If the 13-room YOWIE lodge was an individual, the vibrantly embellished Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, boutique lodge could be your multi-talented good friend. They all the time appear to be confidently carrying the best and most colourful suits whereas doing a bit little bit of this with a bit little bit of that exuding the identical welcoming, attainable, and most significantly, enjoyable perspective throughout the board.
YOWIE lodge foyer and store
Launched by designer Shannon Maldonado because the hospitality arm of a trio of locations that embrace YOWIE store and WIM cafe – each situated across the nook alongside Philadelphia’s South Road neighborhood – YOWIE first emerged as “The Coolest Store in Philadelphia” (as proclaimed by Bon Appétit in 2019). The model has since advanced right into a lodge, formally opening final summer time along with an up to date and expanded storefront alongside the cafe.
YOWIE in the present day invitations friends to partake in Ms. Maldonado’s colorfully curated collections of latest artwork, design, and crafts. Items are sourced from associates, unbiased artists, and well-known designers into one thing akin to a Pinterest board or your favourite IG design feed delivered to life. Imagined by Maldonado in collaboration with architects Canno Design and S2 Design, every of the lodge’s rooms are embellished with daring, graphic patterns, mixing classic and modern items in a way that appears aspirational of their attainable simplicity.
The Philadelphia native not solely wished to determine a nexus the place friends might take pleasure in a spot to buy, eat, and sleep whereas staying throughout the metropolis of Brotherly Love. Guests may also expertise “totally different neighborhoods and cultural areas throughout town” beforehand not listed as a design vacation spot.
Mosaic-tiled loos of various shade add to every of the rooms’ distinctive character and are accessorized with bubbly enjoyable ceramic cleaning soap dispensers sourced from Philadelphia’s Cloud 9 Clay.
The notion of attainability additionally performs prominently as a singular component of the YOWIE visitor expertise – practically the whole lot inside every of the lodge’s rooms is shoppable, together with the glassware designed by Sophie Lou Jacobsen, shades by Elisa Johnson, and unique works by Clyde Henry. Manufacturers corresponding to Blu Dot, HAY, and Shelfology furnish the rooms playfully, with older parts just like the “chubby classic couch” within the Suite 301 One Bed room King, interspersed to maintain the sensation this facet of “staying at a design-loving good friend’s flat” somewhat than a standard lodge.
The native vibes embrace one-of-a-kind paintings adorning lots of the partitions, all sourced from Philly artists. Many of the lodge’s suites are additionally geared up with small kitchens and cookware by Caraway Dwelling to ask the choice to dine in throughout a visitor’s keep (or take pleasure in leftovers as snacks), furthering the home-away-from residence expertise.
Maldonado says hospitality was all the time a realm she envisioned for the YOWIE model to enterprise into. Initially the multihyphenate artistic imagined realizing these plans as a pop-up store inside one other present lodge. However within the strategy of planning, Maldonado turned the thought of including a bit into creating her personal puzzle. At this time, YOWIE anchors a bit of Philadelphia as a nexus of native design, permitting friends and locals alike to expertise town’s artistic tradition firsthand… and possibly even return residence with a bit of its historical past.
What: YOWIE Resort
The place: 226 South Road, Philadelphia, PA 19147
How a lot: From $140 per evening for two friends
Design draw: The Heart for Structure and Design is inside strolling distance (or 12 minute taxi trip), and hosts the annual DesignPhiladelphia Pageant. The Material Workshop Museum additionally close by throughout the metropolis heart, with excursions and hands-on workshops hosted commonly. The Philadelphia Museum of Artwork and Rodin Museum are additional out, however require solely an inexpensive 15-minute taxi trip.
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