A Travel Guide to Capri and Positano with Design Firm Kapito Muller
To keep their work current, NYC-based designers Alyssa Kapito and Vivian Muller of Kapito Muller travel the globe in search of new inspiration. This year, they embarked on a four-country journey sharing discoveries with Architectural Digest. The first stop was Stockholm, then on to Copenhagen and Paris. Now they wrap up their tour with jaunts to Capri and Positano. “The rugged Italian landscape has a distinct vacation vibe,” Muller says. “They are palette cleansers.” Several coastal decor ideas caught their eye. “There was an island-y design aesthetic, but the furniture is classic European, which is a very chic mix,” Kapito says. “We loved that almost all of the floors are tiled, whether black-and-white checkered pattern or brightly colored hand-painted tiles.” Scroll down and see what other visual delights they discovered.
1/10“We arrived in Capri to the electric-blue gulf waters they are famous for,” Muller says.
2/10“We couldn't get enough of the interiors of our hotel, the J.K. Place Capri,” Kapito says. “The checkered floors and midcentury accents were our favorite design takeaways.” Via Prov.Marina Grande, 225; jkcapri.com
3/10“The hotel is like staying at your very chic friend’s home, who happens to live in Capri,” Muller says. “The hotel’s ‘library’ is filled with books to borrow and read on the sofa. The blue walls were an unexpected favorite.”
4/10“Capri has a small town filled with little shops selling gorgeous linens and fedoras, mixed in among designer boutiques, such as Prada and Hermès,” Kapito says. “We found this adorable home store carrying an array of vintage and contemporary Italian finds.”
5/10“We loved the summer whites,” Muller says.
6/10“Capri is known for its private beach clubs,” Kapito says. “We had lunch and spent the day on the rocky beach at La Fontelina.”
7/10“We arrived in Positano at the gorgeous Le Sirenuse,” Muller says. Via Cristoforo Colombo, 30; sirenuse.it
8/10“It’s a treat to have a meal overlooking the water,” Kapito says.
9/10“The beautiful and brightly colored tile floors of the hotel were a favorite,” Muller says.
10/10“We could never get tired of this view,” Kapito says.
