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orothée Meilichzon is the
founder of global design
agency Chzon and winner
of 2015’s Designer of the
Year title at Maison &
Objet. She and Chzon have
worked on more than 30
projects In Paris, London,
Ibiza, Basel, Monaco and New York, from in-
terior architecture to the design of furniture
and all graphic elements.
Henrietta Hotel was their first London
hotel. “My first inspiration for the hotel was
the street itself. I always try to start from the
neighborhood. On Henrietta Street, buildings
are very traditional: flat but with a variety of
roof shapes and windows that are very rich
and different from each other. It reminded
me of those amazing door frames you find in
Milan apartments.”
So, inspired by the architectural elements,
she designed giant bed headboards featur-
ing a mixture of elements including mirrors,
fabric panels with fabrics from Rubelli or hand
-painted patterns. Also all doors have glass
panels above them on top of them. Meilichzon
designed patterned carpets for the bedrooms
inspired by the shape of the Mosaique Casson,and all skirtings are white carrara marble.
Four different colour families make each room
different. Brass bedside lights are integrated
with bedside tables and elements from the
1970s can be seen in a little armchair designed
by Meilichzon and inspired by Pierre Paulin’s
work.
In the bathrooms, the basin areas were con-
ceived as fountains, with two large pieces of
granite cut into shapes inspired by Henrietta
Street buildings.The floors are more tradi-
tional, with black and white octagonal tiles
and cabochons.
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