Led by Chicago- and Michigan-based interiors practice Anderson/Miller, the eight-story, 155-room Canopy Grand Rapids Downtown was conceived as a love letter to Michigan. “In pulling from this rich history, [we] highlighted midcentury aesthetics [and] contemporary elements to create a new modernism,” says firm principal Laurie Miller.

The two-story lobby boasts a multimedia art tour of sorts. “It speaks to our intentions [while] providing an additional roadmap to all works in the hotel,” Miller says. “It invites guests to go on the journey we took when assembling the collection.” Michigan-based artist Lora Fosberg helped curate the space, contributing paintings and colorful sculptural slices of painted wood and bark that are composed in millwork shadow boxes in the reception area. Meanwhile, the mezzanine gallery space was designed specifically to feature local graphic artist Stephen Frykholm’s Picnic poster series for Herman Miller from the 1970s and ‘80s.