Posts Tagged ‘Amsterdam’

19/12

Lisl

The Exchange, Amsterdam

The Exchange, a brand new Amsterdam hotel located on the Damrak, one of the liveliest and oldest streets of Amsterdam, has a special love of fashion. The hotel was developed in close collaboration with the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) and is part of ‘The Red Carpet’, an urban-renewal project.

The hotel is spread across three buildings, one of them dating back to the 17th century, and shares the buildings with a contemporary department store, Options! and a restaurant, Stock. The project was initiated by Lloyd Hotel and Cultural Embassy with Suzanne Oxenaar and Otto Nan responsible for the concept.

Each of the 61 rooms in the hotel have been dressed up like models on a catwalk by graduates and alumni of the AMFI. The result is a mix of interior and fashion design, with each room having a distinct identity. The diverse rooms draw inspiration from the multiplicity of the neighbourhood the hotel is located in.

08/02

Lisl

Mazzo

Mazzo was designed with the intention of creating a living room. A place where you would be equally comfortable hosting a business meeting as a birthday dinner. The restaurant occupies an odd, post-industrial building and comfortably fills its mismatched spaces with its mismatched chairs.

You can watch your food being prepared in the eye-catching open kitchen surrounded by raw wooden shelves that display the authentic Italian products they use. The buildings industrial past is acknowledged by the exposed brick walls, concrete floors and services running overhead. These elements are combined with elegant carpets and playful light fittings from MOOOI and GUBI to create a chic urban feel.

Images via The Cool Hunter


03/11

Shoot the Stylist!

United Nude Flagship Store by Rem Koolhaas

Architect Rem D Koolhaas has completed the interior of a new flagship store in Amsterdam for his shoe brand. Called United Nude, the brand was founded by Koolhaas with shoe manufacturer Galahad JD Clark. Shoes are displayed inside back-lit recesses in an undulating wall, which continuously changes colour. Others are presented in glass cases on wooden plinths, or positioned along wooden steps.

From injection moulded shoes to high-end carbon fiber heels, United Nude is a brand founded on conceptual design, elegance and innovation. The characteristics of the brands products and DNA are also evident in the interior design of the flagship store, designed by brand Creative Director and architect Rem D Koolhaas. The store is a “dark-shop” concept which means the store is completely dark in all areas other than those where the products are showcased and literally highlighted. The most important and prominent element of the store design is the Wall of Light™, a computer-controlled LED wall which displays the United Nude products as a work of art encapsulated in geometric frames.

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Via Dezeen


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