How Luxury Hotels are Moving from Spectacle to Liveable Space

As luxury hospitality becomes more globally consistent in service and standard, differentiation is increasingly rooted in location. For Clint Nagata of Blink Design Group, this begins with what he describes as “a sense of place”. While the term is often overused, his approach is more exacting in practice.

“People genuinely want to feel what that destination is like,” he says, noting that design must distil elements of local culture and carry them consistently through the project, rather than applying them superficially.