New Zealand's Definitive Design Destination

A year after we first introduced you to Martin Margiela's foray into interiors (launched at the Milan Salone in 2009) we have a completed interior project by the fashion design house. Les Sources de Caudalie is a luxury spa in the Bordeaux region of France. The "Ile aux Oiseaux" suite sits apart from the hotel in an idyllic stilt-mounted cabin. Filled with calfskin rugs, cracked mirrors and antique furniture, and amidst the typically Margiela white-on-white decor, a shocking flash of scarlet comes in the form of a giant pair of lips—a replica of Salvador Dali’s classic Mae West Sofa from 1936.

If you have plans to visit Istanbul, Turkey anytime soon we recommend you check into the Whitt Istanbul Suites. Designed by  award winning designers Autoban each of the suites displays a artistic ensemble of carved woods, tufted leather and marble. It's easy to see why the hotel has been voted one of the 100 best hotels in the world by The Times Travel Magazine.

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First launched in London in 2008, the Rough Luxe Hotel experience is one of stripped walls, partially sanded surfaces and bare floorboards. Celebrated for its appropriateness during the economic climate the new style of luxury hotel has gone on to garner traction all over the globe. The newly opened Vorstadt 14 Hotel in Zug, Switzerland adopts such a mantra in its gently renovated 15th century building offering a combination of down to earth history and avant-garde modern design.

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The W Hotel chain of cosmopolitan hotels has always been commited to offering it's discerning guests a cohesive contemporary design experience. While the chain has been around for over a decade, it's great to see that their newest addition, the W Hotel Atlanta, still remains true to the brands aesthetics. Incorporating design icons such as the Platner chair, and mixing them with new design pieces, the designers have achieved a sophisticated interior that still relates to the W Hotel's international design aesthetic.

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Located in Amsterdam's financial district, The Citizen Hotel offers the frequent traveler market an affordable yet design savvy alternative with room rates starting at a mere 69 Euro per night. The compact guest rooms are innovatively designed for comfort, but the hotel's main charm lies with it's partnering with Vitra for the interior furniture collection.

The huge variety of the Vitra collection in use at the hotel offering the weary traveler an excellent introduction to the history of modern design.

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To get your own piece of the Vitra collection you'll find it locally available here.

I am a hotel snob. But to be fair, good luck working in this industry and being content with the plethora of everything polyester and pastel at the local Holiday Inn.

So when the ubiquitous Philippe Starck throws his design prowess into a new hotel, folks like me start checking their airpoints balance. The new SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills looks, to my highly critical eye, to tick all of the Design Hotel aficionado’s style boxes. Starck has ditched his previous obsession with all things white and clinical, in favour of a new eccentric style.  With exclusive custom designed Cassina furniture adorning the guest rooms, and a Moss design boutique in the foyer, this could definitely be my home away from home.

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