Hotel Designs

OUT NOW: Global Design Review 2025/2026

WORDS BY Sophie Harper

March 9, 2026

Franklite

**This year’s edition of the covetable design tome, Global Design Review, is out now and available to read…**

Dubbed the ‘design bible’ for the hospitality design industry, Global Design Review, brought to you by the editors of SPACE, is a dedicated work documenting the best hotel projects and design from the previous 12 months as well as being a celebration of the people who shape the global hotel design landscape – with a carefully curated who’s who of interior designers, studios, and suppliers working across regions, culture, and scales. Organised and designed to be intuitive to navigate, it is practical and comprehensive, making it (we hope) a pleasurable read and constant point of reference throughout the coming year.

“Producing Global Design Review is always an extensive process of research, fact-checking and careful curation by a dedicated team, which means the hard work has been done for you,” said Emma Kennedy, Editor, SPACE. “Bringing together the designers, studios and suppliers shaping hospitality design today in a clear, inspirational way, it’s a resource that connects the industry and makes discovering the very best talent easier than ever.”

This year’s edition highlights some of the world’s most awe-inspiring projects – from the inimitable Capella Taipei in Taiwan, to Rosewood’s first outpost in the Netherlands (and GDR’s cover star) with Rosewood Amsterdam – as well as interviews with the senior team at David Collins Studio for its 40^th anniversary, and Chris Godfrey, Global Co-CEO at HBA on the studio’s 60-year legacy.

Inside, you can also find the top 25 Interior Designers, Architects, and Hoteliers from Hotel Designs’ The Brit List Awards 2025 as a reminder of who the stars of their trade in the UK are right now.

We hope Global Design Review becomes a source of inspiration and a practical companion to your work. Use it to discover those who continue to lead the way and to make meaningful connections across the global design community. If it helps spark conversations or support the creation of exceptional projects, it will have fulfilled its purpose.

As a live directory, listings in Global Design Review can be edited throughout the year, so please keep us updated with your own company listings by getting in touch with Charles Dragazis.