped British- on BET’s parody Real Husbands of Holly- // BY KATHY PASSERO was so spectacular that she set a new benchmark born Rosamund Pike wood. Cannon’s film career has led the for accents. At the same time, news cameras and master an American indefatigable performer to his latest proj- THE RIGHT ACCENT can bring a character to documentary flmmakers were going everywhere, blue-blood, prep- ect: the hotly anticipated Spike Lee flm life, just like wearing the right costume or makeup so suddenly we were hearing people on television school accent for the Chiraq, starring John Cusack, Jennifer thanks in part to a multi-year production Cannon’s presence as a television pro- can. Yet for actors to convince audiences, they often speak as they actually did in different places. Audi- title role by reading Hudson, and Samuel L. Jackson. deal with NBC to develop both scripted ducer and executive has helped launch need help from an expert. ences became more discerning.” aloud from upscale Cannon might seem like the ubiqui- and non-scripted shows: “We got a and bring mainstream awareness to That’s where Carla Meyer comes in. This native Audio recordings provide the backbone of magazines like Town tous TV celebrity, given his many hosting bunch of new shows that we’re produc- comedians like Kevin Hart, Katt Williams, of Long Island’s North Shore is one of a small cir- the feld, Meyer says. Over the years, she and her & Country and duties, but he is so much more. The multi- ing that will be launched for NBC Univer- and Pete Davidson. For the past decade, cle of Hollywood dialect coaches whose gift with friends, mostly fellow Skinner protégés, have col- Truman Capote’s faceted entertainer, who began perform- sal,” Cannon says. “Probably more flms his improv show, Wild ’N Out, has estab- accents keeps her in demand for everything from lected conversations from people around the globe. unfinished novel ing at age 8, works hard to get ahead in and a few more albums released in my lished itself as one of the most successful big-budget blockbusters to micro-budget indie Their archives serve as a vocal reference library. Answered Prayers. the business and has found success by label [NCredible Entertainment].” Three comedy shows on television. films and television. For Meyer—who recently “I was working on The Crucible [1996], and obvi- AVATAR (2009): pursuing his passions, whether that’s or four projects are slated to drop in the “Whether it’s Real Husbands of Holly- coached Joel Edgerton in Black Mass and Cate ously there weren’t any recordings of the Puritans Meyer devoted three comedy, music, flm, or TV. fourth quarter. NCredible Entertainment wood with Kevin Hart or other come- Blanchett in Carol—dialect work was something we could use,” Meyer recalls. “But one of my col- years to what became The dapper San Diego–born mega- has expanded to produce Like a Boss for dies—we have a bunch of those coming, that came naturally. leagues had collected fantastic recordings of a lob- the highest-grossing entrepreneur even designed an exclusive Oxygen Media. (Oxygen, owned by NBC too,” he says. If it sounds like he’s jug- “It was always fun for me to do dialects. As a ster fsherman from Deer Isle, Maine. That became film of all time, line of ties for Macy’s and—in a nod to his Universal, targets young, multicultural gling a lot of different genres, Cannon kid, I did them all the time,” Meyer says. “I adored our starting point for the dialect Daniel Day-Lewis, deciding how the programming for kids for Nickelodeon, women.) “I wanted to focus on a lot of the is well aware of his core audience and anything that sounded like My Fair Lady, so I’d go Joan Allen, and Winona Ryder used in the flm. Na’vi would sound where he is chairman of TeenNick— people who are assistants, who are the his signature output, as his final words from Cockney street urchin to posh enough for “You can record a fantastic variety of accents on had they learned school supplies for Offce Depot. real hard workers in the entertainment reveal: “Comedy never stops.” Clearly, Ascot.” Meyer studied at Carnegie Mellon Uni- any flm set on any location,” Meyer says. “And you English at the fictional

Winter will bring a spate of projects, industry,” he adds. neither does he. CARLA MEYER PAGE: NBC / OPPOSITE ANDREW ECCLES, THIS PAGE: versity under Edith Skinner, the grande dame of never know when one will prove perfect for a project.” school on Pandora.

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A Healthy Home AN INTERIOR DESIGNER TO THE RICH AND FAMOUS OFFERS PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR EVERY HOMEOWNER // BY BECCA HENSLEY

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1931, Joy of million people in the United States suffer who stripped their home of such allergy Cooking created a movement. Renowned from allergies or asthma?” she asks, and laboratories as heavy curtains and shag for its conversational tone and its simple recounts tales of having to stay indoors carpets. Fortified, Wilson exercised to approach to cooking, this tome became a with her inhaler close at hand and watch strengthen her lungs. Slowly, as the staple on the shelves of homes across other children play outdoors. family adopted a number of healthier America. Even the inimitable Julia Child Things changed when the family vis- options and streamlined their home, learned to cook using the recipes and ited a holistic doctor who offered some Wilson went from an afflicted person techniques spelled out in its pages. sage advice: “You can raise a strong who used an inhaler daily to today’s ft Interior designer and entrepreneur child or raise a child on strong medi- specimen—a tireless entrepreneur, the Robin Wilson is attempting to achieve cine.” That impressed Wilson’s parents, mother of a toddler, and an ambassa- something similar, but her subject dor for the Asthma and Allergy is the healthy home, as exemplifed Foundation of America who very by her 2015 release, Clean Design: rarely needs a puff. SCENE STUDY Wellness for Your Lifestyle. “Every- Once a building contractor, the ACROSS THE POND AND A CONTINENT, THE LONDON WEST HOLLYWOOD one can have a healthy home,” Wil- CEO and founder of Robin Wilson IS SEAMLESSLY CINEMATIC // BY DREW LIMSKY son says. And she insists that that Home turned to design when cli- desire has found its moment. As ents wanted her to take the helm IT’S SOHO HOUSE meets Sunset approached by The London West Holly- Collins Studio. “The Gate Suites take our we strive to live healthier lives— for every aspect of her construc- Boulevard at The London West Holly- wood to add inspiration to the penthouse timeless design to the next level.” watching the food we eat and our tion projects—furniture, linens, wood, where well-heeled creatives from with our prints and graphics,” says The suites achieve that seemingly ftness levels—it’s only natural that and all. They were impressed by across the Atlantic commingle with spiky- Andreas Kronthaler, Vivienne West- effortless feng shui of Southern California: the home itself becomes a part of her passion for allergy-free design, haired rockers and film stars. The buzz wood’s design partner and creative direc- the king beds, accessible on three sides, that movement. and soon Wilson found herself cre- begins at breakfast with Boxwood’s buffet tor. “We have specially curated rugs, are built into freestanding units housing Home health follows a logic ating entire interiors—projects that table, with slivers of smoked salmon so wall-hangings, and soft furnishings to a “backstage” area equipped with a dress- similar to cooking: There are cer- transformed her into a star of inte- pristine they look like jewels, along with bring a subtle element of our brand to the ing area. Within their hand-cut mosaic tain ingredients and instructions rior and home product design. She porridge and English breakfast on the a la luxury apartment. It’s exciting to see our walls, the new bathrooms offer niches that, when followed, result in a safe worked on President Bill Clinton’s carte menu. The high life continues at the designs translated into an interior space.” for deep soaking tubs and vanities. abode. The guideposts: sustain- Harlem office, and environmen- rooftop pool, with its private cabanas and In the previous phase of the renova- The glitter comes in the form of a 110- ability, hypoallergenic materials, talist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed views of the Hollywood Hills. tion, the London-based David Collins seat screening room. Conceptualized by and avoiding VOCs, arsenic, and her up to renovate his home, Decorating the scene are the estima- Studio, the hotel’s original designer as Gonzalez Architects with interiors by the hydrofuorocarbons. complete with foors of reclaimed ble results of a $25 million renovation. well as the designer of the London NYC London-based Richmond Design, this Wilson’s vocation arose from a wood; the project resulted in the The last flourish of that redo was the Hotel, was enlisted to execute a foor of amenity marks the largest hotel screen- very personal journey. She grew up book Kennedy Green House. unveiling of the $25,000-a-night “Pent- new suites. Sixteen Royal Vista suites plus ing room in the Los Angeles market. in Austin, Texas, a city which, for Yet Wilson remains adamant house Inspired by Vivienne Westwood,” fve specialty Gate Suites pay homage to And the hotel’s North San Vicente loca- all its advantages—scenic, musi- that clean interiors should right- which pays tribute to the iconoclastic London’s Hyde Park and take their names tion strikes the perfect balance between cal, and otherwise—is, according fully belong to everyone: She says English fashion designer whose wed- from the park’s fve gate points—Victoria, residential and action. You can walk down to Wilson, a veritable cache of aller- the method outlined in her book ding dress for Carrie Bradshaw in the Alexandra, Elizabeth, Apsley, and Cur- to the bistros and bars on Santa Monica gens. The medley of mold, pollen, “is a lifestyle change, and it’s frst Sex and the City movie wasn’t mere zon—references to aristocratic life from Boulevard, or you can sit back and enjoy and dust—all made more noxious something you can do piecemeal, product placement—it all but stole the various eras. “I have been waiting to work the show from your balcony, the bands by the city’s hot, humid climate— in steps. It does not have to over- show. At 11,000 square feet, Westwood’s again with The London West Hollywood at Whisky a Go Go (very) audible as you nearly incapacitated the future whelm. I want people to know that namesake penthouse is the largest hotel since the day we opened,” says Simon watch the sun set. Porridge aside, it’s a

designer. “Do you know that 60 they can change.” HOLLYWOOD WEST THE LONDON PAGE: LENZ / OPPOSITE VANESA THIS PAGE: suite in Los Angeles. “We were initially Rawlings, creative director of David signature LA experience.

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right: A dedicated farmer and gardener, Mraz shares his passion for growing food and plants by participating in community gardening projects around the country.

The Virginia native, who counts as his reason / To rid yourself of vanities and just The way Mraz sees it, people can have infuences Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Queen, go with the seasons.” an impact by doing the simplest things. Ben Harper, and Alanis Morissette, made “Music has always been a way for me “People can help by just advancing his name in the San Diego coffeehouse to shut down the rest of the world, shut equality—with their conversations, with scene after stints at the American Musi- down the mental chatter, and really con- supporting the movement for gender cal and Dramatic Academy in New York nect with one voice,” he says. “I think equality, with supporting same-sex mar- and Longwood University in Farmville, I’ve just wanted others to have that same riage—just equality for all,” he says. “It’s Jason Mraz lives a grounded life, not a Va. The go-west road trip that made Mraz experience, where they would lose that just, in general, being nice.” flashy one. He surfs. He gardens and a fxture at Java Joe’s in Ocean Beach dur- mental chatter and just feel loved.” And promoting niceness sometimes records on his fve-and-a-half-acre avo- ing the early 2000s proved fortuitous, as means taking a stand: To raise awareness cado farm in California (he’s a vegan). the musician with the acoustic guitar, the about human trafficking, for example, He makes flms (he was an associate pro- elastic and honeyed tenor, and the playful Mraz became the frst international artist ducer on The Big Fix, an award-winning performance style scored with his early to play an open-air concert in Myanmar documentary about the Deepwater Hori- albums Waiting for My Rocket to Come when he headlined the Milestone Con- zon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico). He (2002) and Mr. A–Z (2005). Diamond, Plati- cert in December 2012 for 90,000 people. shoots: In 2008 Mraz published his per- num and multi-Platinum certifcations in Earlier that year, Mraz also spent a week sonal photo travelogue from his world more than 20 countries followed, as well in Antarctica with a group of environ- tour as a book titled a thousand things. as that pair of Grammys in 2009 (“Make mentalists, scientists, and researchers So it’s no surprise that Mraz (pro- It Mine” earned him Best Male Pop Vocal (led by Al Gore) on a mission to learn nounced Mer-az; it’s Czech for “frost”) Performance, while “Lucky”—with Colbie about the effects of climate change. wears all the success stemming from Caillat—scored a win for Best Pop Collab- He says the biggest career highlight his music career without pretense. If he oration with Vocals). has been launching the Jason Mraz Foun- weren’t doing what he does, Mraz says Writing and performing has always dation. Its mission is to inspire change he would be doing something decidedly been a way for Mraz to get to that pure Music has also become a way for him to in the human experience by advancing unglamorous: working as a profes- place that everyone is trying to get to. do what he really wants, which is change equality so all people are treated equally, sional landscaper. Staying pure means that he can become the world in the spirit of his songs. “See, promoting the arts so they are widely But, of course, he’s not. As an inter- impatient with the mechanics of the busi- ‘I am’ are the two most powerful words accessible, empowering through educa- national pop star, Mraz cultivates growth ness. “Sometimes I struggle superfcially on the planet,” he says. “Whatever we put tion so that it becomes a tool for driving on a grander scale, through songs that with my management, or with my own after ‘I am,’ we’re going to become. I’ve social change, and preserving the envi- encourage us to look inward and get to career about how much time I spend trav- tried to be really specifc in my language ronment for generations to come. the essence of feeling. The musician with eling or promoting my music or myself as a writer, to start putting more affrming With typical self-effacement, he says his the melodic Brazilian flavor and a pen- when I’d rather be gardening or surf- and heartfelt and thoughtful lyrics in the foundation “is there, but it’s not the be-all, chant for fedora hats has scored with ing or at home with my loved ones,” he songs so that when you sing along, you’re end-all. It’s just something fun that I get to life-affrming, introspective tunes across concedes. For Mraz, life is about living as actually getting these tools of transforma- do with my money and my resources. But fve albums, including the hit single that’s spontaneously as possible, rather than tion. And maybe your attitude can shift a you can help me by advancing equality, verging on immortality: the 38-year-old’s crafting a calculated existence based on little bit or, at the very least, maybe your supporting arts and education, and sav- infectious “I’m Yours” has been watched image. As he sings in “I’m Yours”: “I guess mood can change for three and a half ing this goddamn planet.” In other words,

nearly 400 million times on YouTube. DEBRA DE SOUZA what I am saying is there ain’t no better minutes in the song.” making our collective garden grow.

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EXTERIOR some of Downtown Manhattan’s hidden hot exposed brick of this aquatic temple, located DESIGN... spots—a subterranean spa, a barber shop in a restored textile factory from 1883. A few >>> The breathtaking design of with its own backroom bar, an elegant Colo- minutes spent stretching in the steam room the CT6 features sharp edges nial American–style tavern, an opulent cock- and a freshwater shower provide the cour- and well-defined lines. The rigid, tail bar from another era, and a hotel with a age for a brief dip in one of two frigidarium lightweight frame (aluminum and steel) makes for a lighter, secret suite. While invisible to most, these loca- pools. At 57 degrees and 50 degrees, these quieter, and more agile ride. tions become part of the New York landscape at two polar plunges are an eye-opener beyond night, opening up a world few ever see. anything coffee can deliver. The pleasure is compounded when followed by a visit to LOCATION NO. 1 the 97-degree tepidarium or the 102-degree AIRE ANCIENT BATHS caldarium, where tendrils of rising steam (88 FRANKLIN STREET, TRIBECA) curl around tongues of fame from a candlelit chandelier above. With its authentic 16th-century Spanish Beyond the heat and cold, the turbulence fountain and lanterns from Marrakech, Aire of the propeller-jet bath provides a frisson of Ancient Baths is a peaceful oasis amid the excitement, with white-capped waves doing towers of Tribeca. Located below street level, battle as powerful jets massage sore muscles a misty, dream-like environment promises from every direction. Other sublime options bliss and tranquility with six different pools, are available—from full-body massages to a steam room, and relaxation areas. Tempranillo-based wine baths.

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LOCATION NO. 2 THE BLIND BARBER (339 E. 10TH STREET)

A faded barber’s pole spins outside, but there’s more to The Blind Barber than meets the eye. Two 1930s-era barber chairs occupy a storefront that looks out onto Tompkins Square Park. Each chair is manned by an experienced barber ready to give a classic cut or hot-towel shave. Yet gaze across its white hexagonal tile floor to the back wall and you’ll spy a sliding door that opens to a tavern invisible from the street. Each cut and shave comes with the beverage of your choice delivered to your chair. The Old-Fashioned (rye whiskey, sugar, and bitters) and house favorite Smoke & Dagger (bourbon, jalapeno-infused liqueur, lemon, cucumber, and ginger) are popular picks. A quick turn through the bar reveals a quirky, comfortable space, with a black-and- white checkerboard floor, soft vinyl ban- quettes, tables made from discarded barrels, and framed photos on the walls—including a curious shot of a rugged man posing on his motorcycle with two dogs.

LOCATION NO. 3 FREEMANS (END OF FREEMAN ALLEY, RIVINGTON BETWEEN BOWERY AND CHRISTIE)

On the approach up Freeman Alley, stylish couples cut glamorous silhouettes against graffti-covered walls. A modest door opens into Freemans, a tavern whose welcoming interior feels a world removed from the urban scene outside. Edison bulbs illuminate a life- sized cabinet of curiosities, with taxidermy, sculptures, oil paintings, and antique books flling every space. Table 11 offers a secluded nook to take in the fascinating scene and enjoy house favorites such as Devils on Horseback (Stilton Bleu cheese–stuffed dates wrapped in bacon) and whole grilled Eden Brook trout. A few moments spent exploring reveals more curious details. The foor is made from aged boards recovered from old scaffolding. Coiled ropes cast fuzzy shadows on dark- green walls. A (presumably) empty, basketball- sized wasp nest hangs near the front window. 11:00 PM

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THE D EN The central structure on the ground floor of NeueHouse in New York, called the Spanish Steps, breaks up sight lines and also houses a small café beneath it, which turns into a bar at night.

THE COWORKING ENVIRONMENT REINVENTS OFFICE CULTURE—OFFERING FLEXIBILITY, INSPIRING COLLABORATION, AND DISPENSING WITH CONFORMITY

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30% OF PEOPLE IN COWORKING Paper Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the illustrations U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Google ENVIRONMENTS WALK OR by Julene Play is a trademark of Google Inc. RIDE THEIR BIKES TO WORK Harrison Studies show that dimmer lights foster creativity in generating ideas, while brighter levels are more conducive to analytical and evaluative thinking.

articulates the benefits of shared spaces: “In of people today’s business climate you win based on in coworking spaces speed and agility, and coworking allows busi- said interior nesses to scale up or down seamlessly. It’s design matters to them. about real estate as a service.” The modern history of collective workspaces is less than three decades old. In 1989, an Eng- lish entrepreneur named Mark Dixon hit upon the notion that business travelers needed a full- service alternative to working from their hotel rooms. So he opened the frst Regus location, in Brussels. Chances are you’ve seen one of Regus’ 3,000 storefronts in your travels. Today’s model is far less retail and far more exclusive. Workspaces 2.0—which include not only NeueHouse but TechSpace and WeWork— are geared toward the urban creative class. “During the dot-com boom of the late ’90s and the early 2000s there were no bright, creative members benefit from working together in open spaces where startups could set up shop,” the same space because many don’t have a lot THERE ARE explains Brendan McGee, vice president of of support from other entrepreneurs who are IN OTHER WORDS... TechSpace, New York’s frst private work col- like them,” she explains. San Francisco entre- Thinking about trading lective. “TechSpace was born out of that.” preneur John McGuire, whose startup created the home ofce for rented desk space? Here are a few The TechSpace concept married the utility GAME GOLF, a mobile app–based wearable The David Rockwell–designed NeueHouse includes open areas with a library-like ambience. reasons you should: of Regus with the striking design of Silicon Val- technology, says that “the Medici effect that Boost creativity: With art- ley, sprawling throughout an entire foor in a shared spaces create is, for me, its biggest fully designed workspaces, historic building off Union Square. The con- advantage. People by their nature want to attractive color schemes, IT’S 11:30 A.M. AND THINGS ARE BUSTLING tube or someone from HR will be in vain. And cept proved so popular that TechSpace soon reciprocate when value is being exchanged.” and open floors, how can you not find inspiration? AT NEUEHOUSE, which is sort of like the facility was designed by David Rockwell, added a stunning three-story interior staircase In 2012, Wisznia | Architecture + Develop- the Soho House of shared work- whose peerlessly eclectic resume includes to connect 105 offce suites and 585 workspaces ment opened “beta – a shared workspace” in Boost productivity: All spaces. The sunlight drops Nobu restaurants, W Hotels, and the stage sets across 60,000 square feet. Today the TechSpace New Orleans’ Central Business District. Wisz- those people around might seem counterproductive, through the huge skylights for Hairspray and the Academy Awards. This portfolio includes locations in New York, LA, nia’s beta is part of the frm’s mixed-use con- right? But being around where Jessica Hendricks, creator of The Brave is coworking. Orange County, San Francisco, and Austin. version of the Maritime Building—a Beaux Arts others who are focused, Collection, has just arrived from her Williams- It makes the most sense to defne cowork- Given the ubiquity of contemporary tech- jewel of a building constructed in 1893. “People working hard, and making deals creates pressure for burg design studio. Having shipped a large ing by what it is not. There are no long-term nology and appeal of working from home, one do better together than apart,” Marcel Wisz- you to succeed. order of her jewelry to a prestigious Parisian leases, no landlord negotiations, no brokers, might assume the need for an office is flag- nia insists. “Although we are modernist archi- boutique, the young entrepreneur has come in no attorney fees, and no Byzantine city permit ging. But the lure of coworking is about com- tects working in historic buildings, we are not Balance life: With work- COWORKING space outside the home, munity and opportunity. Angela Benson is the for meetings. But frst there’s the cold-pressed processes. In sum, coworking allows busi- SPACES IN afraid to infuse 21st-century ideas and spaces you’re more apt to leave juice she’s enjoying with a fellow NeueHouse nesses to convert something that might other- founder of NewME, a San Francisco–based into these classic structures; in fact, we man- your job behind at day’s member. She can afford the break—while wise be a long-term liability—namely, real tech accelerator largely focused on minority- date that happen.” Now, New Orleans—a city end. That’s more time for family, friends, and fun. walking to the Gramercy Park workspace from estate—into something short-term, variable, and women-owned tech startups. She’s also once starkly defned by a net brain drain—now the Union Square subway station, she closed a and on-demand. a TechSpace member and evangelist. “Our trumpets its brain gain. Free cofee: Some even deal for her third store in the Hamptons. Ryan Simonetti’s startup, Convene, provides boast espresso machines. So that means no more No one at NeueHouse is on Hendricks’ pay- meeting venues and services in New York City COUNTRIES SHARING THOUGHTS: “Every day there’s an opportunity to connect with people who are bringing new ideas breaking your wallet for a roll. And no one is wearing a suit. There are and Washington, D.C., so he knows the lay of and innovations to the world. It’s powerful.” Matt Shampine, VP Business Development at WeWork. latte with a double shot at your local cofeeshop. no PCs, just Macs. A search for a fuorescent the land more intimately than most. He nicely GROUP) AND DON FREEMAN ERIC LAIGNEL (VIA ROCKWELL PHOTOGRAPHY: STORY

50 Winter 2016 51 Winter 2016 THE EVOLUTION OF THE OFFICE (& SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT MADE WORKING When given the option to have as many or as AWAY FROM few plants as they wished, THEM POSSIBLE) workers’ productivity increased by 1994 First user- friendly web browser (that allowed viewers to see text and 1995 images in the same window) is released

One of the 1996 first hacker- spaces, a community- oriented loca- tion where people meet/ 1997 work, opens Some workspaces ofer movies, yoga, happy hour, and food markets. in Berlin. It’s a forerunner of coworking space

Wisznia’s design and development Indeed, the space at beta is lined with 1998 First plasma team commissioned one of the cowork- huge Palladian windows and flled with display screen is ing space’s original startups, a company furniture from Knoll and Herman Miller. released to called Apptitude that has since moved Wisznia explains, “We strive to create a the public into a larger space, to create a mobile space which inspires people when they 1999 First success- app that manages services at beta: Mem- walk in the door.” ful pocket- bers receive notifications when pack- able audio ages arrive, reserve a conference room, THE SAME CONCEPT HOLDS TRUE device allow- ing users and pay rent. Wisznia says, “The devel- FOR NEUEHOUSE. Rockwell’s to up load opment of the app allows us to run that design was conceived to 2000 MP3 files is business with virtually no administra- dispense with conformity created tion while providing our members with in favor of inspiration. The The first excellent services.” original function of the fve-story building studio with Stirling Barrett is another beta resi- was light manufacturing before it served as flexible 2001 desk space dent; his company, KREWE du optic, an auction house for rare furniture. With for rent, designs and distributes iconic eyewear NeueHouse, it has been recast to accord a 42West24, from its beta offces. Barrett started with spontaneity and movement suited to the opens in NY one desk at the coworking space three myriad ways people work today. years ago. The company has doubled Twenty-foot-high ground-foor ceil- 2002 Coworking spaces open growth each year, with the team now at ings create a grand entrance that is at in Denmark a total of 12 employees at the beta head- once breathtaking and inviting. “That and Austria quarters in the Maritime Building. volume on the ground foor is amazing,” “We work really hard,” Barrett says, says James O’Reilly, one of NeueHouse’s 2003 The first “and to be able to do it in a beautiful envi- founding partners. “It was really impor- single-unit ronment surrounded by good people is tant to have that present because we wireless Internet a really large beneft. I wouldn’t be sur- are delivering this experience wrapped transmitter prised if Marcel spent as much money around a workday. It’s quite striking and (Wi-Fi) arrives on furniture as he did on the build-out.” palpable—and that’s intentional.” 2004 CONTINUED ON PG. 54

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2005 First ofcial “coworking space” opens part-time in San Francisco

2006 First location THE AVERAGE ofering full- time cowork- MEMBER IS ing space ONSITE 23 HOURS opens in NY PER WEEK 2007 Apple iPhone is available in stores

First article 2008 on coworking appears in The New York Times

I’m Outta 2009 Here! how coworking is making An expansive ground floor at NeueHouse creates unique collaborative spaces. the ofce obsolete is the first book 2010 published on coworking Winston Peters, a principal at MyÜberLife, right clientele is the brand identity and the a business consulting group specializing in services delivered,” says Alex Shashou, co- First Cowork- the creative industries, runs his business out founder of the tech startup ALICE. The mobile POINT ing Day is of NeueHouse. “A coworking space that has a frst–hospitality operations platform is used in celebrated 2011 around the point of view that pays attention to aesthetics some of the country’s top hotel brands, includ- globe is important, especially for people working in ing The Setai Miami Beach, Sixty Hotels, and fashion, music, and art who don’t want to work Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC—and increas- 93,000 in a sterile environment,” says Peters. “The feel ingly in shared workspaces, starting with their Tweets are complements the functional use.” NeueHouse partnership. 2012 sent with OUT OF #coworking Perhaps the key to NeueHouse’s success is “Magic happens when you combine culture hashtag the way it provides customized resources and and commerce,” NeueHouse’s O’Reilly says. “If carefully curated amenities and events. The you mix in an eclectic group of people, then you First national photographer David LaChapelle has given create an incredibly powerful proposition.” 2013 coworking talks at NeueHouse, as have the noted perform- Because of ever-increasing levels of hospi- association, called ance artist Ryan McNamara and the visual art- tality, services, and amenities, the work collec- Coshares, ist Christo, who memorably blanketed Central tive is one of the most appealing business forms THE AVERAGE Park in saffron for The Gates (2005). There are culture developments of the start-up age— SATISFACTION memberships for solo entrepreneurs, mem- particularly for anti-cubicle millennials. “After 2014 More than 15 RATING OF coworking berships for small groups, and memberships the broad cultural and demographic shifts of conferences PEOPLE WORKING and related for groups that grow and contract in size. 2008, kids coming out of college today don’t events are NeueHouse can provide support for product want to work for ‘the man,’” O’Reilly says. “They IN A COWORKING held globally launches, arrange catering, and recommend want be the next Mark Zuckerberg. Entrepre- ENVIRONMENT. 2015 talent. “The differentiator in attracting the neurship has never been more sexy.”

54 Winter 2016 55 Winter 2016 LIGHT FANTASTIC PROJECTION MAPPING IS ILLUMINATING CITYSCAPES AND THEATRICAL EVENTS WITH MYTHOLOGY AND MOVEMENT

STORY BY CHRIS SHEEDY

VIVID SYDNEY The iconic sails of the Sydney Opera House come to life with lights and animation during Vivid Sydney, an annual event of light, music, and ideas. ON ANY DAY and from any angle, the city of Sydney itself “the largest festival of light, music, and ideas in presents a handsome profle, but on this night, it boasts the world,” with more than 80 light installations attract- an entirely different dimension. ing millions of people, such an event is not unique to The Sydney Opera House has been transformed into Sydney—or even to cityscapes. a canvas onto which light splashes to create various Earlier this year, Jennifer Lopez famously became forms—a morphing, multicolored mural, a black-and- a living screen onto which animated flm scenes were evolving cubes, and black squares that seem to “rain” BACK IN RENAISSANCE TIMES, Uzilevsky says, com- white stick fgure diving into the harbor, a psychedelic projected during her American Idol performance of the upside down—is mystical and transporting. missions from individuals and institutions at the high- work of aboriginal art. Façades of harborside build- song “Feel the Light.” Her custom-designed dress, com- And the list goes on: From Jerusalem’s Festival of est strata of society were about creating something ings, like giant Pantone piano keys, refect intense and plete with a 20-foot diameter train, became the star of the Light, where Jaffa Gate is adorned with a 25-meter-high impressive, dramatic, and long-lasting, such as a new constantly changing light onto the water. On the road show. In a more intimate venue, the Adrien M/Claire B dome created and lit by an Italian lighting company building. “Obviously, there’s no longer that much space through the Argyle Cut in The Rocks, adults and chil- dance company, based in Lyon, France, for 10 years has called Luminarie De Cagna, to Prague’s Signal Festival in the world for building cathedrals and monuments,” dren lie on their backs and gawk at the tunnel roof proven expert at situating its dancers within enchant- where the rococo façade of the Kinsky Palace becomes a he says. “Instead, today we’re able to augment or trans- above them, mesmerized by close-ups of snakes’ skins, ingly conjured 3-D–seeming environments. The effect playground for international light artists, this expressive form an architectural vision into something more mod- leaves, fowers, and wildlife scenes. Even the Sydney of such pieces as Hakanaï—with its bendable grids, use of light is the new freworks. Civic ceremonies, artis- ern, or more communicative.” Harbor ferries slicing through the night are strung with tic exhibitions, and corporate promotions have basked And it fulflls the desire for a communal and dynamic lights, pulsating with color and movement. in the spotlight of projections. theatrical experience. “Architecture is a crystallization It’s all part of the annual Vivid Sydney, an 18-day “The way that this works best is when you can really of a time and a feeling,” he says. “It’s a kind of cultural visual art event that takes place in June. The event create a believable illusion,” says Ryan Uzilevsky, crea- meme. So everything is sitting there, crystallized from makes exquisite use of the video art form known as tive director of the Brooklyn-based Light Harvest Stu- the time it was built, unchanging. It’s no longer a cur- projection mapping, where practitioners map video dio. Uzilevsky and his team have created subtle projec- rent conversation. But with the speed at which our elements onto preexisting surfaces (the process has tions for the Temple of Grace, the sacred structure at culture is now fowing, I think there’s been a need for also been referred to as “video mapping” and “spatial Burning Man where 60,000 people write messages to architecture to talk and to communicate. We’re able to augmented reality”). Though Vivid Sydney proclaims loved ones they have lost. do that now—to transform things based on a client’s “At the end of the festival the temple is burned to objective or an artistic statement.” ashes while everyone watches silently,” he says. “Max Artists must take into consideration architectural ele- THIS PAGE, FROM TOP The Sydney Opera House and the Nova—the director—and I wanted to be sensitive to the ments such as pillars and pylons, balconies and balus- University of Sydney’s Quadrangle become the canvas for spiritual gravity of the structure. We didn’t want to trades. Shadow comes into effect as does refected light. artists of light. OPPOSITE PAGE Color blocks illuminate overwhelm the space, only to add a little ficker of magic But rather than avoiding these features, today’s practi- the façade of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art. here and there to captivate the imagination.” tioners utilize them.

58 Winter 2016 59 Winter 2016 OPPOSITE PAGE Sydney’s Argyle Cut displays a never- role, managed lighting design for theme parks. “They ending pattern of images, textures, and colors. THIS used candles and refectors and primitive forms of PAGE The New Museum in New York becomes the setting stage lighting. As every technology advance has come for the projection mapping exhibit Let Us Make Cake. along—gas lighting, incandescent electric lights, quartz electric lights, halogen—the industry has continued to make improvements. And nowadays, of course, we have “Each projection mapping job is different,” says Jason projection. What is interesting is that projection and French, creative director of SpinifexGroup Sydney, the lighting are now merging into one.” design house responsible for Vivid Sydney 2015’s popu- Previously, lighting was about providing light and lar Customs House and Argyle Cut installations. “We atmosphere, while projection was to tell a story in mov- need to think frst about surface, and, obviously, build- ing pictures. But greater technological sophistication ings have windows and doors that you need to work has brought about the blending that Wheatley speaks around. We couldn’t use part of the Customs House of. So car manufacturers at model launches employ lower foor, for instance, because it contains a restaurant projection mapping to create atmosphere and to tell and the light would blind people sitting by the window.” a story, ceremonies at major sports events switch off Much of the popular success of projection mapping foodlights and utilize projectors, and millions con- can be attributed to technology: the brightness of pro- verge on Sydney when art and light collide. jectors and speed of computer processors. As with tele- “Maybe the attraction comes from the fact that when visions and computer monitors, projectors have also we are in the wild, we all gravitate toward the campfre been increasing in resolution. to sing songs together at night,” Wheatley says. “People A more primitive aspect, according to Uzilevsky, is want to go out. They want to see something amazing and that people respond so viscerally. His intention is to be told a great story. These technologies have offered take this medium “beyond digital freworks” to insert media artists a totally new platform to tell these stories.” stories and mythology into each installation. Why sto- Where will projected light lead next? Wheatley ries and mythology? “This stuff can be so intense and believes the future might include smaller projectors and overwhelming for people that there needs to be a com- personalized software to use inside one’s home. “You go mon point where they can connect,” he says. into your apartment and say, ‘I want to have a city view,’ Ken Wheatley is the sales director, Asia-Pacifc, for or, ‘I want to have mountains and sunshine,’” he says. Christie Digital Systems, a multinational frm head- But until then, the experience is big and shared—that quartered in Cypress, Calif., that provides high-end is, until the lights go out. Back at Vivid Sydney, like a projectors for major events such as Vivid Sydney and modern-day Cinderella story, the projections switch Shanghai Expo. “Back in Shakespeare’s time, theater off at midnight and the cityscape returns to its static man agers were always experimenting with ways to pro- self. The buildings seem harder and less forgiving. The

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61 Winter 2016 Tucked between Vietnam and Thailand, Cambodia has a history— insistent, immersive, and thrillingly tangible—that breaks through the tropical air. The culture and customs of the country will take your breath away

BY DREW LIMSKY PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUC FORSYTH

are hundreds, absolutely hundreds, of open-air car- riages being pulled along by sputtering motorcycles. Else- where in Southeast Asia they’re called tuk-tuks; in Cambodia, remorks. It is before daybreak, so the air is still if not yet sti- fling, and these modern-day rickshaw taxis are stopping along the well-worn road from the nearby city of Siem Reap, disgorging backpackers from Sydney, families from South

A spectacular setting, within a country that is full of exotic sites, Bayon Temple in the northern section of Cambodia features massive and serene faces along its many towers. A safron-robed monk reclines at Angkor Wat, one of the most important archaeological and cultural sites in the world,

63 Winter 2016 Korea, and honeymooners from Madrid. Cambodia, that are this old and this well preserved, where it is reopened to mass tourism for less than two decades, possible to apprehend a kind of pure vision—the tangi- now seems to be on everyone’s shortlist. ble culmination of a culture. Or several cultures: Places where Hindu motifs give way to Buddhism are many, without passengers, the wiry, wily refecting the back-and-forth shift of power between drivers circle the already-full parking lot; a few have the two faiths, over centuries. found prime spots and snooze under their remork One reason that the locals were so against the further canopies. Sleeping is possible because despite the commercialization of Angkor Wat is that they believe the near-frantic fow of people in an unfamiliar place—a classic Khmer complex is too spectacular, too sacred, to place nestled within a relentlessly exotic land that is have been created by man, so it had to have been con- still called a kingdom—it’s amazing how quiet it is. ceived by God. “A lot of people feel that it should be an Angkor Wat—City of Temples—has been left alone active spiritual place,” explains my guide, Ros Sovann. all night, as it is every night. As Cambodia’s calling That Angkor Wat functions rather as a historical site, card, the hallowed structure is depicted on the nation’s albeit one with daytime hours only, represents a kind fag; it is the most visited spot in the 10,000-acre Ang- of compromise. “We can make money during the day- kor Archaeological Park, but for some, that wasn’t time,” he says, “but at nighttime the gods rest.” enough. Around eight years ago there was a push to To reach the temples, hundreds of tourists on foot turn the sprawling 900-year-old archeological site into cross the 600-foot-wide moat, by way of a sandstone regular paid evening entertainment, with a light and causeway. Long-tailed macaque monkeys weave in and music show, but the locals were having none of that. out, then pause, observing the procession. The visitors There aren’t many manmade structures in the world fle between great balustrades that are topped with the

Luxury accommodations, such as the regal Belmond La Résidence d’Angkor hotel in Siem Reap, ofer respite from the heat. Angkor Wat, City of Temples, shines as day breaks.

64 Winter 2016 massive carved naga—the king cobra about to strike— My hotel, Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor, draws that is a ubiquitous architectural feature in Cambodia. me into a different past. Opened in 1932, it’s the only But I sit on the outer wall with Sovann, at a respect- luxury hotel in Siem Reap that predates the Khmer ful distance, watching for the sunrise to reveal the fve Rouge era (after extensive refurbishment, the hotel main towers—the iconic quincunx—of Angkor Wat. reopened in 1997 under the Raffles flag). With its Angkor Wat was named a UNESCO World Heritage art deco colonial décor—the original cage elevator Site in 1992, a year after the signing of the Paris Peace instantly becomes my favorite “room” in the hotel— Accords that ended the Cambodian-Vietnamese War. Raffles epitomizes early 20th-century French Indo- The UNESCO designation seems far too mild a citation; china. I’m transported back to colonial life, where this is, after all, the largest religious monument on the kindly staffers in crisp white uniforms greet me with a planet, created with peerless fuency and harmony— bow and place their palms together over their hearts, and remarkable durability. To think of the technologies in the traditional sampeah greeting. and engineering know-how involved in its construc- Sovann drops me off at the hotel for breakfast, and tion—well, some of it is still a mystery, Sovann tells me. frankly, I wonder why it’s necessary, why we don’t just Two million people come to experience this sandstone continue on to the other famous sites on our agenda, enigma each year, and this is how many of them start Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm. But then it becomes clear their journeys, with words of wonder, words of awe, to me. Kensington Tours, for which Sovann works, has in the near-dark. This is how I start mine, waiting for broken up the day into thirds, like a three-act play: sun- the towers (the tallest one at 699 feet) to show their rise at Angkor Wat; then Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm; distinctly serrated edges and pointy tips to the steamy and fnally, a late-afternoon climb to the top terrace morning. And so my frst day in Cambodia begins with of Angkor Wat. A morning walk among 12th-century an unmistakable silhouette outlined by the rising sun. temples is a lot to absorb, so refection and repose— and getting out of the heat—is a good idea. And then he says, Sovann reminds me that in there’s this: Breakfast at Raffes is an event. There are Cambodia, the past is never far away. He was born French cheeses, a veritable pâtisserie with croissants during the brutal communist Khmer Rouge regime and four kinds of muffns and apricot danishes shaped (1975–1979), which emerged during the Vietnam like stars, crepes made to order, hot Khmer delicacies War and allied itself with North Vietnam and the Viet in clay pots, bowls of melon and dragonfruit and fuzzy Cong. The reign of the Khmer Rouge was a time of red lychees, pitchers of pineapple and guava juice … unfathom able atrocity when 2 million Cambodians— too many choices to catalogue. an estimated one-quarter of the population—were After my second return trip to the huge bamboo murdered. “I never thought for a moment that Cam- steamer for more har gau, I turn to see CNN host bodia could have any peace,” Sovann says. He didn’t Fareed Zakaria with his wife, Paula Throckmorton, meet any outsiders until 1991. Mass surrender by the holding court at the next table. He has everyone’s rapt Khmer Rouge came three years later. “We had peace,” attention. I don’t linger long. I am in serious need of Sovann says, “and the Khmer Rouge who used to fght a restorative swim in the hotel’s infnity pool, which put down their guns.” But as late as 1995, foreign visi- lies like a vast, hypnotizing mirror on an austere deck tors to Angkor Wat were made to observe a 3 p.m. ringed with frangipani trees. hotel curfew. Sovann became a tour guide in 1998, An hour later, Sovann is waiting for me in the when security could be assured, and then the real lobby, our young driver Soyawn Lee idling by the tourist infux began. As Sovann tells it, it was then that curb. On the way to Angkor Thom, I ask Sovann about the spirit of Cambodia was fnally set free. the krama, the scarf he hangs around his neck. He tells

A tree sprouts from Ta Prohm (featured in Tomb Raider), an ancient temple near Cambodia’s Siem Reap. The structure was built as a Buddhist monastery and university in the late 12th and early 13th century.

66 Winter 2016 me the checked cloth has many purposes—obvious of the world’s great entrances, and I feel the sense (I’ve seen the same faces in town, and among the hotel I turn a corner and begin to make my way down an ones, like wiping brow sweat, to ones I couldn’t have of moment as I approach it. The heads of elephants staffers, looking placid or even severe, until they dis- exposed corridor, when Sovann points at something: guessed, like collecting loganberries from the trees. decorate either side of the arch, their trunks elongated arm with their brilliant smiles.) Sovann tells me where In one spot, a tree has completely covered a wall, save And then Sovann laughs when he tells me that some- and—like all the ruins in the Archeological Park— to stand so he can snap a photo of me in which my for a hole scarcely big enough for a tiny bas-relief face times he sees mothers tie the ends of the krama to darkly and cinematically caked in lichen. profle—through a trick of perspective—appears to be to peer through. Its tranquil, half-disappeared expres- the handlebars of a motorcycle like a mini-hammock, Buddhist monks in their saffron robes walk along touching a stone profle facing me. sion is chilling, reminding me of the very tenuous put a baby in the middle, and speed down the humid the galleries, studying the bas-relief devas (Hindu Ta Prohm, just east of Angkor Thom, is as fantasti- nature of Cambodia itself. streets of Siem Reap. gods and goddesses), the warriors and oarsmen, the cally creepy and menacing as it appeared in the movie When we reach the south gate of the late 12th- fish and monkeys, the dragons and naga. Sovann Tomb Raider (2001). Its eeriness derives from the fact of tenuous, Song Saa feels like it might be century ruins of Angkor Thom (Great City), I realize and I climb to the upper terrace of Bayon, which sits that it has been left for the elements to swallow it up. blown away by the next tropical wind; the wind is so that I’ve seen this place in photographs. The road, in the exact center of Angkor Thom. This temple is Built in the late 12th century and abandoned in the loud that I hear it before I feel it. But the sole private thronged with cars and remorks and motorbikes and more ornate than those of Angkor Wat, more oddly 17th, the temple is seemingly being enveloped by silk- island resort in Cambodia is doing some very real and foot traffc, passes directly under an arch topped by intimate: Huge carved faces—216 of them, multiple cotton trees and strangler fcus, with trunks and roots enduring things. I’ve come here to decompress after a huge, placid laterite face; this gate has to be one masks of serenity on each tower—are everywhere. dripping heavily over the roofines and twisting angrily the intensity of Angkor, and again locate—along with against the carved walls. (I say “seemingly” because luxurious privacy and natural beauty—the palpable the site’s restorers are actually striking a hard-won Cambodian values of preservation and cultural rescue. For the residents of Cambodia, these ancient sites are just part of the local scenery. A woman rides her bicycle along balance between protecting the temple from nature’s The frst thing to know about Song Saa is that it’s on the tree-lined road near Angkor Thom. A gallery at Ta Prohm reflects the serenity that entices visitors. might and keeping intact its distinctive look of decay.) island time—an overused expression, to be sure, but

68 Winter 2016 69 Winter 2016 on point in this case. Located off coastal Sihanoukville, you’d better like wood, wind, and water. The second Song Saa delivers an unexpected amenity right off island is a nature preserve that has a trail cut through the bat: its own time zone. Hong Kong–based owners the woods—and nothing else. That tells you something. Rory and Melita Hunter actually turned the resort’s Song Saa’s luxury quotient is complemented by clocks forward to give guests an extra hour of sun. The its commitment to Cambodia and Cambodians, spe- Hunters do things differently because they can. From cifcally to the environment and to the welfare of the Siem Reap, it takes a plane, a van, and a boat to get people of the nearby Koh Rong archipelago. The here, so mainland rules are left back in the churning three-year-old resort’s philanthropic efforts spawned waters of the channels. the Song Saa Foundation, which became a bona fde Song Saa means “sweetheart” in Khmer: It’s called nonproft two years ago. Ben Thorne, the foundation’s that because the resort is actually located on a pair of Oxford-born project director, recites the names of the islands, conjoined (by a footbridge) like lovers. One fve villages that the foundation supports by supplying island has the 27 overwater and jungle villas. My over- everything from vitamins to teachers. Emma Gallacher, water accommodation has a beautifully redundant conservation manager at Song Saa, shows me frsthand overwater pool. And a Roman-style tub. And three what the foundation has done for the Koh Rong village showers, two of them outdoors. And a glass panel in of Prek Suay, aka Mango River, from rubbish cleanup the foor. Melita, an interior designer, is responsible for to building a tidy school. (Some mornings, Emma gives the look of the resort—no small feat when Song Saa’s some of the local resort staffers swimming lessons.) main material is driftwood (which is the name of the I quickly decide that Koh Rong, an island the size beach bar). Wood is everywhere here: found wood, of Hong Kong, doesn’t look far, that I can swim it native wood, wood repurposed from old fshing boats. from Song Saa’s beach. When I tell the dashing gen- Song Saa: If you make the time and effort to come here, eral manager Bradlie Goian of my plan, he doesn’t

It takes a plane, a van, and a boat to arrive at the eco-friendly Song Saa resort along the southeast coast of Cambodia. A journey, yes, but one well worth it. Wood, used for this footbridge linking the resort’s two islands, was the primary material used to create Song Saa. Much of it is found wood, salvaged from the sea.

71 Winter 2016 look at all alarmed, but asks me to have someone stilts because of fooding, and to provide an entire kayak alongside me. Adventurous guest requests ground foor of shade. don’t faze Goian; before he took the post at Song Saa, I end my trip at the Belmond La Résidence d’Angkor he was with Aman Resorts in Bhutan. So the next day on the Siem Reap River. I spend a lot of time in the pool I set out with Sol from the watersports shack. He’s an that last day. Once in a while, a hibiscus drops from a experienced diver, but he looks doubtful. He points to tree and foats on the water’s surface. The pool tiles a sliver of a beach that he says is free of spiny urchins, are deep green, in the style of the best Asian resort and we decide that’s our endpoint. pools, making the water looks jade or purple or inky, It’s an easy swim, even when it gets deep in the depending on the light. At one end, a stream emits middle. When it gets shallow fast, the two of us pull from the mouth of a lion. The thriving jungle foliage up on a sandbar. (Shore-to-shore time: 17 minutes.) surrounds the hotel’s teak Khmer-style buildings, the We walk the length of the beach to a fshing pier. Sol sharply peaked roofs and deep eaves barely visible. points out different kinds of shells. He smiles and Ben Thorne told me that the Cambodians are a tells me that I don’t talk much; I know he wants to resilient people. “They look to the future,” he said. I talk in English. I ask him about the tides. It’s hard to can see that’s true. It’s in Sol’s desire to speak English think of things to say. I’ve just swum from one Cam- and in the swimming lessons at Song Saa; it’s in the bodian island to another, and I feel that sense of awe foundation-run school on Koh Rong, where the stu- that, for me, is becoming increasingly synonymous dents listen attentively to a no-nonsense teacher; it’s in with the country. the kids who expertly performed fve traditional nar- rative dances at La Résidence’s Circle restaurant the up with Sovann once more. When I night before; it’s in the revelry on nearby Pub Street. return to Siem Reap, he takes me to Kulen Mountain But the past exerts its compelling, inexorable pull. to show me Kbal Spean, a riverbed that was carved The kingdom is a place that is both emerging from the with fertility symbols 900 years ago but wasn’t dis- past—distant and recent—and protecting it. As I foat covered until 1969, and a huge reclining Buddha in a under the plumeria and the red and white hibiscus 16th-century monastery. Below it, I get my shoulders trees, I’m amazed at how many times I encountered pounded under a powerful waterfall where tiny fsh the resonance of an enduring tradition. I think of saf- nip at my feet and a trio of Buddhist monks asks to fron robes and ritual bows and the trick-of-the-eye take a photo with me. On the way back, there are photo that Sovann took of me at Angkor Thom, when locals selling purple bananas by the side of the road. I was nose-to-nose with a history, a people, a culture A young man chops ice with a sword. Houses sit on carved in stone.

CAMBODIA’S RESORTS View more images of luxurious accommodations in Cambodia, such as the Belmond La Résidence d’Angkor, Song Saa, and the Rafes Grand Hotel d’Angkor, in our tablet edition. Search “Cadillac Magazine” in the App Store or on Google Play. Song Saa ofers 27 well-appointed villas, some over water, others in the jungle. The resort is committed to preserving the environment and serving the residents of the surrounding islands, providing everything from vitamins to teachers through its associated nonprofit foundation.

72 Winter 2016 73 Winter 2016 STORY BY CHRISTINE CIARMELLO

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEAN BRADSHAW

STYLING: Tifani Chynel, The Wall Group GROOMING: Christina Guerra, Celestine Agency LION: Hollywood Animals In designer Max Gunawan’s madcap vision of the world, nothing is as it appears. An ordinary grapefruit is a toy car. A notebook is a lamp; the pages within it are lightbulbs. And houses? Well, they fold and ft neatly in the trunk of an SUV. In fact, we wouldn’t recommend leaving Gunawan alone in your house for more than 24 hours. It’s altogether possible that you would return to a dif- ferent space entirely. But it’s this very talent for challenging our preconceptions of everyday objects that has the design world buzzing about the dynamic young designer.

In the last year, Gunawan has become neat that this ink-carrying, accident-prone what a military man would describe as reporter is a nervous wreck. He shows how heavily decorated. His latest citation, the Lumio can be hung with the built-in bequeathed at the debut Maison&Objet leather strap, set down on a fat surface and Americas fair, named him a rising talent futtered open, opened fully into a circular of 2015, because, as M&O’s talent scout piece, or stuck to surfaces with its magnetic Matthew Allen puts it, “Max has a keen backing—it turns the user into a creator. In sense of poetry and storytelling. The idea a sense, Gunawan has made the modern that state-of-the-art technology can be adult toy—a fexible piece of functional art. romantic and even magical is rare.” Gunawan wears his hair, his denim, and Indeed, Gunawan’s signature piece, his button-downs well pressed. He’s trim, Lumio (his company also carries that his eyes dark and assertive. He calls him- name), looks like a personal notebook, self “an accidental entrepreneur” whose but when opened, the glow of LED emits premier product was created in a maker- from the pages. Abracadabra—it’s a lamp. space after he had an early mid-life crisis Gunawan takes on magician-like qualities at 30 after working as an architect at Gap as he demonstrates the Lumio in his work- Inc. for two years. His success did not arise studio space that is so minimalistically out of millennial indulgence, or parental

77 Winter 2016 ABOVE The magical Lumio when unfolded. coddling. In his TEDx talk, he remembers make the world a better place. Gunawan the opposite: This former “latchkey kid” promises to make the world a brighter recalls being reprimanded if he didn’t place. Fifteen years from arriving in this squeeze the last drop of toothpaste from country, he now speaks English perfectly. the tube. When the designer moved to Not incidentally, Gunawan’s English is per- Connecticut from his Jakarta home to fect as he describes his views on design, attend Wesleyan University on a full schol- the success of Lumio, and, most important, arship, his English was shaky, as was his how he scored a reservation at Sukiyabashi sense of purpose: He was enrolled in an Jiro while in Tokyo. economics program on the investment banker track. Q: You’re fresh of Maison&Objet Americas’ But in a pivotal moment that Gunawan Rising Talent ceremony in Miami. You’re in attributes, in part, to his coming out as gay, the midst of a collaboration with Neiman his childlike wonder blossomed. He traded Marcus, and your pieces are available at left brain for right, swapped investment MoMA, the Design Museum in London, the banking for architecture, and eventually Louvre, and Centre Pompidou. Why do you chose, as his design debut, illumination. He think the Lumio struck a chord? launched his company in 2013. Literally and A: It engages all the senses. Whoever sees metaphorically, Gunawan saw the light. the Lumio wants to play with it. When they On Kickstarter, he raised nearly ten take the book in their hands, there’s a vis- times his original goal of $60,000 to pro- ible emotion there—a wonder. They open duce Lumio. He self-marketed onstage at it, and they are mesmerized. It’s versatile. TEDx—his discussion, entitled “Having For example, multiple Lumios can be hung More, Using Less,” fit right into the San different ways in one room. I wanted it to Francisco mindset. In some ways, his suc- speak to the lives we now lead. We like cess seems to be straight out of an episode to mix and match. We’re also modern of Silicon Valley. nomads, and it is completely portable. You Yet, beneath the veneer, in significant just close the book, and take it with you. ways Gunawan’s story—continent-hopping and reliant on self-realization as it is—is Q: How did you come up with this part unlike those of the other upshot millennial- sci-fi, part romantic idea? run startups who claim their products will A: I was working on the folding house …

79 Winter 2016 Q: Wait, a folding house? a lot. After the successful Kickstarter cam- A: It’s something I’ve been fascinated with paign, I defnitely had a “holy shit” moment. I for some time. I haven’t seen a modular designed a product, people supported it, and house or shipping container that allows a now I had to produce it. And, I was as green person to move off the grid. And none of as they came. I decided to live in China at the the models currently available is easy to factory to learn the process and to commu- move. What’s out there now requires a fat- nicate with the workers. The joke with that bed truck. I envision a house that folds fat decision was that I discovered I wasn’t as and would ft in a car. If a person needed a low maintenance as I thought. But I was so larger living space, they’d just attach more focused and so driven I put on blinders and units. Again, portability is key. While I was did what I had to do. The alternative of not walking home one day from the maker- succeeding was too frightening. I still go to space, thinking about portability, I stuffed the factory in China. It’s a great juxtaposition plans for the folding house in my note- that I get to experience. One day, I will be fy- book. That was my “aha!” moment for the ing to the factory and eating lunch with the Lumio. What’s more portable than a book? workers in the cafeteria. The next day, I’ll be fying to Tokyo … It sharpens your intuition. Q: Portability keeps coming up. Do you think that we move that much? Q: So how did you manage a reservation at A: Even for those who don’t, I really believe the venerable Jiro San’s in Tokyo? that we should buy only that which we A: I had a private dining experience through really value. We have to solve the issue of a family friend of the chef. Our experience waste. We already see models changing was not ordinary. Jiro San sat with us, and I within the food industry at San Francisco showed him the Lumio. This man is known restaurants like Lazy Bear. By selling tick- for his serious disposition, but when he ets for dinner, they know how many people saw the Lumio, he smiled. I captured that will eat. There’s not as much waste. The on video and showed it at TEDx. That was same is true for objects. Why should one ego-boosting for me. object be used for one thing? By making one item multifunctional, you can buy less Q: Did you find any commonality between and have more. your craft and his? A: People think art is magic, that there is Q: This is also interesting because you took a power within certain people. At the end a round object and reshaped it. of the day, it’s execution. It’s repetition. A: That’s the same that’s happened with a It’s discipline. chair I’m designing. It started as a square but evolved into a circle. M&O asked me Q: Yet, when you look at Lumio, rather than to work on a new product for the recent seeing discipline, users see poetry, magic, Miami show. I wanted to solve the prob- and romance. lem of the folding chair. When we’re not A: I greatly admire the work of architect using these seats, they have no purpose. Tadao Ando. He works almost exclusively I decided to further challenge myself by in concrete. [Gunawan pulls out a book of upending the belief that modularity is all Ando’s work, and fips to a page of a con- straight lines. So I discarded the square crete church]. See how the natural light idea and chose a circle. When not in use, shines through the cross cutout in this this circular folding chair hangs on the wall wall? I’m not religious, but seeing this … like a piece of art. It might be a while before I can imagine how touched I would feel to we fnd a prototype that works. be in its presence. It’s otherworldly. He has elevated concrete to a luxury. In his hands, Q: The Lumio isn’t an ordinary light. Were it’s warm and inviting. The thing is, you there trials and errors with that in the pro- can’t force-feed people ideas about modu- totype stage? larity or buying less. It must be beautiful. A: We went through 25 prototypes. That’s That’s how you convince them.

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Cutting a route through Colorado means a journey through past and present—and thrillingly tight turns in the luxurious 2015 SRX Crossover

INDEPENDENCE PASS LOOMS AHEAD, high in the Rockies and almost indistinguishable from other snow- patched scars in the mountains that stretch across the hori- zon. But I know it’s different: Independence Pass is the highest paved crossing of the Continental Divide in the country. I feel something between excitement and a growing uneasiness as 156 MILES the road slowly rises, pushing me forward like a dare. Tower- TO ASPEN ing above 12,000 feet, this is the quickest and most scenic route to my destination: Aspen. But the prospect of driving 6 MILES along a highway famous for its steep drop-offs, tight curves, FROM and narrow stretches makes me grip the leather-trimmed COLORADO steering wheel of the Cadillac SRX tightly. This is a challenge SPRINGS the SRX and I are taking on together. PURSUITS// SWITCH BACK

The Spa at The Broadmoor, where I indulge in a deep- WHEN YOU GO 156 MILES TO ASPEN tissue massage. Distance from Renovations and additions keep The Broadmoor Colorado Springs to Aspen: SPENCER PENROSE WAS A MAN OF BIG IDEAS in fresh. Ristorante del Lago opened last year in the 156 MILES the Old West. With millions of dollars made from the revamped West Tower. As I glance across Chey- BEST LODGINGS mining, milling, and transport of copper and gold, Pen- enne Lake at the backside of Broadmoor towers, the With The Broad- rose created an empire of ranches, roads, and rooms in wrought-iron balconies and striped green-and-white moor’s revamped Colorado Springs, most notably the Italianate Renais- awnings make it easy to imagine I’m dining in Italy. The West Tower and sance-style hotel known as The Broadmoor. Built in menu is inspired by Italy’s Piedmont region, where Chef the opening of upscale lodging in 1918, the hotel was envisioned as the “Grand Dame of de Cuisine Justin Miller and his staff researched recipes wilderness settings, the Rockies” and modeled after European hotels with and cooked with the locals before del Lago opened. The the Grand Dame first-rate service and cuisine. Nearly a century later, lasagna is frst-rate, but I am smitten by the meatballs of the Rockies ups the luxury game while other grand hotels of the era have disappeared, with smoked ricotta served over a buckwheat polenta. (broadmoor.com). The Broadmoor—a Cadillac partner hotel—endures. Once a vestige of Old West luxury, The Broadmoor Penrose’s masterpiece is my starting point for a is ushering in a new era with its Wilderness Experi- The iconic Hotel four-day tour of Colorado in the sculpted Platinum ence—rustic lodging and adventure in secluded set- Jerome (hotelje- rome.auberge- Ice SRX. My well-appointed room is in one of a series tings away from the main campus. The Broadmoor has resorts.com) in of pink stucco buildings connected by walkways and a very different look from these retreats, which include Aspen blends surrounding a man-made lake, a setting reminiscent The Ranch at Emerald Valley, Cloud Camp, and Fish- the best of the THIS PAGE Chef de Cuisine Brian Wallace oversees the menu at The Broadmoor’s of Lake Como in Italy. The well-manicured campus, ing Camp. After a day of being wrapped in elegant Old West with Natu ral Epicurian, which focuses on locally sourced produce for salads and other contemporary, selections. OPPOSITE PAGE, FROM TOP Luxurious cabins await guests atop originally designed by the Olmsted Brothers, the men surroundings—carpeting and upholstery in crimson, upscale designs Cheyenne Mountain at The Broadmoor’s Cloud Camp. Ranger Rocky Shockley has behind New York’s Central Park, has expanded over moss, and yellow, I’m ready to embrace the outdoors and furnishings. been hiking in the region all his life and now leads treks for visitors at Cloud Camp. the years to accommodate new luxuries, including and hop a Cadillac Escalade shuttle to Cloud Camp continued on pg. 90

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(guests are not allowed to drive to the camp because of the experience. They arrive with a smile on their face Route 82, which climbs up and over the pass. It’s the Independence Pass is worth the sweat. In every the narrow, steep road). and say it can’t get any better. And then they see Pikes very route once used by silver prospectors in another direction are magnifcent views of high peaks, includ- On the way up the 3,000-foot climb to Cloud Camp, Peak and these views.” century, and now used by tourists who stop at the ing Mount Elbert, the second-tallest mountain in the my driver Timothy Jones says, “Some [guests] squeal Leaving The Broadmoor the next morning, I use peak, where a sign prominently marks the Continental Lower 48. As the road levels, I pull into a crowded and refuse to look over the cliff edges. I’ve heard gasps the available 3-D GPS Navigation System on the SRX’s Divide. This Divide once separated European settlers parking area and, like everyone else, take pictures. I as we drivers, at times, have to fold in our side mirrors Cadillac User Experience (CUE)1 touchscreen to map from Native Americans, and the pass earned its name inhale the cool mountain air and even take a moment just to pass each other.” my route to Aspen. The ride along Route 24 is smooth, after miners pushed over the mountain, ignoring the to make a snowball. Cloud Camp is a cluster of newly built log cabins, and the SRX’s digital speedometer option in the Driver governor’s warnings to remain on the eastern side. each handsomely furnished in a Western motif. An Information Center helps me keep tabs on my speed. It’s a warning I wonder if I should heed, and I begin 8,000-square-foot main lodge features a Great Room The speed limit changes frequently as the highway rolls, to feel anxious as the highway pushes upward. To steel 20 MILES TO ASPEN with massive stone fireplaces, the perfect place to bends, and turns in the rolling landscape. myself, I stop briefy at a dirt-and-gravel pullover near gather for dinner or just to linger. Hiking is among the Heading toward the Continental Divide, I open the Twin Lakes, Colorado’s largest glacial lakes. As much THE WINDING RIDE DOWN TO ASPEN IS FAR LESS afternoon activities, and I join Ranger Rocky Shockley SRX’s available UltraView® sunroof, allowing the sun to as I am admiring the scenery, I want to get the ride nerve-racking but equally scenic. After one dramatic on a three-mile guided trek. Descending on a narrow saturate the Shale leather seating surfaces and create over with. With the SRX’s Rear Park Assist camera dis- switchback—again I’m thankful for the crossover’s path, we pass garage-size granite boulder outcrops, the sense of being outdoors. I’ve already plugged my play, I am able to back out of the busy parking lot with available advanced All-Wheel Drive powered by its walk through a forest of quaking aspens and pines, and smartphone into the USB port in the center console, ease and return to the road. 3.6L V6 engine—I descend back below the tree line, marvel at the lush valley below and distant mountain hoping to create an appropriate soundtrack for the Briefly, as the road ascends, any glimpse of the past thick spruce forests, rocky outcrops, and the cas- peaks. “People are speechless when they get to Cloud Rocky Mountains. Scrolling through my music selec- pass disappears—and I’m relieved that I’ve gained cading Raging Fork River. Frequently, the two-lane Camp,” Shockley says. “The ride up primes them for tion on the CUE system, I strike out. enough elevation that Independence is less intimidat- highway narrows, hugging canyon walls—road condi- ing. Cars ahead cruise long upgrades and then disap- tions that make the SRX’s system of cameras and radar pear around turns. Lower speed limits and a series sensors especially handy. It’s all downhill, and as the THIS PAGE The road west from Colorado Springs passes wide of 10-mile-an-hour U-shaped curves slow traffc. The elevation drops, the road rolls into Aspen. open cattle ranches with views of majestic mountain vistas. 43 MILES TO ASPEN SRX’s available sport-tuned suspension proves sure- In downtown Aspen, the Hotel Jerome offers the OPPOSITE PAGE The SRX makes the final ascent toward Inde- SNOW-DUSTED MOUNTAINS ARE ALWAYS VISIBLE footed, tackling the ever-shifting turns. Cadillac’s best of the West, old and new. Once a gentleman’s pendence Pass along Route 82, the main route to Aspen. from stretches of open road. The final approach to Safety Alert Seat offers added security, with seat vibra- hotel in the mining days of the late 19th century, the 1 Full functionality requires compatible Bluetooth® and smartphone. Some devices require USB connectivity. Independence Pass comes as I turn west onto State tions reminding me to stay centered in my lane. Jerome underwent a complete redesign two years

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continued from pg. 87 BEST DINING The rustic Ristorante del Lago at The Broadmoor draws from the best of Italy’s culinary regions. The authentic- ity extends to aging its own salumi and formaggio.

At Prospect, Chef Rob Zack reinterprets Hotel Jerome’s 1950s menu, and adds an inspirational ago, and the 125-year-old structure blends architec- Refreshed after a massage at the hotel’s spa, I set take on his tural details and artifacts from the past with contem- out to explore downtown Aspen. The streets are lined grand father’s porary accents. The burnished leather bedframes and with stores offering the best in designer wear, but I meatballs, served over the minibar designed as a leather campaign chest am intrigued by Testosterone on East Durant Avenue. polenta with meld the past and present and retain that masculine “I sell all things men, smoking, drinking, gambling, Sunday gravy. vibe. Original fnishes, such as the grand full-relief and clothing,” says owner Rob Cypher, a transplant oak carved freplace, were preserved in the redesign. from LA. “A lot of our customers are women. They BEST SCENIC The 1,367-acre Prospect, the Jerome’s signature restaurant, was come in looking for gifts for their boyfriends who Garden of the reconceptualized to include everything from intimate have brought them to Aspen for the weekend.” Gods (garden- banquettes to high visibility tables and window-side Before heading back, I search for the Caribou ofgods.com) seating. The cream-colored hardwood floors and Club, a private, members-only venue. I eventually boasts unusual sandstone for- hand-stitched leather chairs in the main room are fnd the club tucked down a nondescript alley. A sign mations created inviting, but I’m drawn to the outdoor seating area on a wooden door simply says “private.” Opened 25 millions of years because of the mountain views. I embrace the warm years ago, the Caribou Club counts CEOs, entrepre- ago. Some red summer evening. Chef Rob Zack’s menu boasts neurs, lawyers, and ex-presidents among its mem- stone forma- tions rise as high diverse American dishes and reinterpretations of bers. Temporary memberships are available for those as 300 feet, hotel menu items from the 1950s, as well as family in Aspen a short time. ofering post- recipes. The innovative dinner menu includes Colo- General Manager Louie Velasquez, whose heri- card-perfect rado lamb T-bones Caprese, served with charred tage is Peruvian and Italian and is known for greeting photo ops. broccolini, marinated butter beans, and marinated members with an embrace, welcomes me, offering a Hop the Silver heirloom tomatoes. quick tour of the elegant sitting and dining rooms, the Queen Gondola In the summer, Aspen draws bikers, hikers, and club’s 3,500-bottle wine cellar, and a hallway, where to the top of other outdoor enthusiasts, and I am eager to rent a original Andy Warhol art of Native Americans hangs. Aspen Moun- tain—rising bike and explore the Rio Grande Trail, an old rail line We make our way to the bar, where I sip a glass of 11,212 feet—for that follows the course of the Roaring Fork River. The cabernet and he enjoys an aperitif. mesmerizing slight downgrade to Woody Creek makes for an easy “It’s truly an amazing place,” says Velasquez. views of the mountain peaks ride, but the return route becomes a cardio workout, “When I get busy and I don’t hug or kiss them, they and the famous thanks to thin mountain air and its alpine dryness. think something’s wrong. I laugh about it. I can guar- ski town (aspen- antee members of other private clubs don’t get that snowmass.com). kind of greeting.” Um, probably not, I think, but decide to humor THIS PAGE The Rocky Mountains reflect in the windows of the SRX along Route 82. OPPOSITE PAGE At the Hotel Jerome’s him. “I could have used you in the car going over Prospect, a nod to Aspen’s mining past, guests can dine al Independence Pass,” I tell him, laughing. “You would fresco and enjoy the cool mountain air and scenery. have distracted me from my fear of heights.”

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WHEN YOU GO DISTANCE FROM ESPERANZA TO itself with a series of formidable circular stone ter- LEFT THE 2016 CADILLAC ONE&ONLY races that drop toward the water in steps—so that ATS IS THE PERFECT PALMILLA: VEHICLE FOR A SCENIC every diner at the resort’s Cocina del Mar is DRIVE ALONG COASTAL 15.4 MILES treated to an uninterrupted and panoramic view BAJA. BELOW THE of waves crashing against the cliffs and the rock- FAMED ONE&ONLY PALMILLA RESORT. and-sand coves. By the time I’m spooning up every last drop of the chef’s seafood tortilla soup (his take on this classic calls for clams, Dungeness crabs, and bay scallops) and awaiting the Totoaba Bajafsh, a blanket of stars appears. The Sea of Cor- tez hits the rocks even more dramatically, and after BEST LODGINGS being safely delivered by the sure-footed ATS, I lit- The action at erally have a ringside seat. Esperanza (espe ranza. All that drama in the seascape propels me, the fol- auberge resorts. lowing day, to calmer waters, namely Cabo’s more com) centers placid Medaño Beach, where I rent a kayak and pad- around the dle out past a string of perfect sandy beaches. two-tiered infinity pool. Down the Then it’s time to dry off to check out a drive I’ve coast is the heard about. Highway 19 toward Todos Santos takes famed oceanfront me to Cerritos Beach (at mile marker 66.5), and it’s oasis One&Only Palmilla (palmilla. a great mix of humanity, from families enjoying the oneandonlyre- safe swimming in the shallows to a surf break at the sorts.com). north end. I see that the beach club has free Inter- net access, which reminds me that the ATS is itself a Wi-Fi® hotspot with an initial three-month or 3GB data trial.1 I use the sedan to check my email, so all I need from the beach club palapa is the ceviche. I’m wiped out by the time I pull up to the entrance SOUTHERN EDGE of my second hotel, the One&Only Palmilla. The sky DOWN IN BAJA, THE ATS ROLLS INTO CABO’S TOP RESORTS has turned purple, and this is when the ATS’s lighting BEST DINING AND IS GAME FOR A CULINARY AND CULTURAL DAY TRIP // BY DREW LIMSKY innovations come into play. The hotel brand (which Few spots in the includes One&Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas) world are as IT HAPPENS A LOT. In the last few years, I’ve Now that Esperanza, An Auberge Resort, has boasts some of the best service in the world, and I’m latter’s theatrical design by David Mexico Design romantic as Esperanza’s been at one or another resort, in the midst of one of undergone a major property redesign, it’s my turn to beyond grateful when a valet meets me as I get out Group, which features private stone banquettes set Cocina del Mar. those companionable, daiquiri-influenced conversa- see what elicits such wistfulness. As I move around and compliments the illuminating door handles. on a grassy clifftop overlooking the sandy beaches. One&Only tions with other guests when, one of them will say to the driver’s side of my 2016 Cadillac ATS Compact This property is also seeing the benefits of a Other attributes simply allow guests to soak in Palmilla hosts something to the effect of, “We usually go to Espe- Sport Sedan, I’m struck by its low, assertive profle. I top-down renovation. I’m charmed by the Mexican the breathtaking setting. I fnd myself meandering Agua by Larbi and Jean-George ranza, but thought we’d try someplace else this year.” hop into the cockpit—the Morello Red interior with design touches in my suite (there are hand-painted along the property’s coastal lawns and pathways Vongerichten’s Their melancholy isn’t subtle—actually, it’s unmis- carbon trim—and thanks to its powerful V6 engine, tiles everywhere) and I quickly make use of my pri- of stone and teak, discovering hidden benches set SEARED steak- takable—and it’s always clear that they’ll be head- I’m rolling onto Esperanza’s 17 sunbaked acres vate plunge pool. The next morning, after a two-hour into the cliff, and on my last day I spy a mesh net house. ing back to the Cabo San Lucas hideaway, which is (Southern Baja enjoys 350 days of sunshine a year). massage that puts me in a semi-coma, I peek into anchored between two boulders, hanging over the a signature resort of the rapidly growing Auberge The resort, with its natural exteriors and thatched the 22,000-square-foot spa’s new addition, Barber & edge of the surf. BEST SCENIC Land’s End, the Collection. This elite group of nine hotels and resi- roofs, uses inconspicuous, indigenous hues and Blade, which offers gentlemen’s grooming in a vin- I’m not one to miss an opportunity. My final tip of the Baja dences takes its name from Napa Valley’s iconic materials, and yet it’s utterly commanding, espe- tage barber chair. moments in Cabo fnd me suspended over the Sea peninsula, is Auberge du Soleil, and the collection is primed to cially as I move through the grounds toward the Sea One&Only Palmilla has too many wow factors of Cortez, a fne spindrift cooling me off in the Mexi- known for its ABOVE THE BEACH- sandy coves and open five more properties in 2016 and 2017. But of Cortez. A dual-level beachside infnity pool is stun- to count, many of them gastronomical, from the can tropics. SIDE INFINITY POOL famous rock arch nothing inspires reveries—especially among Ange- ningly surfaced in miniature subway tiles that glisten in IS AMONG THE dry-aged steaks at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s punctuating the JEWELS AT THE 1 Whichever comes frst. Requires a compatible mobile device, active OnStar turquoise Sea lenos of a certain set—like Esperanza, which, not a hue halfway between gunmetal and mother of pearl. BREATHTAKING SEARED restaurant to Chef Larbi Dahrouch’s lamb service and data plan. 4G LTE service available in select markets. Visit onstar. of Cortez.

incidentally, means “hope.” The coastal edge of the property further asserts ESPERANZA RESORT. RESORTS ONE&ONLY COURTESY / THIS PAGE: RESORT ESPERANZA, AN AUBERGE PAGE: OPPOSITE tagine at Agua by Larbi. I’m especially taken by the com for coverage map, details and system limitations.

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WHEN YOU GO DISTANCE FROM WAILEA TO HANA: 59 MILES

BEST LODGINGS FROM LEFT THE FAIRMONT KEA LANI, ONE OF THE CHAIN’S In Hana, hole up MOST BELOVED RESORTS. LUSH AND BEAUTIFUL, THE at Travaasa Hana TRAVAASA HANA IS COMPLETING A MAJOR RENOVATION (travaasa.com/ OF ITS OCEAN BUNGALOWS. hana), which features the out from Wailea. In 30 minutes I hit the charming surf stunning Ocean Bungalows. At the town of Paia, which marks the start of the Hana High- Fairmont Kea Lani way, famous for its 50 bridges and 600-plus turns. After (fairmont.com/ fortifying myself with some sauteed ono with mush- kea-lani-maui) rooms and capers at Mama’s Fish House, I’m prac- every accommo- dation is a suite, tically kissing the wheel of the XTS for how adroitly and most face it’s taking the twisty roads and one-lane bridges. The Polo Beach. scenery is lush beyond belief, and the mist from the PURELY MAUI fve minutes I’m descending onto Little Beach (Puu waterfalls and the occasional minute-long showers THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE XTS IS JUST THE RIGHT COMPANION TO LEAD A DRIVER Olai), where the Sunday drum circle is in full swing. leave the road wet in places, but the XTS, aided by its TO HIDDEN BEACHES AND THE TWISTY HANA HIGHWAY // BY DREW LIMSKY Tents are sets up, people have arranged themselves Auto-Dry brakes, maneuvers brilliantly. between the gnarled kiawe trees that grow in the People exaggerate the length of the ride to Hana, FROM TOP THE PERFECT TIMING. MAUI on a Sunday. And that sandy headlands, people are dancing like pagans, but it takes me under three hours—and that includes MANY TWISTS AND can only mean that I’m heading down to Makena in and the thump-thump of the drums grows louder as stopping at viewpoints and jumping into swimming TURNS OF THE SCENIC ROAD TO my XTS for something slightly wild. And I don’t the sun drops. On it goes as the sky glows orange. holes. I know I’m almost there when I see the road- BEST DINING HANA MAKE IT A mean Sunday brunch. There’s no leaving before sunset. side banana bread stand, minutes before I pull into The Fairmont Kea MUST-DO FOR ANY- Lani’s Kō has ONE WHO VISITS Don’t get me wrong: I love the manicured land- Back at my hotel—the Fairmont Kea Lani—I the lushly beautiful Travaasa Hana, which must have stellar service to THE ISLAND. BRIL- scaping of Wailea—its winding coastal walking path can’t resist a nighttime ocean swim. I’m glad of that, the most stunning gardens of any hotel, anywhere, match the LIANT HEADLAMPS and foliage so colorful it looks like a hallucination. because under the surface I’m listening to whales and is fresh from a property-wide enhancement. AND A CAPTIVATING plantation- GRILLE GIVE A FACE But a signature Maui scene is happening just due singing. That really happens; it’s the winter migra- Before I even get to my room, I’m in the infnity inspired fusion TO THE ELEGANCE south of here, so I head down past the golf course tion season. I knew to bring my snorkel so I can hear pool; surrounded by fowering trees and fame gin- cuisine. The OF THE XTS. on Wailea Alanui Drive. Very quickly it turns into the undersea concert uninterrupted. The grand Kea ger, it’s like a mirror set in a lawn that gently slopes culinary program at Travaasa Hana Makena Road, and soon there are no more resorts Lani is one of the chain’s most beloved resorts, as toward the sea. The ample ocean bungalow is better makes fine use of by the side of the road, only beach houses. The avail- much a part of Maui as the Fairmont Banff is to the than I remember—really one of the most authentic local ingredients. able UltraView® sunroof, which spans both rows They let me take their picture. “The real show is at Canadian Rockies. Every unit is a suite (or a beach- places to stay in the state—with its wood and bamboo of seats, foods the sedan with Hawaii’s distinctive Little Beach,” one of them says. front villa), nearly all face the Pacifc, and it’s the sole furnishings, peaked roof, and clerestory windows. BEST SCENIC Sunday at Makena golden light. I take the curvy blacktop until traffc But frst there’s Big Beach—aka Oneloa—to enjoy. hotel on Polo Beach. It looks especially spiffy after Tomorrow the resort will set me up with a coastal is counterculture slows at the entrance to the Big Beach parking lot. It regularly pops up on lists of the best beaches in the $70 million renovation, a good portion of which horseback ride and I’ll body surf the resort’s paradi- must-do; after- There’s a lot of action, this being a Sunday, but the the world, and it’s a stunner. Big Beach is one and went to its restaurant, K —where I savor Execu- siacal Hamoa Beach, but for now, on my porch, I’m wards, enjoy a pulses from the Safety Alert Seat alert me to dis- a half miles long, but it more likely owes its name to tive Chef Tylun Pang’s lobster tempura and mashed content to spear chunks of Maui golden pineapple. I Fairmont’s Willow Stream Spa tracted drivers as I swing around the ubiquitous its improbable, luxuriant width. I kick off my shoes Molokai sweet potatoes. look down the Technicolor-green grass to the Pacifc, massage on the food truck, and I slide right into a prime space next and walk in the yellow-gold sand. When I get to the The next day, after a brilliant massage conducted pausing between bites of the sweetest fruit anywhere fluidly moveable to an ancient van. The door is open and a couple of black rock, I put my shoes back on and start to climb, on a special table that pivots, tilts, and rotates—cour- to marvel at my moments of true Hawaii found even WaveMotion table.

sunburned hippies are hanging out eating shave ice. fnding handholds and footholds in the lava. In just FAIRMONT JOHNSON / THIS PAGE: TOR (HTA), AUTHORITY TOURISM HAWAII PAGE: OPPOSITE HANA, MAUI KEA LANI; TRAVAASA tesy of the Fairmont’s Willow Stream Spa—I head on one of its most popular islands.

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“WE ALL NEED NOT JUST A HOUSE, BUT A HOME; WE NEED COMMUNITY, WE NEED A SENSE OF INTIMACY.”

be wrong, because all these centers are mutually exclusive. So the center lies else- where—the center is the world. I’m working on a museum in China— my frst time working in China—and this was a great opportunity because I had a visionary client who wanted to create a museum of Chinese history and the modernization of China. When I was in China I was shown a model city, an ideal city in Hangzhou. My wife and partner Nina noticed people cleaning the streets, so she asked, “Where do these people GLOBAL VIEWS live?” There was a complete silence. A few days later I got a call. My client said, THE FAMED ARCHITECT WE LIVE IN a world of global crea- “Since this is an ideal city, could you build DANIEL LIBESKIND BELIEVES tivity. We also live in an era of incredible us housing for working people?” So we accessibility to information, knowledge, designed something very low-cost per THAT IN ORDER TO BE A imagery. But because we live in a global square meter—we used a lot of bamboo 21ST-CENTURY CREATIVE, era and everything has a tendency to be and created a social setting. DISCOVERING THE WORLD homogenized in a global era, each place We all need not just a house but a IS MANDATORY demands a far more unique design home; we need a community, we need // BY DANIEL LIBESKIND response. So people begin to appreciate a sense of intimacy—people are more AS TOLD TO DREW LIMSKY that each place can’t be interchangeable alike than different. But we’ve dealt with with every other, and that each place has the world and other people in careless to represent its own identity. ways. But I’m not with Stephen Hawk- Wherever I go—Beijing, São Paulo, ing, who is recommending that we go to New York, the middle of Africa, the other planets and leave the Earth. I’m for Middle East—everyone thinks they’re a different kind of space program, a space

the center of the world. And they must program to rediscover the world. RUIZ STEFAN

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