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3 Subtlety goes by the wayside
at this topless-optional
resort's Sexy Pool. Curving
awnings frame a large-scale
nude at the bottom of the pool.
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4 Spreading a purple haze
across the bathroom
wall brings a saturated
tone to an otherwise
spare space.
life to be all about them. That doesn't make for an easily seduced visitor.
Rashid embraced the challenge of luring them in. And, yes, sex still sells.
"I was inspired by the human body, the interaction of people and this
idea of bringing humanity together," he says. "When you like somebody it
creates an amazing connection, so I designed the spaces around the notion
of connectivity." That's more than just arranging fluid seating to encourage
chit-chat. Each element of the design-architecture, FF&E and ambience-needed to meld together to create a seamless experience.
Translating that into a sophisticated, not sleazy, sense of indulgence
meant shying away from conventional wisdom. "As with most spaces and
places, when trying to make hotels sensual they can end up feeling like
disco-like nightclub places," Rashid says. "I think that the place needs to be
less about lights and music and more about emotion, and function, so I
used organic, sensual, erotic abstracted forms to create this mood."
Doing that on the sweeping scale of the property (the resort's offer
includes eight restaurants and five bars) means working with those forms
not only to bring public spaces down to human scale, but to create a
sensory cocoon that's enveloping instead of overpowering. Taking a murallike approach to color is the first step.
That starts with the resort's exterior facade, which sports washes of saturated tones that provide instant focal points. Filling in the outsize canvas of
the public spaces with juicy citrus wall accents in irregular patterns (a "U"
shape on one wall finds a quirky counterpoint in a rainbow of plastic panels
on the opposite side) breaks up the flow into bite-size chunks. In the more
intimately scaled spaces of guest rooms and bathrooms, Rashid keeps the
same broad strokes of color. Modulating the palette from vivid tones to
more delicate ones downsizes the visual impact to fit.
To shape the spaces, Rashid emphasizes interior and exterior architecture, rather than interior design per se, to flesh out the experiential feel of the
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Boutique Design - July/August 2016
Contents
From the Editor
In This Issue
The Buzz
Adult Content
Social Studies
Ship-Shapers
Q+A: Wild At Heart
Products: Outdoor
Products: Wallcoverings
Exit Interview
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Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - Cover2
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - 1
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - 2
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - 3
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - Contents
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - 5
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - From the Editor
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - 7
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - In This Issue
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - 9
Boutique Design - July/August 2016 - The Buzz
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