Friday, May 20, 2005
Hotel du Petit Moulin in Paris

Hotel du Petit Moulin Paris
What struck me was two things. THat this website takes different languages seriously which is definately the exception with hotels despite them catering to people who mostly dont speak your language. Takes them almost too seriously as they offer both the flags and the words... twice. Ugly but foreigner friendly (hardly french we Brits suppose.)
What did not impress me was the website design which seemed stingy for a hotel designed entirely by Lacroix - the most of flamboyant of designers.
I thought the photographs poorly lit and their combination with illustrations poorly executed. Likewise the typography was styleless. Its funny as this is a new hotel, but the site looks like it was designed three or four years ago.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Twenty One Boutique Hotel in Athens

Twenty One Hotel Athens - end of movie
I like the concept behind this - sit back and let the flash movie run through the site for you. Somehow I find I want to click around and find information for myself.
In the end I think that there is not enough information about the hotel and perhaps it doesnt tell the story of the hotel. I think it doesnt say distinctive which is a pity


