Mindful Design in New York: The Zen Is in the Details

Let’s face it, New York City has all the trappings that the busy city life can bring. Imagine you’ve just arrived for a business trip, and you’re anxious, stressed, and tired. Now imagine stepping into a tranquil hotel lobby, where the ambiance immediately gives you a sense of peace and harmony. 

The work by firm Atelier Ace has just achieved this task. A game-changing creative agency based in New York City, they’ve just completed work at the Sister City hotel, located on the Lower East Side. 

The lighting raises your consciousness to the level of perfection. Some of that lighting is provided by original hand-stamped Isamu Noguchi lanterns, and even if the original lanterns aren’t contributing to the perfect lighting that is considered mindful design, their mere presence are inspiring to your senses.

Of course, not everyone will have the same mindful reaction to the music playing in the lobby that is controlled by an app that creates music based on the current weather conditions. Perhaps your mindful design experience will happen with the free-from-commotion experience through their in-room services, which were created in partnership with the Headspace guided meditation app.    

If that doesn’t get you into that peaceful state of mind, then the vintage furniture will, which have all the markings that come with age to perfection. This type of mindful design experience is very much akin to visiting your grandmother and walking into her house, where the chairs, tables or little doodad or trinket provide those feelings of warmth, peace and delight. 

The Atelier Ace firm subscribes to what they describe as the Japanese-Scandinavian inspired “less but better” movement. Sister City stands proudly in an 80,000 square foot property in a building that formerly housed the Salvation Army.

Terrazzo vanities and custom terrazzo flooring are just some of the beautiful features seen throughout the hotel. With the hotel’s simplicity and functionality, the interior design experience is essential in creating a peaceful, zen existence, and where mindful design living begins.From the

From the ADG Job Site

Throwback to an install of our integrated LED modern lights…

by Gerald Olesker,  CEO, ADG Lighting