05/28/2026
Seen in — “As summer travel season begins, Dallas designers share the destinations that stay with them.”
For Philip Vanderford, Venice remains a masterclass in restraint, atmosphere, and timelessness. “It’s luxurious without being declarative,” he shares of Hotel Cipriani. “The interiors never try to compete with the setting… instead, they recede just enough, allowing the landscape and the architecture to carry the experience.”
What resonates most is the sense of inevitability within the design, spaces that feel layered, studied, and entirely resolved. “The highest level of design isn’t about creating a moment; it’s about creating something that feels inevitable, as if it could never have been done any other way.”
