Hotel finds & interesting design

The “making of” the “panic room” (Graffiti Art room by Tilt) at Hotel Le Panier, Marseille, France

(Source: auvieuxpanier.com)

Everything is different at the Propeller Island City Lodge in Berlin Germany; a very extraordinary location. German artist Lars Stroschen created this place better described as “living in a work of art” than “hotel”.

30 unique rooms entirely all furnished with unique custom-made objects. Designed without compromise, varying from the tame to the extreme. Some of the room names are “flying bed”, “gruft” (crypt), “mirror room”, “upside down” or “therapy” and give you an idea of the quirkiness this hotel boosts.

(Source: propeller-island.de)

“Pixel Hotel” in Linz, Austria is unconventional for the rooms/units (called “pixel”) are dispersed throughout the city in converted, unused premises. Like an old storefront, a former workshop, or aboard a ship.

Centerpiece of the courtyard-workshop pixel is a trailer; at another the bed is on a floating island; and the furnishings in Pixel “Volksküche” are all clad in Eternit tiles. Neighborhood pubs & restaurants make up for the absence of a lobby bar or food outlet.

Six Pixels were set up between 2007 and the end of “the Capital of Culture” year 2009, luckily they are still “in service” thanks to a great response.

(Source: pixelhotel.at)

Who’s your - grand - daddy? Perhaps the Grand Daddy Hotel in Cape Town, Southafrica!?

Featuring a one-of-a-kind Airstream Penthouse Park for that Camper feeling with a view & style, Art screenings & events, colorful, plush and playful rooms!

This quirky hotel is obviousely managed by some creative professionals. The Daddy Cool bar and urban Showroom Cafe, the building, the rooms… Wow!!!

(Source: granddaddy.co.za)

The Giger Bar, located in Chur as well as the bar at the H.R. Giger Museum, located in the Chateau St. Germain, Gruyeres, Switzerland, are both showcase for alienesque biomechanoids, necronomicons and cavernous, skeletal structures.

H. R. Giger ; born February 5, 1940 is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his design work on the film Alien.

(Source: hrgiger.com)

The Hotel Fox in Copenhagen, Denmark was created as part of Volkswagen’s world premiere of their new car held in Copenhagen. 21 young designers were given carte blanche to show off their talent and the result is a unique lifestyle hotel concept in the Danish capital. Creating a surreal world, from the most bizarre to the most provocative.

Walls to floor are covered with drawing, paintings, catchy taglines, photography from street art to manga, illustration to pop art. Mexicans boxers, appealing geishas, childish cars drawn on the wall, to girly dolls, from military camouflage to geometric patterns, the 61 rooms cover a wide range of aesthetics. 

(Source: hotelfox.dk)

YES, it’s “almost unbearably oppulent”…, usually not “my style”…but have a look!

Part of the exclusive Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, the Rome Cavalieri Hotel is enclosed in fifteen acres of lush Mediterranean parklands. This opulent luxury hotel with an art collection that outshines many museums, boosts a 3-Michelin Star Restaurant, a Grand Spa, four (!) pools and a panorama over the “eternal city” that has inspired visitors for centuries!

Guests may enjoy the traditional “high tea” and be amazed by the three magnificent Tiepolo paintings, from 1725! Or such luxurious services as the airport transfer in a Rolls Royce phantom, available at 380 EUR.

(Source: romecavalieri.com)

44 days. 11 countries. 18 flights. 38 thousand miles. An exploding volcano. We wouldn’t mind—Thursday feels like Tuesday today. Where do you want to be?

(Source: vimeo.com, via condenasttraveler)