Ever wonder what it would be like to live upside-down, sleep like a
vampire or break out of prison? More and more hotels are breaking out of
the tradition of cookie-cutter rooms and are moving toward unique
one-of-a-kind artist-driven room designs. Here are sixteen such rooms
that span the spectrum from clever and kitchy to sexy and surreal. Even
though some may look uncomfortable, unusual or downright freakish at
least they aren’t among the 7 tiniest hotel rooms in the world.
Watching horror movies one has to be a little bit curious about
whether it is comfortable for vampires to sleep in attic coffins. Now
those who are so inclined (or who prefer partying at night and sleeping
during the day) can experience this vampire room first hand at the Propeller Island Hotel.
Prefer something less kitchy and more romantic? Perhaps the mirror
room of the same hotel is for you. Mirrors are typically considered an
erotic addition to a hotel room but this example carries the principle
to the extreme with wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling mirrors spanning
the diamond-shaped space.
Mirrors too cliche and traditional for your tastes? How about a room
with elegant furnishings and also complete with not one but two cages.
Perhaps the most amazing (and strange) aspect of this particular room is
the option to lift curtains and put on shows for one’s neighboring
guests.
Up for more of an adventure? One room is outfitted as a
surrealistically colored jail cell reminiscent of a cartoon lockup. At
the end of the night, guests are encouraged to ‘break out’ of the room
by punching and escaping through a hole in one false wall.
The symbol room might be more appropriate for the reserved and
intellectual clientele. With over 200 unique wood panels, this room
provides endless black-and-white food for thought as well as arrangeable
furniture objects that can be turned over and moved to create
personalized configurations.
The Arte Luise Kunsthotel
(or Art Hotel) is also located in Berlin but takes less of a themed
approach, with a variety of rooms that are the unique realization of
singular artists’ visions. As you can see from the images above, some of
them are abstract, others playful and still others simply bizarre. Best
of all, each time someone stays in one of these creative rooms the
artist gets a percentage of the payment.
Like the Kunsthotel, the Gladstone Hotel
in Toronto, Canada relies on one artist per room with remarkably varied
results. One room (left) purports to simulate a meeting place for a
“lesbian separatists commune,” another celebrates Canadian culture and
kitsch (upper right) while yet another is simply the artists’ meditation
on the history of Victorian-era English culture (lower right).
The Max Hotel in Seattle likewise boasts the work of artists but in
this case emphasizes local art and is not limited to painting and
sculpture. Shown above, local art is placed in rooms while photography
and other media are applied both within rooms as well as in halls and
other common spaces. A compilation of all of the art in the hotel is
also available for purchase.
For those who enjoy art but aren’t sure about sleeping in it, the Benesse Art Site Naoshima
in Japan provides a healthy compromise: a hotel attached to a
beautifully constructed gallery of modern art. Visitors can interact in
common eating and museum spaces while retiring to their own more
conventional hotel rooms with sparse and minimalistic art. Looking for a
more exotic destination?
source : http://weburbanist.com/2008/01/21/16-of-the-most-creative-and-sexy-hotel-rooms-in-the-world-from-upside-down-to-local-art/
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