Some retro love

I LOVE all things retro. Like the following photo. This is the restaurant in the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles designed by Derek Sanders. The Panton flowerpot pendants, the Pierre Paulin tulip chairs, the bold yellow...yep, it's retro and it's fabulous.

Derek Sanders

Gladstone Hotel

The Gladstone Hotel has 37 artist-designed hotel rooms and suites located on the third and fourth floors of the hotel. The caliber of these rooms is comparable to those of the Hotel Fox, the hotel in Copenhagen that many blogs, including this one, has posted about. And I'm proud to say this is a Canadian hotel, located in Toronto.

Sixty Hotel

Studio 63 is an architecture and design firm located in Florence, Italy that was started in 1998 by Piero Angelo Orecchioni and Massimo Dei. They designed the Sixty Hotel in Riccione, Italy and it is a modern, minimal masterpiece. I would LOVE to stay here.

Semiramis Hotel

"Hotels today make you feel like you're living in the previous century. That's the last thing I want to do." - Karim Rashid

The Semiramis hotel in Athens was Karim Rashid's first hotel project. "The Semiramis is an intimate hotel that focuses on positive energy, heightened experiences, culture, art, and design. It is a place for new contemporary experiences, to enjoy, work, and relax in a truly memorable way."

Photos courtesy of Semiramis Hotel

Hotel Chelsea

"The building sits on 23rd Street with the air of a great dame who finds herself in the midst of a party of her social inferiors but instead of complaining decides to join right in the fun."
--The New York Times

All images from Hotel Chelsea