The William Hotel by In Situ Design and Lilian B Interiors

PROCESS
Unlike the usual design sequence that ends in the acquisition of art, the artist executed his “pour” style paintings in a studio shared by the design team at the very beginning of the process. Paintings were commissioned for the corridors on each of five floors in distinct color fields – blue, teal, pink, green and orange. Coaxed from “chromatic black”, color emerges onto the room’s surfaces, bed linens, carpets, and furniture in varying degrees of vibrancy and saturation. As the paintings materialized so did the rooms and as the rooms evolved so did the paintings. The experience begins in the corridors where the colors of the paintings insinuate themselves onto the ceilings and walls. Working together atelier style, the team literally lived and breathed the colors now on the walls and of the rooms at The William. The abstract forms of the paintings were translated into rooms where guests could fully experience color. Conceptually speaking the paint has been delaminated from the canvas and used to create space from color. Interior Architecture and Design: In Situ Design
Interior Design: Lilian B Interiors
Paintings: William Engel
Photography by Eric Laignel and Eric Striffler Project description
OVERVIEW
The design of The William hotel was an intimate collaboration between artists and designers who wanted to blur the lines between art, architecture, and interior design. In Situ Design together with Lilian B Interiors have designed The William, an extended stay boutique hotel in New York City. By avoiding the aesthetics of minimalism and good taste, and exploring color like painters, our secondary goal was to reach past fashion and personal likes and into the depths of what unapologetic color can mean. This color is not decorative.