WHY DO WE DEVOTE A WHOLE ISSUE TO PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA?
This desert oasis has captured the hearts of vacationers for years. Close enough to Los Angeles to be accessible, it became Hollywood’s playground. Drawing in icons like Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the town and its surrounding communities turned into a hotbed for midcentury design. Modernist architecture quickly popped up around Spanish-style homes and hotels—creating a town that was to become a style mecca.