Do inspired spaces lead to inspired thoughts? Championing this belief are lifestyle hotels that steer clear of stuffy boardrooms by balancing the sociability of lobby co-working areas with the privacy of individual offices in creatively designed breakout areas.
The Nobu Shoreditch hotel in London offers varying degrees of intimacy according to event size and type. Sliding shoji screens printed with Japanese-influenced designs enable 12 configurations and a lounge.
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Nearby, The Curtain Hotel and Members Club attracts Londoners and global creative entrepreneurs who often belong to the club versus renting separate offices. The Design Studio at The Curtain, a flexible meeting room for up to 150 people, is available for members’ private events as well as those the club organizes. Eclectic seating, coffee tables and a rotating collection of members’ art sets the tone for new ways of thinking.
Harry Harris, managing director of SUSD, the creative development consultancy behind The Curtain, explains, “The Design Studio is an incubator of ideas, a place where unimagined people meet and collaborate to launch businesses before engaging with the wider community.”
Mixing high-tech convenience with subtle, streamlined design inspired by the brand’s roots in Spain, the AC Library and AC Lounge at the AC Hotel Miami Aventura eliminate distractions so globetrotting professionals and creative entrepreneurs can focus.
CitizenM hotels offer quieter alternatives to its buzzing lobbies via SocietyM rooms available for rent by guests and non-guests in nearly all its Dutch, U.K. and French properties. The brand’s pipeline into China, Malaysia, Denmark, France and the United States signals the further evolution of the concept.
