Kelly Wearstler’s Santa Monica Proper Hotel named AHEAD Americas Hotel of the Year | Dezeen

American designer Kelly Wearstler describes how she worked with local artisans and artists on the Santa Monica Proper Hotel in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Wearstler is the designer of Santa Monica Proper Hotel, a 271-room boutique hotel seven blocks away from the beach in Santa Monica, California. The project was named Hotel of the Year at the 2020 AHEAD Americas hospitality awards, as well as winner of the Guestrooms and Lobby & Public Spaces categories. The Californian interior designer, who has appeared as a judge on the Bravo reality show Top Design and designed homes for celebrities including Cameron Diaz and Gwen Stefani, described the hotel as “fiercely local“ in an exclusive interview filmed by Dezeen. Read more on Dezeen: WATCH NEXT: AHEAD Americas awards 2020 virtual ceremony part one | Virtual Design Festival | Dezeen - Subscribe to our YouTube channel for t