PORTOLAHOTEL&SPAISHONOREDATSECONDANNUAL

SANFRANCISCODESIGNWEEKAWARDS

International design competition honors projects encouraging thought leadership in design

DesignAwards Theme: “Where InnovationMeets Social Responsibility”

(June27,2019)PortolaHotel&SpainMonterey,CA was honored at the second annual SanFrancisco Design Week Awards, hosted by thenon-profitorganizationonJune20thatPier27,SanFrancisco. Portola Hotel & Spa received the topaward for Interior Design: Restaurant/Hospitalitywhich recognized RoseBernard Studio and thewhole project team for its ground-breaking designand commitment to thought leadership inmeetingtheneedsofapositivefutureforsociety.

Portola Hotel & Spa was recognized for theirrenovation of the lobby and coastal eatery,JacksMonterey.

“We are extremely excited San Francisco DesignWeek Awards is returning this year,” says SFDWDirector Dawn Zidonis. “As with last year, thequality of the many entries exceeded ourexpectationsofourtheme,‘InnovationMeetsSocialResponsibility.’ Congratulations to this year’soutstandinganddiversewinners.”

SanFranciscoDesignWeek(SFDW),thepremiergathering of the world’s most active designcommunity,debutedthefirstannualSanFranciscoDesignWeekAwardsatPier27SanFranciscoin2018.Thetheme,“WhereInnovationMeetsSocialResponsibility” was met by award winners fromleadingdesignfirms, in-houseteams,andcreativeindividuals, who were honored during a presspreviewat theSFDWOpeningNightReceptionatPier27,SanFrancisco.

SFDW Design Awards is an international designcompetition seeking to encourage thoughtleadership by supporting designers whose workscancontributetowardsapositivefutureforsociety.The Design Awards celebrates and recognizesexemplary work in all fields of design, includingarchitecture, interior design, industrial design,communication design, and user experiencedesign. Twenty-four winning projects and Eleven honorable mentions were selected by a jury comprised of distinguishedprofessionals,who reviewedsubmissions fromanexceptionallycompetitivepoolofapplicants fromthe USA and Europe.

The winning projects were awarded to designers from the USA, United Kingdom, andGermany, from a pool of applicants in the following categories: Architecture – Altruistic; Architecture – Residential; Architecture –Commercial;Biotech;CommunicationsDesign,;FashTech;FinTech;FurnitureInnovation;FutureofFoods; Interior Design -Office:Commercial; InteriorDesign–Residential; InteriorDesign -Restaurant:Hospitality; IOT;Student Innovation;UrbanMobility;VirtualTech;andWildCard.

Eachwinningprojectdisplayedthefollowingcharacteristics:

Impact—Designthatrepresentsasubstantialshiftinthewayaparticularprocessiscreated,executed,perceived, orexperienced.

Singularity—Productsandideasthatgoaboveandbeyondcontemporaneousworkbeingdonewithindistinctfields ofdesign.

Inclusiveness—Work thatempowers thosepreviouslyunderrepresented in thedesigncommunityandemboldens socialmobilityatalllevels.

SocialResponsibility—Designthatofferssolutionsforpeoplewithneedlesslyinsurmountablebarrierstoentryinall walksoflife.

EaseofUse—Designthatcanbeeasilyunderstoodandappliedbytheenduser.

Visual Appeal—Projects, ideas, and processes that not only solve problems, but do so with aesthetics that accentuateandelevatetheexperiencefromstarttofinish.

Feasibility—Designthatcanbesensiblyfunded,implementedandembraced.

TheSFDWDesignAwardsesteemedjurycomprised:

JohnMaeda,GlobalHead,ComputationalDesignandInclusion,Automattic,MaedaStudioKatieDill,VPofDesign,LyftEcheMartinez,Founder/InteriorDesigner,EcheDianeDorransSaeks,InteriorDesign,AuthorShawnMcLean-Bergel,Founder,InteriorDesign/WorkplaceDesign,McLean-BergelAugustdelosReyes,DirectorofUserExperience,GoogleMichelleHatton,DesignDirector/SeniorAssociate,GenslerTungChiang,CreativeLead,StudioDirector,HeathCeramicsTiffanyChu,Co-Founder,RemixJonahBecker,VPofDesignFitbitAnaArriola,GeneralManagerandPartnerDesignDirector,Microsoft

Thewinners’ entriesaredisplayedprominently inaSFDWDesignAwardsExhibitionatPier 27,SanFrancisco, fromJune20-21,2019andfeaturedpermanentlyatSFDWonline.

ABOUTPORTOLAHOTEL&SPA

TheAAAFourDiamond,PortolaHotel&Spa inMonterey,CAwas one of the firstU.S.GreenBuildingCouncil LEED®CertifiedhotelonCalifornia’sCentralCoast.Thefull-servicehoteloffersguestsarich,historicalambiance, withresidentialstyleandadedicatedstaff toensureanunparalleledguestexperience.ThePortolaHotelfeatures 379 well-appointed guest rooms and suites, ranging from 400 to 1,000 square feet. Home to the Monterey Peninsula’s original craft brewery,PeterB’sBrewpub, TheClubRoom, JacksMonterey, andPeet’sCoffee. The Portola boasts an award-winning 6,000-square-foot day spa. Spa on the Plaza offers beautifully appointed treatment rooms and an extensive spamenu of signature treatments.Overnight guests also have access to the hotel'sspaandfitnessfacilities,completewithsteamroom,sauna,outdoorpoolandJacuzzi.

ABOUTSanFranciscoDesignWeek

The Future Started Here Launched in 2006, San Francisco Design Week (SFDW) is an essential week-longregional festival thatshowcases theunique intersectionof ideas,design,business&entrepreneurismthatmakestheBayAreathebirthplaceofthefuture.

Now a global phenomenon, San Francisco’s international success is born from a historically free-spiritedentrepreneurialism, coupled with the imaginative vision of contemporary design and state-of-the-art technology.Pioneersofnewwaysoflookingattheworld,nimbleBayAreastart-upsarenowamongtheworld’smostinfluentialdesign-led companies, producing products, services and experiences that profoundly influence the daily lives ofbillionsofpeopleglobally.

Through approximately 250 events, SFDW celebrates this spirit of newness by providing approximately 45,000attendeesuniqueaccess toexhibitionsandconversationswith thedesignerswhoareshaping the future—fromarchitecturetofashion,productdesigntodigitalservices,andeverythinginbetween.

San Francisco Design Week is a community event led by a team of advisors and a core committee whichrepresents the diversity of design disciplines in the Bay Area. SFDW is organized by AIGASan Francisco, theprofessional association for design in partnership with IDSA, theCenter for Architecture, andAIA,SFFAMA,SEGD,SDN,IXDA,localconsulates,designuniversities,neighborhoodassociationsandmuseums.

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