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Individually themed rooms is nothing new in the hotel world. Hotel Fox will take that idea to a new level when it opens this April in Copenhagen. The hotel has been transformed by 21 street artists, graphic designers and illustrators from Europe, North and South America, and Australia. Each of the 61 rooms has a unique installation; the works have been commissioned by Die Gestalten Verlag, the acclaimed Berlin-based design book publisher. For Robert Klanten, head of publishing, the criteria were clear: "We wanted to put together a group of modern, contemporary graphic designers and illustrators, outstanding and innovative in their fields, whose work is playful, positive, catchy and funky."
Hotel Fox Artists:
Akim Zasd Bus
Birgit Amadori
Antoine+Manuel
Container
E-Types
Freaklub
FriendsWithYou
GeneviÈve Gauckler
Benjamin G¸del
Kim Hiorth¯y
Boris Hoppek
Hort
Kinpro
MASA
Neasden Control Centre
Pandarosa
Rinzen
Speto
Tokidoki
Viagrafik
WK Interact
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