Designer and DIY influencer Ben Uyeda is one of the visionaries behind Reset Hotel, the first new hotel to be built from the ground up in the Joshua Tree area in 15 years.

Building a minimalist, modular compound on commercially zoned land was a way to help accommodate the influx of desert vacationers without impacting local housing supply.

Dressed in torn cargo pants and beat up Vans, architectural designer and DIY influencer Ben Uyeda was stretched out poolside in a rare moment of repose on a recent Tuesday evening at Reset, his new hotel in 29 Palms.

“This is the best time to watch the mountains,” he said, looking south toward the direction of Joshua Tree National Park. “Right now they look really jagged, but they’ll turn soft and orange as the sun sets.”

Sitting next to him were his

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