It was entrusted to three artists e designer by Tokyo the restyling of five rooms of thehotel BnA STUDIO. A project whose aim is to support local art by allowing guests to stay in rooms that come alive through the work and ingenuity of art and creativity lovers.
L'hotel BnA STUDIO is located in the district of Akihabara, perhaps the most famous for the large number of tech accessory shops, as specified by Ninjamarketing. But it is also the area of lights, with the thousands of colourful signs that give the city a more than modern face, enlivening the streets full of tourists. It is in this area that the hotel in question was born, centred on the five different arts that are supported by the customers who book them. A way to stay in a different way, being catapulted into a world of ingenuity and creativity.
Along the lines of the art put on the street and relating to the signs of the Akihabara district, the five rooms have been redesigned, each of which is equipped with a fully equipped kitchen, washing machine, dryer and even a Netflix subscription to watch your favourite series.
Support artists by booking at the BnA STUDIO hotel.
A part of the revenue that comes from reservations of the five rooms go to the individual artists who redesigned them. It is an effective and intelligent way, a revenue-sharing system on the rooms. Only in this way does the designer he has a real sense of what people think of his work and, above all, he can compare himself to the tastes of each customer. For a price of $200 per night, one can enjoy five completely different styles, all united by the theme of light.
The five rooms.
1- Camera Responder. Designed by 81 Bastards, it consists of a large mural that encompasses the walls 360 degrees, and is a homage to street art characterised by typical Japanese motifs.
2- Hailer Room. Also designed by 81 Bastards, the ingenuity emanates from the ceiling above the double bed, which features 'Wind God and Tunder God', a famous work by Sotatsu Tawaraya, depicting two gods: Raijin, God of lightning and storms, and Fujin, God of wind.
3- Zen Garden Room. Redesigned by Taku Sato and the artists NANOOK, Kazuma Ogata and Mitsuko Shimae. It is meant to be a homage and at the same time an element of contrast between two diametrically opposed Japanese realities: Zen Japan and the technological and metropolitan Tokyo. This is why the room is divided into two parts, two different cities.
4- Wonder Park Room. Designed by studioBOWL, it is a mix of industrial design and pop art whose aim is to immerse the visitor in an environment more suited to the reality of teenagers, that of their high school days, amidst fields and playgrounds.
5- Athletic Park Room. StudioBOWL together with Ryohei Murakami once again focus on the emotions of the past. This time it feels like being in a children's room, the ones you dreamt of in your teenage years. You can indulge in pipes, ladders and handrails, just like when you were a child.
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