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Fans of cutting edge design will be delighted by the ultra chic and minimalist Hotel Straf in Milan. A fusion of Italian fashion, glamour and design, this is the hotel to be seen in when fashion week descends on Milan. With famous guests such as John Malkovich and a myriad of designers and artists taking up residence, it has great appeal to those who appreciate high design.
Top to bottom: Hotel Straf Bedroom and Interior
High Fashion meets High Design
This boutique hotel is anything but conventional. Incorporating a moody palette of dark browns, reds and oranges it manages to make scratched mirrors, bare cement stairs, oxidised brass and split slate feel strangely warm and intimate. Designer, architect and artist Vincenzo de Cotiis has transformed the interior of a 19th century Milan Palazzo into a striking piece of contemporary art, often comparing the hotel to an art installation. Referring to his use of harsh materials, the goal, he says, is ‘recycling objects and placing them in a new surrounding.’
For more information please see
www.palazzinagrassi.com and
www.straf.it or visit stand C158 at ILTM Asia.
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