Designs for Modern Hotel Suite, Du Pont Biltmore Hotel, Wilmington, Delaware.] Colour chart for Suite 210 1928

Winold Reiss mapped out the designs for a modern hotel suite with yellow, pink, and grey washes. I love how the rendering embraces imperfection, a casualness of execution, and the sense of an idea still in formation. I can imagine Reiss, maybe with a brush in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, pondering the light and space of these rooms, trying to envision the feeling of luxury and modernity. Maybe he was thinking about Mondrian, or maybe he was just thinking about how to make a room feel good. Notice how the planes of color are applied with a soft, almost dreamy touch. The pinks feel like early spring, while the yellows are sunny and optimistic. They speak to the period's fascination with clean lines and geometric forms, but there's also a warmth here, a human touch. It reminds me that every painting, even one for a hotel room, is a form of embodied expression. It's about feeling your way through ambiguity, embracing uncertainty, and trusting that multiple interpretations are not only possible but desirable.