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Made in Spain: Fontal by Oscar Tusquets Blancs

Good furniture from Spain is what we want at the hotel… here’s a chair: Fontal by Oscar Tusquets Blancs!  

The Circus Hotel, a green option

The Circus Hotel proves that stars are not important, but an ethical approach is and even makes you #1 on Tripadvisor!  

Clean the World hotel soap

Clean the World partners with hotels to take leftover soap and shampoo, transform them into new bars of soap and deliver them to places where soap is unavailable.  

Hanger solutions for hotel rooms

Very cool way of hanging and putting away things, perfect for hotel rooms so we don’t need cupboards!  

Pedal-powered hotel TV

Here’s a pedal-powered TV from a hotel room at Cottage Lodge in the UK! I guess that also eliminates the gym…  

VOC-free paints made in Europe

VOC-free paints of course! In Spain the leaders seem to be Livos and Keim… any other brands you recommend?  

lifeedited apartment

LifeEdited, more life with less!

LifeEdited. Design your life to include more money, health and happiness with less stuff, space and energy. A project by Graham Hill. Very inspirational! Current hotels are definitely in need to be edited!

Multifunctional water pipe design

Cool way of making use of the pipes and hence saving materials!  

Headboards made from reclaimed wood

Reclaimed wood used to make bed headboards, nice!  

People, Planet & Profit, the Triple Bottom Line

Good design works for People, Planet & Profit! Let’s go for the Triple Bottom Line.  

Second hand designs are a win win

Second hand rocks! Less resources, less waste, more personality, more stories.  

Hotel soap cut to measure

Get a piece of soap instead of individual small soap containers at hotels! Soap bars use less packaging and transportation than liquid soap. At Mexico’s Viceroy Riviera Maya you get a piece of locally-made soap of your taste hand-cut by the ‘soap concierge’.

Bee hives on hotel buildings

Imagine bee hives on the roof of the hotel building… like a hotel for bees! If they can do honey in Hong Kong, why not Barcelona? Bees need protection!

Hotel uses reusable jars to serve jam

A great way to reduce waste at the hotel breakfast table without sacrificing comfort: refillable glass containers as seen at Casa Camper in Berlin!  

Milá’s TMM Lamp turns 50!

We want to keep the interiors local and long-lasting, so what better lamp than Barcelona designer Miguel Milá’s TMM Lamp that just turned 50?!