Sunday 30 May 2010

Central Brussels Hotel Reviews

 Central Brussels Hotel Reviews - Mocoloco

Pantone, the famed color matching system, is branching out into hotels. Designed by interior designer Michel Penneman and architect Olivier Hannaert, the central Brussels hotel fully embraces the color system as "the hotel of colors... showcases the color of emotion with a distinctive hue on each colorous guest floor."

More at Pantone Hotel in Central Brussels.

Saturday 29 May 2010

Avenue Louise Shopping & Business District

Interior designer Olivier Hannaert and architect Michel Penneman have completed a hotel in Brussels, Belgium, for colour company Pantone.

Located in Brussels city centre just steps from Avenue Louise, a glamorous shopping and business district named for a king’s daughter and now a muse to modern-day designers, the boutique PANTONE HOTEL combines a chic, colorful design aesthetic with comfortable, well-appointed guest rooms. The lobby and rooftop terraces are destinations unto themselves within a bustling city center famous for its artistic, culinary and political history.

Chic Brussels city centre reviews - Dezeen

Hotels and Restaurants in Brussels

Pantone Inc’s claim to fame began 45 years ago with its revolutionary color matching system that allowed designers to reproduce accurate color anywhere in the world.

Currently, the company is branching out and moving into lifestyle- oriented industries using the same color numbering system to guarantee an exactness of hue.

Pantone Hotel Brussels  / Michel Penneman + Oliver Hannaert - Arch Daily

Friday 28 May 2010

Brussels Sint-Gilles Hotel

Brussels Sint-Gilles Hotel Reviews - Hype Beast

Located in the Brussels Sint-Gilles area, the Pantone Boutique Hotel has just opened.

The project is an initiative by the Pantone global colour authority who have worked in collaboration with a group of British developers to produce 59 affordably priced rooms in stylish, colorful designs, created by architect Olivier Hannaert and interior designer Michel Penneman.

Each of the seven floors have been decorated using different color palettes to enhance its guests’ emotions, indeed the rooms are also patterned from one of seven distinct pantone colors.

Thursday 27 May 2010

Designer Hotel Reviews

 Designer Brussels hotel reviews - Trendland

The Pantone Design Hotel, just off Avenue Louise in the Belgian capital, is the latest addition to the Pantone Universe range of consumer spin-offs, which also includes hugely popular Pantone mugs in a variety of colours…

Cool, Chic Hotel in Brussels

Cool, Chic Hotel Reviews in Brussels - Made By Girl

If you're going to be in Brussels, Belgium there's a cool NEW hotel called the Pantone Hotel. This hotel combines a chic, colorful design aesthetic with comfortable, well-appointed guest rooms. This is the perfect getaway place for those of you who like to stay somewhere chic, cool & interesting. I admit, I've never stayed in a really creative looking hotel. Have you?  However, this is one of those hotels you want to make a point to visit! 
At the Pantone boutique hotel there are 7 floors, each with a different color palette.  Don't you just love it when a hotel isn't just a hotel but more like a work of art....always keeping your interest.  They also have color consultants you can consult with as well as educational seminars on color psychology and trends...now that is pretty cool!

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Commercial Architecture & Hotel Design

Brussels Commercial Architecture & Hotel Design - Design Milk

The Pantone Hotel in Brussels, Belgium, lives up to its namesake — it’s a colorful and vivid place to stay. The hotel is centrally located just steps from Avenue Louise, the glamorous shopping and business district. It is part of the Pantone Universe, an ever-expanding line of products inspired by color and design.

Designed by Belgian interior designer Michel Penneman and Belgian architect Olivier Hannaert, each of the hotel’s seven floors are enlightened by different color palettes to complement guests’ emotions with distinctive hues — whether vivid or subdued.

The guest rooms are works of art — white walls and bedding provide a clean, crisp canvas for saturated pops of vibrant color. Adding to the artistry, rooms feature photographic installations created by renowned Belgian photographer Victor Levy that include a spectrum of Pantone colors to create a unique ambiance in each room.

There are a total of 59 rooms and suites in seven different color palettes. The hotel also features meeting rooms and a rooftop terrace. If my cousin wasn’t coming home from Belgium soon, I’d hop on a plane and go visit her and stay at this hotel for sure.

Monday 24 May 2010

Design Hotel By Avenue Louise

A colourful new hotel based on a popular scheme widely used by art directors and designers has opened in Brussels.

The Pantone Hotel, just off Avenue Louise in Brussels, the Belgian capital, is the latest addition to the Pantone Universe range of consumer spin-offs, which also includes hugely popular Pantone mugs in a variety of colours.

The seven-floor hotel, designed by Belgian interior designer Michel Penneman and Belgian architect Olivier Hannaert, has 59 rooms and suites which use one of seven Pantone colour palettes, ranging from tranquil and aquatic to daring and fiery. The hotel says it expects guests to “choose a room that complements their mood through colour”. The bathrooms at the hotels come with Pantone Universe toiletries.

The rooftop terrace, with its own bar, is available for private functions for up to 100 guests.

The hotel also has two top-floor meeting rooms for up to 20 people. The bar offers Pink Champagne Pantone 12-1107, Lemon Drop Pantone 12-0736 and Daiquiri Green Pantone 12-0435 cocktails.

Guests can also meet Pantone consultants for informal colour consultations.

Follow the link for more from the Times Online -  Best design hotels in Brussels

Sunday 23 May 2010

Designer Hotel Room Accommodation

There is a very new type of designer hotel--The Pantone Hotel in Brussels. Pantone as in the company that created a precise-color matching system by which all designers of anything live and dye by.The company, while extremely well-known in its industry, is looking to reach out to real consumers. Hence, The Pantone Designer Hotel.
But what we love, absolutely love, is that guests can choose their hotel room at check-in based on their MOOD. It's like a Mood Ring Hotel! Check out the color swatches and designer hotel.accommodation listed here.

Brown is an earthy, rich color. Red is daring and fiery while yellow is cheerful and warm (and yes, all colors are listed with their Pantone ID number too.) But never fear, the entire hotel rooms are not dunked in the colors. The rooms are typically white spaces with splashes of color throughouth--typical a swatch on the bed, the wall above the bed and a window pane.

Other amenities include FREE WiFi, a lounge and rooftop bar that serve Pantone colored cocktails and a store where you can buy all sorts of Pantone swag the company has co-created like mugs, bath and body goods, clothes, bags, stationary and even folding chairs.

Designer hotel rooms and accommodation Reviews - Hotel Chatter

Saturday 22 May 2010

Brussels Hotel Reviews

Brussels City Centre Hotel Reviews - FormFiftyFive

''The PANTONE HOTEL is part of the new PANTONE UNIVERSE, an expanding line of colorful, design-driven products to touch and tempt consumers.''

Follow the link to read the Pantone Hotel reviews

Friday 21 May 2010

Brussels Hotel Bookings & Reservations

Hotel reviews on Gizmodo - Pantone Hotel Opens In Brussels, Limited To Just Seven Color Palettes

It's one of those things that I'm surprised took this long to come to fruition. The Pantone Hotel, each room decorated in one of seven color palettes, even offers color consultants for color psychology and trends.

Located on the Place Loix in Brussels, the themes available for the 59 rooms are "earthy, rich," "daring, fiery," "vibrant, intense," "cheerful, warm," "captivating, esteemed, silky," "fresh, eager" and tranquil, aquatic, exhilarating."

You've probably worked out by now that the colors for those rooms are brown, red, bright yellow, soft yellow, pink, green and blue—with each room featuring artwork, photos and accessories in the chosen mood.
Rooms seem to be pretty affordable, with deal sites listing them at well under €100 ($120) a night. Book online at Brussels Hotel Booking and Reservationsl

Thursday 20 May 2010

Brussels Meetings, Conferences, Receptions

“Paris has the Champs Elysées, Barcelona has the Ramblas and New York City has Fifth Avenue,” said Lisa Herbert, executive vice president at Pantone. “On Avenue Louise, international labels commingle with Belgian goods of all kinds against a backdrop of elegant mansions and modern business towers, all bordered by chestnut trees. Pantone is right at home in the heart of this vibrant city center, having long been synonymous with color and design in all walks of life, from high fashion and interior design to corporate branding.”

Centrally located just steps from Avenue Louise, a glamorous shopping and business district named for a king's daughter and now a muse to modern-day designers, the boutique PANTONE HOTEL combines a chic, colorful design aesthetic with comfortable, well-appointed guest rooms. The lobby and rooftop terraces are destinations unto themselves within a bustling city center famous for its artistic, culinary and political history.

The PANTONE HOTEL is perfect for cosmopolitan adventurers as well as small corporate meetings and business conferences, cocktail receptions and special events. The PANTONE HOTEL will awaken guests' senses to an array of colorful delights and playful surprises.

Designed by Belgian interior designer Michel Penneman and Belgian architect Olivier Hannaert, each of the hotel's seven floors are enlightened by different color palettes to complement guests' emotions with distinctive hues – whether vivid or subdued.

Follow the link for the full story - Corporate meetings, business conferences, receptions & special events in Brussels

Wednesday 19 May 2010

Pantone Hotel Branding & Licensing

Pantone Expands From Color Services to Hotels (With Rooms to Dye For) 

Pantone has been aggressively pursuing a new line of business: Product licensing, which culminates today in a new Pantone Hotel.in Brussels.

Every designer knows Pantone: Their numbered color-matching system identifies that exactly perfect shade precisely, ensuring its fidelity all the way to production. Yet even though it's a $200 million business, it's hardly a household name. They're hoping to change that with consumer products--and today, their latest licensing venture, the Pantone Hotel, opened its doors in Brussels, just off the chic Avenue Louise.

"We’re looking to exude a quiet authority, be more of an insider’s brand,” says Lisa Herbert, EVP of Pantone’s home and fashion division (and daughter of Lawrence Herbert, who created the firm’s core matching system in 1963). “If you have something Pantone, you’re in the know in terms of design."

The hotel is, for now, the company's big, branding mothership. Designed by Belgian interior designer Michel Penneman and Belgian architect Olivier Hannaert, each of the hotel's 59 rooms, which range from $84 to $184 a night, is inspired by different Pantone color palettes. On-site Pantone Color consultants are apparently available for "color consultations and educational seminars on color psychology and trends." And inside, you can buy any of the myriad products the company has co-created: The "Pantone Universe," which includes mugs, bath and body goods, clothes, cufflinks, keychains, stationery, bags, and folding chairs.

Those products take their cues from Pantone’s style guide, which dictates iconic touchstones such as hang-tags shaped like Pantone chips or chip-windows that stick to garments.

Follow the link for the full story - Pantone design, branding & licensing services for Hotels

Friday 7 May 2010

Accommodation Brussels City Centre

The white-collar city of Brussels gets a badly needed colour injection. we’re talking the opening of the Pantone Design Hotel in the city’s sint-gillis area. an initiative by the pantone global colour authority in collaboration with a group of british developers, the property boasts 59 affordably priced rooms in stylish and colourful design aesthetics created by architect olivier hannaert and interior designer michel penneman.

each of the seven floors are enlightened by different color palettes to complement guests’ emotions while the rooms are patterned after one of seven distinct pantone colors. photographer victor levy created photographic installations that complements the design of each room. the hotel has all the amenities and facilities you’d expect, such as lcd televisions and airconditioning plus fully-equipped meeting rooms and a fab rooftop bar.

interestingly, pantone colour consultants are also available by appointment for informal color consultations or to present educational seminars on colour psychology and trends

Luxury Brussels hotel reviews and reports - Super Future