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Types of furniture and characteristics

Design

FLIPBED: Resting bed.

Design

This furniture mixes the two biggest pieces in a bedroom: the resting bed and the working desk.

It’s multi-functional, designed for a Marketing 20-year-old student, with great features just like a bookshelf, drawers, a pin up magnetic system, wooden hooks to hold and set, and a rotation system to flip the piece in any of the two functions.

It’s a twin bed, made in White Oak, totally resistant and durable.

Distrito, Santo Domingo. Furniture Store Visit. ar

Design

High class hospitality and residential furniture, with delicate and vast materials apt for interior and exterior.

MARBLE TABLE: Latest Post

Design

8-people table for a BOHO Magazine’s workshop and meeting room.

Located in a all-white space with pops of the sweetest colors and a winding contact with nature.

This table was designed to be the center of attention of the space, made of marble chevron cut tiles in white and cream, and white pine structure. Simple and delicate, even though it’s heavy.

Its is combined with mix-and-matched chairs in a brown wood.

JW MARRIOTT, Santo Domingo (Guided Visit)

Design

JW Marriott, Santo Domingo, is a total charming hotel. It’s classy, it’s luxurious, it’s cozy and it makes the hosted feel the elements of nature in a very Caribbean way.

The hotel, designed by Marisabel Gomez Vazquez (Mexican interiorist) and AI (Arquitectura de Interiores), was conceptualized by the elements of nature.

We had the chance to meet Ms. Gomez Vazquez at the VI Jornada de Diseño de Interiores at UNIBE (Santo Domingo, DR) and one thing she taught us was that at the time you are designing an hotel, no matter where is it located, you need to nourish yourself on the local materials of construction and include or give participation to local history, community and geography. In that way, visitors and hosted clients will feel somehow the essence of the place they are visiting.

Likewise, all the materials of construction used on this project where uniquely acquired for this hotel, which means, none of them you will see it somewhere else. She included: Oak, Marble and onyx from structural elements to the smallest detail; accompanied by carpets with amazing prints, bronze details and amazing lighting (natural and artificial) all over the hotel areas. All of these combined made what is the JW Marriott on Santo Domingo, an amazing place to spend your vacations at.

We had the chance, as well, to see the process of design of this hotel at her conference chat at UNIBE. From moodboards to floor plans; from pictures of the construction process to the final results of the project. It was amazing seeing the results personally, and being part of all of this experience.

Hope you enjoy the pictures and catch the essence of the JW Marriott Hotel. Lots of love, The Art Spot Blog.

Jodhpur: THE BLUE CITY.

Art, Design

1459.
**Also known as the Sun City for the bright, sunny weather it enjoys all the year round.
It circles the Mehrangarh Fort and is bounded by a wall with several gates, but with the past of the decades, the city has expanded greatly outside the wall.
Jodhpur is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and has long been a popular destination among international tourists. However, surprisingly few visitors know the origins of its given name: “the blue city”.

“The old town is a wonderful example of vivid colours providing a photogenic backdrop to everyday life.” And this is not only because of the blues on all the facades, but also because the majority of Rajasthani villagers tend to use colorful clothes. Long skirts on yellows and oranges. Turbans and scarves on reds and yellows, all complimenting the outfit and making a magnificent contrast on the blue background.

The blue color, my friends, wasn’t chosen to cause a sensation with the clothing of this town… it actually has a story behind it: It is said that the houses belonged to the Brahmins, and then they were all painted blue to repel the heat and the mosquitoes.
It is also said there were termites and mosquitoes, that caused significant structural damage to a large number of the buildings of Jodhpur a long time ago. So painting it all blue, was the only way of getting rid of them.
**Today, new structures and buildings built are painted blue to keep the cultural tradition.

With 1,290,000 of population, Jodhpur counts with different places of recreation and temples, practices sports like cricket, celebrates cultural festivals along the year and has a great reputation on the cuisine. It’s a magnificent touristic city.

Hope you enjoyed the gallery!
None of these pictures are mine.
x, The Art spot blog

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