Last year it was situated in a cosy upper-level apartment looking out to the architectural facades of surrounding high-rises. You could lounge back on Melbourne-designed cushions, flip the record on a local artist, and admire the view through floor-to-ceiling windows… while sipping locally sourced tea from Victorian crafted cups.
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This year, the Lost & Found Hotel Room takes on a much larger warehouse-style studio, and feels more sociable and interactive in its experiential offering. It’s on the second floor above the lovable tailor-barber-shoemaker café, Captains of Industry, and has enough room to house a full dinner party – if you so wish.
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Melbourne architects Six Degrees have designed the room this year, with a really enviable mix of locally produced and sourced furniture and fittings. Taking centre place is a circular marble table with bronze legs by Daniel Barbera; furnishings from connoisseurs of vintage furniture, Grandfather’s Axe; Tom Dixon lighting from DeDeCe; kooky Established & Sons accessories from Living Edge; floor rugs from ffiXXed, and the list goes on!
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It’s a large space to work with, but Six Degrees have broken it up into inviting zones, the bedroom becoming a curtained-in annex in the centre of the space, the lounge a congregation of seating, and Tom Dixon lights creating glowing focal points around the space.
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It’s the ultimate Melbourne pad, and even has its own Cultural Concierge on hand to escort you to a popular laneway haunt, or offer insider tips on what to do around town.
Any subscriber to Lost & Found can apply to stay at the Lost & Found Hotel Room free of charge for up to three nights from 1 May to 31 July 2011. Visit the website for more information.
The Lost and Found Hotel Room is a collaboration between Six Degrees and designer of the Lost & Found e-guide, Jonathan Zawada, with Right Angle Studio and Tourism Victoria.
Lost & Found Hotel Room
Level 2, 2 Somerset Place, Melbourne.
wearelostandfound.com.au