The Show

Today’s traveler seeks authentic experiences that summon creative muses and connect with local culture, cuisine, art and craft. This quest to quench the creative soul is giving rise to the “Design Tourism” — a growing segment of vacation travel that goes off the beaten path of tourist guidebook recommendations and explores the craft and cultural heritage of a destination. The Design Tourist is the first of its kind travel series that explores destinations with a design story to tell. In each episode, viewers experience travel as a Design Tourist as host Karen LeBlanc stays in stylish hotels and explores destinations known for their art, architecture, culture and craft —all while discovering unique Design Finds and Products. The Design Tourist series reaches two audiences— the luxury traveler interested in authentic accommodations and fans of design, art and architecture.

Each episode of The Design Tourist streams on the Spincast Network and airs online across a network of media partners including Design Milk, Design Life Network and Art & Design Matters.