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The Ace Hotel... A lesson in design
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Design encourages intelligance
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Design is... Navigation
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Design is... Instantly Familiar
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Design is... Playful
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Design encourages ease
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Design is accessible lists
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Each door is inset with felt to minimize noise in the hallway
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Each room has the room number in raised metal lettering on the door jam
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The Fire hose evokes memories of old movies and is, once again, instantly acessible to the unengaged
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Design is.... navigation.
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Shared Bathroom
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By forcing some guests to use a shared bath, you allow them a much larger bath than they normally would have had.
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Shower in Shared bath is HUGE
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Design simultaneously looks back and forward
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The design of the room is a sort of retro-modern
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taking cues from the building's past without disappointing saavy modern travelers
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each room has a laundry bag in the closet
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Design manages details
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Design encourages intelligance
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Three sleeper Bunk Beds
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Windows that are open to the outside with....
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A New-York Style Fire Escape
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The fire escape overlooks 10th and Stark
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Design always looks spacious despite size
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Design always looks clean. Always.
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Design encourages human interaction
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Design makes things "feel good."
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The Ace Hotel, Porland OR