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Maison Moschino Hotel, Milan

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

At the new Maison Moschino hotel in Milan, the signature quirkiness of the Italian fashion brand extends into surrealist suites, fantastical foyers and extraordinary cousine.

“The common thread connecting the rooms is a fairy-tale beacuse to sleep in perchance to dream, and dreams are fairy tales that we are allowed to experience first hand, the fables of a fantasy world that we have created” says Rossella Jardini, creative director of Moschino, who designed the hotel in cooperating with Jo Ann Tan.

There are 16 themes spread across 65 rooms, with names such as “Alice”, “Sleeping in a ballgown”, “Life is a bed of roses”, “The Forest”, “Little Red Riding Hood”.

The restaurant, called “Clandestino Milan” and head chef Moreno Cedroni serve unusual creations based on the same surrelist concept of the hotel.

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Source: Luxury Culture

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Cafè Foam by Note Design Studio, Stockholm

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Swedish bullring anyone? 

Note Design Studio were given a brief to create “an interior design that people either love or hate and that nobody is indifferent to!” for Stockholm’s Café Foam. They responded by creating an homage to Spanish bull-fighting, after searching for a theme where the extremes of passion and hate were equally present.

The designers said “We were fascinated by the bull and bullfighter’s mutual movements and the directions in the battle. We allowed the Spanish temperament to meet the Scandinavian coolness, and the inspiration from the bullfighter’s movements across the arena led us to create a design that is reminiscent of Baertling´s lines”.

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The Tokyo Baby Café

Friday, April 9th, 2010

It seems that the Alice in Wonderland ball just keeps on rolling, and it’s latest stop is Tokyo where design firm Nendo have created a Lewis Carroll-inspired haven for both mother and baby.

Created for the little and the not-so-little, the café plays on the juxtaposition of scale and proportion, layered with functionality and fantasy.

Each element of the space becomes dual-purpose based on the different ways parents and children see the world. The giant sofa that dwarves the room can be a changing station for the parents or a play area for the kids. Coffee tables serve their basic function for adults but quite cleverly also entertain any children crawling around underneath with the paintings and drawings that cover the undersides.Floorboards and windows come in both adult and kid size, and there are even two sizes of lightbulbs. Door handles and light fittings are placed far above the reach of little fingers.

All that’s missing is a cake labeled ‘Eat me’.

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For the full blog post see: http://cyanatrendland.com/2010/04/07/the-tokyo-baby-cafe/

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Smoke House Deli, New Delhi

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

 

Throwing convention to the wind and blurring the lines between 2D and 3D environments, The Smoke House Deli, New Delhi, serves to capture the imagination through the use of intricate illustration on each and every element of the interior, from the main door to the wallpapers and cabinets, and looks to challenge and distort the diners perception of the eccentric space.

The team behind the new deli are the Mumbai-based, The Busride. They were instructed to create a “fun, informal, buzzing Deli space” which would in turn transform seamlessly into a “mood-lit, quieter and more romantic evening space.”

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For the full blog post, please visit: http://www.weheart.co.uk/2010/03/26/smoke-house-deli-new-delhi
 

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Café Vue, Melbourne

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Situated on the Melbourne’s most prestigious boulevard as part of a interesting new development, Café Vue adds a little ”je ne sais quoi’ to typical lunchtime fare down under.

Designed by Elenberg Fraser, the bold decor of Café Vue is inspired by Paris’ iconic royal Château Versailles. The cafe’s centrepiece is a unique wooden chandelier-esque crinoline structure that houses one of the tables. Hints of Marie Antoinette can be seen in the stylish blood-red bathrooms, inspired no less than by her death by guillotine at the height of the French Revolution.

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For the full blog post see: http://www.weheart.co.uk/

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