HotHot this month WinstonWinston Churchill,Churchill, cheese tea, smart toys,toys, waterfallwaterfall climbsclimbs DECEMBER 2017 “MY INSTRUCTOR HAD TO CHASE AFTER ME” PITCH PERFECT’S BRITTANY SNOW ON LEARNING TO SKI L.A.’S ENDURING DOUGHNUT SCENE WHERE TRAVEL IS GOING IN 2018 THE BEATING HEART OF BEIJING ITALY’S HIDDEN TAVE R NS TOUR DE FORCE Mark Hamill’s long journey back to Star Wars 001_COVER.indd 1 13/11/2017 08:54 NEEDNEED TOTO KNOWKNOWW SEESEE THROUGHTHT ROUGH This is the first time a glass artist has designed for the hotel 5 You can misbehave at this show After conquering New York, the colorful 29Rooms exhibition heads to Los Angeles Whether they’re jumping around a room filled with pillows or 4 being showered inside a human car wash, Glass art has no guests—and their imaginations—are reservations invited to run wild An unconventional artist is smashing it inside 29Rooms. After at the Motif Seattle hotel three sold-out years in New York, the out-there FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, Beginning this month, an art installation is coming Motif Seatt le has handpicked arrangement of Conway’s key- to Los Angeles for the local artists to imbue the eclectic filled glass ornaments will first time beginning boutique hotel’s walls, stationery, be displayed outside the hotel room keys, staff uniforms and restaurant in time for the Dec. 7. The West Coast other spaces with their unique holidays, while one of her show will introduce 12 visions. Aft er hosting fashion famous tulip-shaped chandeliers new spaces and recreate designer Jordan Christianson is scheduled to check into some of New York’s and paper-cut maven Celeste the lobby. most popular rooms. Cooning for its artist-in-residency During her tenure, Conway program, the property’s latest will host guests at her studio for Refinery29 created it as choice is set to shatt er expectations: live demonstrations and outfit an IRL extension of the famed glass artist Julie Conway. the hotel with new imagery digital media brand. “I was like, ‘Oh, my goodness. inspired by the patterns that “We wanted a space Are you sure you want me?’” refract through her seminal where you can punch, says Conway, whose prolifi c chandeliers. “I look at glass like 20-year career a liquid that light goes through,” wear and ride the art,” Artist Julie creating colorful she says. “I focus on the pattern says Refinery29 Conway created glass sculptures the glass will make and the effect co-founder Piera a graphic has taken it will have on a room.” Gelardi, who adds it’s inspired by her around the For visitors who want to take not just an environment light rays world. “I Conway’s work home with them, literally make a lobby pop-up shop will sell some for Instagram. “It’s also my work of her creations. —JESS SWANSON a stage for creation.” with fi re.” destinationhotels.com/motif-seatt le refinery29.com/29rooms OF A24; MINTZ, COURTESY JUSTINA FRANCO: JAMES PREVIOUS PAGE: FOR REFINERY29; IMAGES MONICA SCHIPPER/GETTY RIGHT: TOP WENTWORTH; EXTERIOR: DAVID SEATTLE MOTIF COHEN SANDY (4); FUN HOUSE WORDS: GETTY IMAGES RIGHT COLUMN: FAR TAVERNISE; NIKO HUGH JACKMAN: PREMIERE; LIONSGATE JOHN TRAVOLTA: OF NEON; COURTESY ROBBIE: MARGOT 020_NTK-Glass.indd 20 13/11/2017 08:59.