Detroit is Waiting. We’ll Help You Explore It.

Parini

Parini was born from a shared vision between Christine Babini and Amy Pariser, who first met in 2014 while working at their previous design firm. Christine was a member of the original design team for the transformation of the historic Detroit firehouse into what is now the Detroit Foundation Hotel, which laid the groundwork for future collaboration. A few years later, during a serendipitous trip around Iceland, Christine and Amy spent their days traversing the country and discussing their goals and aspirations. By the time they returned, they knew they had to start their own firm. In 2018, with just $2,000 from their personal savings and a pair of newly purchased laptops, they launched Parini completely independently and in true Detroit grassroots fashion. Since then, Parini has grown into a thriving 10-person team with a spacious office and an expanding portfolio of award-winning hospitality projects. Their dedication to thoughtful, design-forward spaces has earned them industry recognition, including an HD Award and two Gold Key Awards. Now, with the redesign of Detroit Foundation Hotel, they look forward to demonstrating their design prowess and bringing thoughtful interiors to their local community.

Soft Goods Detroit

Soft Goods is an apparel factory and brand located in Corktown, Detroit. Started in 2017 by Josh York after leaving the corporate fashion world, Soft Goods was born in small second floor room of an old car factory. Josh is a self-taught sewer, watching Youtube videos and cutting and sewing a new T-shirt every day for months before perfecting his fit and workmanship. In time, he’s built a team around him of expert craftspeople from our Detroit community. Each member of Soft Goods takes great pride in the quality and durability of our garments, and is proud to offer them around the world.

We specialize in high-end knitwear, all made from cotton grown and knit in the USA. Our heavyweight T-shirts, crewnecks, hoodies, and more can be found in specialty stores across America, Japan, United Kingdom, and South Korea. GQ gave one of our hoodies the moniker, “The next great American Hoodie.” We create garments that will endure for generations to come, and do so responsibly by supporting our local supply chain and minimizing our use of plastics wherever possible.

We’re proud to partner with the Detroit Foundation Hotel on a beautiful French Terry robe. This is a product that will be part of our upcoming fall line, and we are ecstatic to share it with guests of this hotel that has been so wonderful of a neighbor to us over the years.

Third Man Records

Third Man Records was launched by Jack White in Detroit in 2001 and in 2009 opened its Nashville location home to label offices, distribution center, photo studio and record store. In 2015 its Detroit location was opened housing a record and novelties lounge, mastering studio, and Third Man Pressing manufacturing facility. Third Man is an innovator in the world of vinyl records and a boundary pusher in the world of recorded music, aiming to bring tangibility and spontaneity back into the records business and issue releases that leave no doubt in the minds of listeners that music is indeed sacred.

Hyperion Coffee

Hyperion was founded in 2015 by three partners from Ypsilanti who shared the same dream of opening a local roasting company, and who all believed that coffee is much more than a morning ritual. Our company takes pride in building direct relationships with our producers that result in an equitable distribution of profits, and helps to ensure quality coffee year after year. At Hyperion, our goal is to not only create the best coffee possible, but to grow a community around this product that enhances the lives of all parties involved; from farmer to customer.

No Palera

Nuestra Jefa & Founder says “The passion I have for my Mexican heritage extends far beyond the walls of Beauty. My pride is loud, colorful, and omnipresent in everything. I hold dear the values of resourcefulness that continue to inspire our ingredient formulation, just as firmly as I carry the values of resilience that my Mexican immigrant parents embodied. The courage to explore an unknown land and ultimately carve their own path is what inspired the vision behind Nopalera. Today, my ambition is to activate a new generation to explore beauty through a different lens: one that embodies boldness, scent transportation, and fresh takes on common beauty rituals.”

Citizen Yoga

It’s a community built on socialization, and our door is open to everyone. Together, we believe in moving to learn, unlearn, and relearn. The struggle with mental health in our culture is at a level of crisis, and we believe that self-discovery through the practice of asana, and integration of insight, is an antidote.Citizen goes beyond maintenance for the body. We are committed to the practice of yoga as a lens to go inward. With a mission to improve mental health through practice, each person coming to Citizen will feel a sense of belonging, and leave knowing they are better equipped to handle the stresses of life. Our radically welcoming community offers a space to find unexpected friends, and build confidence to express yourself in an authentic way.

Q Music

Q Music is a talent and music curation agency that leverages both taste and technology to achieve its mission: creating a marketplace for elite independent artists in the hospitality and events space. Q Music currently curates for hospitality venues in the Chicago, Detroit, and Miami markets.

Mothfire Brewing Company

At Mothfire, we focus on collaboration, creativity, and quality craftsmanship, partnering with the resilient farmers of Michigan who provide the grains and hops that ignite the signature character of our beers. And we want to share the Mothfire spirit, from our cans to your home—and soon through art, music, and live events at our new taproom. Noah Kaplan is an artist and entrepreneur who has always been obsessed with the international craft beer culture. Through the years, he met other like-minded “beer freaks”, and together they have set out to spark a cultural awakening through this passion.

David Becker has a background & passion for environmental sustainability with a commitment to utilizing local Michigan farms to procure the freshest and finest ingredients available. He also brings 20+ years of operations experience in the small business, nonprofit and utility industries.

To help fuel the fire, Mothfire added head brewer Alexis Jorgensen to the team. Alexis has over 10 years of experience in large-scale breweries across the country, including Stone Brewing in California, where she mastered her craft. Locally, she is celebrated for her recipes at Witch’s Hat and Wolverine.

Detroit Bikes

Detroit Bikes aspires to contribute to healthy urbanism by creating a product that enriches the urban experience while telling a story that is uniquely about urban revival. These are the only bikes being produced in a rapidly rebounding US city, and they are being produced so that people in cities across this country can expand their affordable, reliable, and fun transportation alternatives.

McIntosh Poris Associates

For more than 22 years, McIntosh Poris Associates has helped save many of Detroit’s 20th-century landmark buildings, historic districts, and iconic neighborhoods. The firm is proud to be part of a collaborative team that celebrates community, social entrepreneurship, and economic engagement. The Foundation Hotel successfully brought together the city’s architecture, art, design, and manufacturing communities to create a hotel atmosphere that embraces a “Detroit State of Mind” to welcome both visitors and locals with an authentic sense of place.

Pewabic Pottery

Founded in 1903, Pewabic is one of the oldest continually operating potteries in the country. Working out of their National Historic Landmark studio on Detroit’s east side, this iconic institution continues to preserve a tradition of handcraftsmanship that has enriched lives for generations. Pewabic today is an active working pottery, architectural tile studio, ceramic arts education center and vibrant cultural destination that attracts visitors from around the world. Visitors are invited to shop handcrafted pottery and tiles made onsite, along with Independent Artist work from across North America, and explore the free second floor Pewabic Museum. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Detroit’s Pewabic Pottery continues to be guided by a singular mission — to enrich the human spirit through clay.

Urban Ashes

Saving Trees and Lives … As a full service design and fabrication company, we focus on providing meaningful work for our returning ex-felons and our marginalized youth in partnership with other community members. In this process we are able to create a positive environment for mentorship and opportunities for our crew to repurpose their lives. Ultimately, this allows us to reclaim these too often discarded resources and lives.

We create intentionally simple and timeless designs, crafted from salvaged woods, featuring rich organic textures integrated with raw modern and industrial materials. This dynamic combination between our people and our materials creates an unparalleled quality behind our hand-made furnishings, fixtures, picture frames and other wood goods for commercial and residential spaces that tell a uniquely human story to pass down through the generations.

Alice Mushrooms

Experience the unique blend of wellness and indulgence with DFH’s exclusive partnership with alice mushrooms. Elevate your stay with our daily mushroom ritual, crafted using premium organic mushrooms, nootropics, and adaptogens. Whether you seek focus with Brainstorm, restful nights with Nightcap, or playful moments with Happy Ending, our chocolates offer a delightful addition to your downtown Detroit experience. Discover a routine that’s both delicious and beneficial at DFH.

Detroit Laser Co

A long-time fan of the DFDHQ as an architectural wonder in downtown, both as a home-base to our civil servants as well as a killer location for after-hours Autoshow parties, Detroit Laser was thrilled to contribute to its next phase of life and work with the all the great people from the design, build, and property management teams that made it all happen. We are proud to have played a small part in the Detroit Foundation Hotel’s launch and look forward to its continued success!

Woodward Throwbacks

On Detroit and their brand…

Detroit is a rough and raw place, and we want our products to reflect the environment they were gathered from.  The beauty is in the imperfection.  And we are trying to bring as much beauty as we can out of an otherwise ugly and contagious problem.

At Woodward Throwbacks we are doing our part in trying to recycle as much raw material as possible from our city.  And in the process helping to clean up streets and neighborhoods that we salvage the materials from.

Bon Bon Bon

On Collaborating…

Bon Bon Bon makes Bon Bon Bons. “Bon” means “good” and the whole idea, really is to employ good people to make good chocolate for other good people using really good ingredients. Working with Detroit Foundation Hotel has given us the opportunity to collaborate with likeminded people. We are thrilled to have such a destination and experience like that of Foundation Hotel, full of wonderful new neighbors to work and create with,  right around the corner!

Two James Spirits

Detroit Foundation Hotel has partnered with Two James Spirits to offer our guests a unique cocktail experience to enjoy in-room or on tap in the Apparatus Room beginning November 4th, 2021. Born from our shared passion for history and art, we are excited to introduce our new canned cocktails, 1929 and Midnight City.

1929 is a bourbon-forward cocktail symbolizing and commemorating the year that the new fire station, which now stands as the Detroit Foundation Hotel, was built. Two James Distillery curated 1929 featuring J Riddle Pleated bourbon alongside notes of chamomile, honey, and lemon.

Midnight City is a rum-based cocktail that pays homage to Detroit’s placement in the history of the Underground Railroad movement. Although Detroit may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of the Underground Railroad, our city was a part of the route that many slaves took as they sought to reach Canada, where slavery was abolished in 1833. This cocktail, named after Detroit’s Underground code name “Midnight,” features Doctor Bird Rum, Pineapple, Lime, and Falernum.

Each canned cocktail was created in-house at Two James Distillery and offers 3-4 individuals cocktails per can.

Detroit Musix

The best of Detroit, music and more.

Sam Donald and Detroit Musix, bring incredible experiences to that highlight the city  and educate visitors and locals alike on its history.

Detroit Historical Society

DON’T JUST MAKE PLANS – MAKE HISTORY

The Detroit Historical Museum is located in Detroit’s Midtown Cultural Center and is home to the Streets of Old Detroit, America’s Motor City and many other exhibits sure to entertain and inspire your party guests.

We’ve partnered with the Detroit Foundation Hotel to provide installations, tours, and other activations through the years.

Excited to contribute to the fabric of this historic building.

HOT BONES

We are an infrared yoga and pilates studio & bone broth bar hybrid concept born in Detroit.

BEES IN THE D

Our mission is to create a cooperative effort between residents, schools, organizations, and businesses to contribute to the health of honey bee colonies, native pollinators, and the education of their importance to our environment.