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Maison Moschino: Fashionable Fantasy Accommodations In Italy





You are probably familiar with the Moschino fashion brand and their three lines; Moschino, Moschino Love and Moschino Cheap and Chic.

But did you know they had a new and beautiful hotel in which you can stay? The Maison Moschino had it's formal opening in February of this year. In case you don't plan on popping over to Italy anytime soon, I'm going to show you some of their unusual and fantastical room and suite designs along with other images of the hotel.




The hotel is located in the old neoclassical railway station on Viale Monte Grappa, 12, that opened in 1840 for the Milan-Monza route. The hotel’s creative direction is led by Rossella Jardini and Moschino’s creative team.




The exterior facades were restructured to be faithful to the original structure, while the interior was completely interpreted in the Moschino style. Divided into four floors, the 65 rooms and junior suites are all different. On the ground floor, the hall and the bar welcome guests into the hotel.



The common thread connecting the rooms is a fairy tale theme. Whimsical and magical elements reminiscent of Enchanted Forests and children's favorites like Alice In Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood and Candyland are the themes of some of the rooms.

Forest room:


Alice's room:

Half-A-Room:

Little Red Riding Hood Room:

Sweet Room:



Walls climbing with ivy, beds covered in roses or ribbons and surreal hanging clouds can be found in various rooms, like those shown below.

Ivy room:

Life is a Bed of Roses room:

Ribbon room:

Clouds room:


Others have touches such as ballgown beds, ornate headboards, mystery keys, and color themes to give each room a dream-like fantasy feel:

Sleeping In A Ballgown rooms:


Zzzzzzz room:

The Shadows room:


The Luxurious Attic room:

The Gold room:

The Wallpaper room:

The Blue room:


The hotel interior, lobby and restaurant reflect Moschino’s distinctive style where the ordinary world is painted with a brush of surrealism.




The hotel also has a restaurant and a spa. The restaurant Clandestino Milano extends from the hall to the terrace, the Culti spa and the gym are located on the lower levels.

The restaurant menu proposes a selection of innovative dishes starting from breakfast: the delicious “Mos kit”, for instance, represents a culinary itinerary. It is offered in a choice of 4, 6 or 8 combinations and served in a precious box that humorously reminds of an elegant shoe box. “Mos kit” changes every day according to the seasons and to our chef’s different inspirations.



Irony is the theme that inspires Maison Moschino’s lunch menu and its aperitif, served as a toothbrush with an edible mint and coconut toothpaste and a saké and mint flavoured “mouthwash”.



The restaurant Clandestino Milano is open 7 days a week. Room service is available from 7 am until midnight. Cocktails and aperitifs are offered at the bar.

Maison Moschino is centrally located and within easy reach of the transport system. You can get to the nearest underground station, Porta Garibaldi (green line), in just five minutes by foot.



The green line is directly linked to the Cadorna station, where the MALPENSA EXPRESS shuttle leaves for Malpensa International Airport.

The hotel has some amazing special offers, tours and exclusive packages for design, theater and art lovers. See the packages here.

For more information, visit Maison Moschino

Special thanks to partner of the project, Hotel Philosophy S.p.A, Mobygest Group,for additional images. Actual owner of the real property is Allianz Global Investors SGR S.p.A – Fondo Ras Antares.

Coca-Cola Light Gets Dressed By Another Designer, Karl Lagerfeld.




Coca Cola Light continues to honor fashion icons with their latest limited edition bottle designed by and featuring CHANEL's pony-tailed guru of couture, Karl Lagerfeld.



The designer's famous silhouette graces the aluminum bottle which comes in unique limited edition box, accompanied with a bottle-opener discreetly hidden in a drawer. Available now from Colette.



This is not the first fashion designer to create a special version of the famous Coca-Cola Contour bottle for their light soda. Below are several other limited edition bottles by fashion designers for the Coca Cola Light soda from the past few years.



Last year, in Italy, Coca-Cola Light had a Tribute to Fashion to celebrate 100 years of the recognizable contour bottle. Well known Italian designers Alberta Ferretti, Blumarine, Etro, Fendi, Marni, Missoni, Moschino, and Versace each designed the following beautiful limited edition bottles. Sadly, they were only available in Milan, but you can at least see them all here.

Blumarine and Etro:

Fendi and Ferretti:

Marni and Missoni:

Moschino and Versace:


Limited edition Coca-Cola Light bottle by Baum and Pferdgarten that was released exclusively in Copenhagen during the 2010 Copenhagen Fashion Week:



In 2009, Nathalie Rykiel, daughter of fashion designer Sonia Rykiel, created this designer bottle for Coca Cola Light:



Other designers who created limited edition Coca Cola Light bottles for specific fashion events in 2009, included these three bottles by, from left to right, Zac Posen, Manolo Blahnik and fashion photographer Ellen von Unwerth:



And in 2008, these three Coca-Cola Light bottles were designed by fashion designer by Roberto Cavalli:



Thanks to various international Coca Cola sites and Colette for the photos.

Jonas Samson's Light Emitting Wallpaper Becomes Ecco Luce.



above: detail from the new Ecco Luce installation in an Amsterdam railway station.

Just over 2 years ago I wrote about Jonas Samson's unusual light emitting wallpaper project.



Since that time, the much blogged-about prototype has evolved into his Ecco Luce, a personal light emitting wall in which there are embedded LED lights.

When off, it appears as a normal wall, yet when turned on, an interplay of dancing and moving lights turns the wall into an art installation.

The lights, which are remote-controlled, can appear through the wall as a pattern, moving or static images, as well as motion-activated. Built of individual panels, the largest measuring 120 x 300, the panels can be combined to create as large an image as desired. The LED lights can be RGB or white.



Below are images (followed by a video) of an Ecco Luce installation at the Sciphol Train station in Amsterdam that just went up April 15th of this year:



And an installation in Milan:

 

A very interesting way to add kinetic beauty to any environment.

To arrange a meeting or discuss bulk buying investment possibilities, you can reach Jonas at: STUDIO Brailledreef 9 Utrecht The Netherlands POSTAL ADRESS Jonas Samson vof Zuiderveldstraat 33 8501 KA Joure The Netherlands +31 (0)6 - 190 844 45 info@jonassamson.com

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