Hotel Fox
Hotel Fox in Copenhagen, Denmark, has 61 unique rooms that have been individually customized by 21 artists whether it be graphic design, street art, manga or fantasy. Designers and also collectives from around the world were invited by Volkswagen to design these rooms. Volkswagen and German marketing company Event Lab teamed up with the idea for this Hotel for the launch of the Volkswagen Fox.
Many of the rooms have hand-drawn illustrations and murals painted directly onto the walls. Australian collective Pandarosa designed rooms 314 and 405, Supernova and Lifelines (above). Both rooms feature white walls, floors and furniture with black patterns throughout. These rooms were inspired by the way projections distort as they curve around corners which can be seen throughout both rooms.
I love the idea for this hotel. The fact that every single room is different makes the hotel a place that I would definitely want to visit. Designers are getting the chance to display their work in a creative way. Imagine staying at Hotel Fox, with no idea of what room you're going to be getting... and then just being blown away by the illustrations and amount of work put into it.
Tod's
Tod's is an Italian leather goods company situated in Japan's fashion boulevard in Tokyo, alongside other famous brands such as Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton. The entire building has a series of random diagonals wrapping around the exterior, constructed out of 30 cm thick reinforced cast concrete. There are 270 randomly placed gaps between these diagonals - no two are the same. These gaps are either filled with precision-cut glass or aluminium panels.
This building was designed by Toyo Ito and Associates, well-known for architecture with geometry, abstract patterns and intersecting straight lines which can be clearly seen in the design for Tod's.
This building would be very interesting to look at. I like how the beautiful lattice looks like it's wrapping around it, not to mention how there is no distinct pattern throughout. This makes the building unique and shows that designers don't need to necessarily play safe to make designs that look great.
And now for the interesting product of the day!
Urban Creature Money Box
Money boxes to store all your coins and notes. Comes in a variety of designs.
References
Carney, R., Dennis, T. (2009, May 4). Technology. Computer Arts. 260, April 2009.
Fairs, M. (2006). Twenty-First Century Design. London: Carlton Books Limited.
Wanders, M. (2005). The International Design Yearbook 2005. London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd.
Hotel Fox. (2010). Retrieved May, 27, 2010, from http://www.hotelfox.dk
Mimoa. (2010). Retrieved May 27, 2010, from http://www.mimoa.eu
Vitamin Living. (2010). Retrieved May 27, 2010, from http://www.store.vitaminliving.com
That hotel looks very cool. I saw this Pantone hotel somewhere which is also pretty nice.
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Jon Burgerman did artwork for a room of a hotel. Would be interesting to have a look and see if it was this one as im not to sure. Also have you looked at Hotel SO here in CHCH? It may not have individually designed rooms but alot of thought went into the design of that hotel. It's very modern and extremely eyecatching from the street. I think it's only flaw is perhaps that it may only appeal to a certain age range. It might only appeal to a younger market and not really to those 45+ who might look to a more conventional hotel.
ReplyDeleteI would love to stay in that hotel, or even just walk through and look at the rooms! they are so awesome!
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the packaging for toiletries in hotel SO, really cool and has more than one use. I think Mike showed them to us last year.
ReplyDeleteNope I haven't. :)
ReplyDeleteBut am hearing alot about the hotel so I'll check it out.
i like that hotel... how much for stay in Hotel Fox? and how much for per hour if too expensive for stay one night?
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