Impressive Subway Stations

March 21, 2011 By designerfriend in Architecture, Inspiration, Travel Tags: Chicago's O'Hare Station, Dubai Metro Stations, Frankfurt's Bockenheimer Warte station, Melissa Davis, Metro Bilbao, Moscow's Komsomolskaya Station, Munich U-Bahn, new york subway, New York's City Hall station, old, Pyongyang Metro, Stockholm Tunnelbana, subway stations, YDF 1 Comment

I’m doing some research for a club entrance design in Vaughan and it somehow brought me to looking through old Subway entrances in New York. There was a series done that have now become my main inspiration for the bar design. Here’s my favorite shot of the New York Entrance.

In my web travels I came across another post showing a collection of the world’s most impressive subway stations. Some beauts for sure. Here are my favorites from the bunch. Check out the full reference post here. FULL POST >

The WHY Yacht: Hermes and Yacht builder Wally

March 14, 2010 By designerfriend in Product Design, Travel Tags: design, Habitus Magazine, hermes, Melissa Davis, why yachts, YDF, Your Designer Friend Leave a comment

I found this post while browsig the online version of my favorite design magazine Habitus

[Unveiled late last year with a full-sized model, the 58 x 38-metre Wally Hermes Yacht (the WHY) is described by its creators as more like an island than a boat.

Consisting of around 3,400sqm of living space, the WHY accommodates 12 guests (in absolute luxury – you could probably fit a small army on board) and also sports a 130-metre-long promenade deck and 25-metre-long ‘thermo-regulated’ swimming pool.

The partnership between global accessories company, Hermès and Yacht builder Wally, represents a coming together of two well-known brands in yet another cross-discipline collaboration.  

Although the WHY may seem like pie in the sky, the yacht has gone through extensive testing, research and development to ensure that a working version could actually be built.

The project also aims to reduce this floating island’s impact on the environment, employing the latest technologies to minimise emissions – using solar and wind power as well as developing new propulsion methods to assist the diesel engines.

The three core elements of the yacht’s design are the same as you’d expect for any land-based home – space, light and shade – taking on much more importance on the sea, where these elements are at a premium.

“The WHY 58X38 yacht looks very unfamiliar but it remains on a human scale,” says Pierre-Alexis Dumas – Artistic Director, Hermès. “Space is the greatest luxury on the sea, but I believe the new luxury will be the time to enjoy it.” ]

source [ habitusliving.com and why-yachts.com ]

Rock ‘n’ Roll Hotel

February 5, 2009 By designerfriend in Hotels, Interior design, Travel Tags: design hotels, heart break hotel, london, rock n roll, Sanctun Soho, trendhunter 2 Comments

courtesy of TrendHunter

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London’s latest hotel offering is – wait for it – strictly for rock’n’roll superstars. But rock and roll seems to have grown up and the hotel is positioned as ‘sexy’ not ‘rowdy’.

Out: throwing TVs from the window.
In: serious relaxation, decent beauty sleep and 24 hour food and drink and an offering all geared to the needs of touring artistes.

A bouncer is on the staff, apparently, to keep the paparazzi and autograph hunters firmly at bay.

The hotel has been created in a partnership between the management of Iron Maiden, the heavy metal band, and Mark Fuller, a nightclub owner. The hotel is billed as a retreat for musicians playing in London, including Iron Maiden themselves.

The band’s co-manager Andy Taylor claims the hotel will meet the specific needs of rock ‘n’ roll guests.

“The hotel will be rock ‘n’ roll at its best,” Taylor said. “The desk clerk will definitely be dressed in black just as in Elvis’s ‘Heartbreak Hotel.’ It will be a fairly elite environment. The bar will be open for 24 hours to cater for bands who come off stage at venues such as the O2 at 11 p.m. or midnight.”

The £6.5m project, called Sanctum Soho and rumored to open in either February or April 2009, has 30 boutique rooms. A stay will cost from £150 for a “crash room” to £260 for rooms which have names such as Purple Haze and Naked Baroque to £500 for suites called Naked Luxe.

Source: trendhunter via: designhotels

Best Restaurant Design of 2008

January 1, 2009 By designerfriend in Restaurants, Travel Tags: briton ilse crawford, grand hotel stockholm, mathias dahlgren, restaurant, wallpaper magazine, YDF 1 Comment

Wallpaper* Magazine has just released their design winners of 2008.

The winner for best restaurant is Mathias Dahlgren located in the Grand Hôtel Stockholm.

Located in a new building and with interior design by Briton Ilse Crawford, Mathias Dahlgren’s restaurant is divided into two complementary areas – Matsalen for à la carte dining and the more informal Matbaren – by a Studio Job-designed gilded narrative screen featuring kitchen tools, rustic Swedish icons and Viking longboats.

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