The entrance to the new Missoni hotel in Edinburgh is as hard to miss as one of the house's signature knits: oversize ceramic vases covered in that unmistakable geometric pattern serve as a welcome mat. Rosita Missoni, creative director of the firm's home collection, hopes these pieces will be a giveaway to the hotel's branded design.
"I didn't want big, bold signs, but something iconic and distinctive," she says.
Though discreet, the hotel's interior features a bold exercise of color: acid green, fuchsia, red, orange and purple are all used to kaleidoscopic effect. Six floors of 137 rooms and seven suites are peppered with furniture by Marcel Wanders, Eero Saarinen, Arne Jacobsen and Hans Wegner, at times upholstered with the brand's colorful prints.
It's the first of many hotels from the fashion house; other cities include Kuwait, Cape Town, South Africa, Oman and Brazil.
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