Inspiring Interior Design for a Hotel

I am fascinated with the colour scheme and beautiful choice of the best of modern furniture in the new Puro Hotel, Gdansk, Poland, part of the Puro hotel group. It is mostly by Patricia Urquiola - some of her best pieces in elegant pastel colours:

photos: Anna Stathaki

Colourful, fresh, modern, elegant! Interiors are by DeSallesFlint. 

How do you like it?

Made by Originals

Design Hotels™ Made by Originals and Design Hotels™ Book Edition 2011 are the two large hardcover books that received a red dot Award: Communication Design. Awarded to only the most outstanding design concepts, the annual red dot Awards are an internationally renowned seal of quality, judged by design industry heavyweights.The books were designed in-house by the Design Hotels™ Creative Team. 

The first Design Hotels™ Made by Originals book is a collection of stories revealing the passion and inspirations that led the creators behind some of the world’s most expressive hotels.

The Design Hotels™ Book Edition 2011 is a great source of inspiration for travelers, designers and architects worldwide showcasing a curated portfolio of 200 hotels in 119 destinations around the globe.

If you are curious to have a look at some of the inspiring destinations, then visit www.MadeByOriginals.com -  the new content rich online magazine that Design Hotels™ also created  which gives an insight into the world of the ‘Originals':

Authenticity in the Italian small town of Santo Stefano by Daniele Kihlgren:

 

Low-key luxury in Sweden - HOTEL J
:

Stockholm's Nordic Light Hotel promises an exceptional visual experience:

 Are you inspired?

Ideas for summer destinations from World’s Best Hotels

No. 4 ol Donyo Lodge
Mbirikani Group Ranch
Kenya

If you still have not decided about your summer vacation, have a look at the list of this year’s World’s Best Hotels. It is interesting to find that results reflect a growing preference for the exotic - which, according to me, is not a new trend. Six of the year’s Top 10 hotels overall are safari lodges in Africa, while the number of winning hotels in the top 50 located in Mexico and Central and South America has increased fivefold since 2010.

No. 1 Singita Grumeti Reserves (Sasakwa Lodge, Sabora Tented Camp, Faru Faru Lodge)
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

No. 2 Singita Sabi Sand at Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve (Ebony Lodge, Boulders Lodge, Castleton Camp)
Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa

The obvious trend is search for authenticity of place.

Dream about exotic vacation during winter holidays?

You might be able to win it - in the "Trips of a Lifetime" sweepstakes sponsored by JustLux. I just found that they have teamed up with some of the most prestigious hotels in the world to offer luxury vacation giveaways every month! Featured destinations are Paris, Greece, Vienna and others. There will be a Grand Prize destination that will be awarded on or near 1/15/2011 to a winner who will get a trip to Halekulani Resort in Hawai. Head to JustLux to enter!

Interior Design Ideas from Best Hotels

Luxurious bedroom with a bath tub in the center - the idea is from Soho House Berlin, one of the latest openings of the chic members' club group. It is in a late-Bauhaus building that has housed both a department store and the East German Communist Party.

Soho House Berlin.

A calm and relaxing room for a vacation house - the  picture is  from Boca Chica, Acapulco.

Le Gray, Beirut.

I like very much this cozy, elegant and very modern dining corner - I great idea to borrow for your home.
Another inspiring source is the new luxury hotel with interior design by Patricia Urquiola - Mandarin Oriental Barcelona, furnished mostly with her own design furniture, accessories and lighting.
Style-conscious travelers  are may be already aware about the new trend - fashion houses branch out into the hotel business. Their boutique hotels are a great example of stylish fusion between fashion and interior design.
There are numerous other examples and if you check regularly, you will be able to see many of them here soon.  

New Luxury Hotel with Interior Design by Patricia Urquiola

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group will open its first luxury hotel in Southern Europe this summer in Barcelona.


98 luxury rooms and suites will offer creative interiors by my favorite designer, Patricia Urquiola. The guest rooms and suites will provide guests with highly sophisticated in-room entertainment systems and elegantly designed meeting and banqueting facilities.
Mandarin Oriental Barcelona has a rooftop dipping pool, an expansive garden - a glamorous space for relaxation or al fresco dining, 1000 sq m Spa with wide range of holistic rejuvenation and relaxation as well as luxurious water and heat therapies.

A great way to combine Urquiola's most elegant and interesting furniture designs at one place. As we know, lately she has been producing excellent outdoor furniture and accessories. But she is a talented interior designer, too.

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Style is the word that connects Fashion and Interior Design

A feast of colors elegantly coordinated in perfect balance and harmony - this, in short, is the description of the interiors
in the new Hotel Missoni Edinburgh that is to be opened in a few days. Matteo Thun & Partners draws on signature Missoni prints and iconic modern furnishings. As Interior Design
magazine notes:

"Style-conscious travelers can now sleep in their favorite labels... as fashion houses branch out into the hotel business."

The boutique hotel is located in central Edinburgh and will feature 136 rooms and suites.

As you can see once again - fashion invades luxury interior design with great success.