Boutique Design - October 2016 - 8

EDITORIAL
Executive Editor
Mary Scoviak
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LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT
DURING OUR Boutique Design New York
(BDNY) and BDwest trade fairs, one of
my favorite side experiences is scoping
out some noteworthy nightspots. At this
spring's BDwest, for example, I enjoyed
the evening we spent at the Exchange LA.
That elegant environment, which formerly
housed a stock-trading operation in
downtown Los Angeles, served as the site
of this year's NEWH Hospitality Fashion
Challenge Runway Event.
What I particularly enjoyed about
being in the Exchange LA was the immersive styling. The door closes behind you,
and it's like being in a film. This edition's
profile of Studio MODE founder Svetoslav Todorov and the uber-cool clubs he's
created in Bulgaria showcases the concept
of escapist design at its most extreme (see
"Dark Star," page 36).
At both Flash Club and Club Mascara,
Todorov skillfully uses black and white as
the foundation for the creation of multilayered, hyper-vibrant late-night hangouts.
And yes, those photos are in color-the
B&W really does dominate those spaces!
Hotels can be hotspots, too. As shown
in the "Street Style" feature that starts on

page 28, design-centric urban hotels are
serving as magnets for visitors and locals
alike. The three properties detailed there-
the QT Bondi in Australia; the Pullman
New Delhi Aerocity in India; and the Atix
Hotel in La Paz, Bolivia-illustrate how the
urban energy of cities around the globe is
being channeled into hotel interiors.
That includes Barcelona, where Room
Mate Hotels recently opened two more
properties (it already has two others in
that Spanish mecca). As with all that
brand's locales, the two new ones-Room
Mate Anna and Room Mate Carla, envisioned, respectively, by our cover subjects
Lorenzo Castillo and Tomas Alía-have
distinctive visual identities. Turn to
"Sibling Revelry" on page 48 to meet the
precocious pair of hotels created by those
two designers.

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