Surrey Hotel The Rottet Studio design team was commissioned to remodel the popular, upscale Surrey Hotel in New York’s posh Upper East Side. The hotel is subtle and sophisticated yet rich with intrigue and style. The guest salons are the definition of “Modern Luxury.” All of the furniture was designed by Rottet Studio for the guest rooms, a contemporary interpretation of period styles from the late 1920's to early 40's. At first glance, the lobby’s French Limestone walls and Tiger Beige limestone portals, white calacutta and gray bardiglio marble floors, elegant crown moldings and leaded glass ceiling appear straight out of the 1920’s. Upon further study, contemporary thought and detail is evident with elements such as a stone mosaic rug in a surrealistic, skewed Abusson pattern. The lobby lounge seating is contemporary, designed by Citterio - the only pieces in the hotel not designed by Rottet. Upholstered in natural silver gray mohair, they sit on a hand woven naturally dark gray wool rug with plush and loop detailing reminiscent of Renaissance lace reinterpreted in a contemporary style. The lobby bar was intentionally designed to appear to have come to the hotel in the 1930’s in the high era of Deco, but true to the style of the hotel. The bar is elegant yet warm and engaging, with seating areas inside the black box made of white shark skin material surrounded by warm beige suede tufted walls.
2008 Solutia “Doc” Award
The Rottet Studio design team of Lauren Rottet, FAIA, IIDA, Kelie Mayfield and Anja Majkic were acknowledged in the August 2009 issue of Interior Design magazine for their award-winning carpet design for A Global Management Consulting Firm in Houston.
MidFirst Bank in Interior Design:
Rottet Studio was featured in the October 2009 issue of Interior Design magazine for the MidFirst Private Bank project in Scottsdale. To view the article click here.
April 21, 2010Friends & Colleagues,Things are moving quickly in 2010 and I am pleased to share some exciting news and updates as we complete our second year as Rottet Studio.I recently had the honor of serving as a juror for the 2010 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards. It was an exciting and inspiring process and I am looking forward to the awards presentation later this year.Earlier this month, I joined a list of distinguished design professionals sharing our experiences in hospitality design at the New York Design Center’s “Check-In to 200 Lex” Hospitality Day withInterior Design magazine.If you are in Houston today, I invite you to attend a lecture I will present on contemporary product design to kick off the new Design Fair 2010 benefitting Lawndale Art Center. Join me at Decorative Center Houston on Wednesday, April 21 at 7 PM.…and I still manage to find time to sink into the exciting new projects we have on the boards!Sincerely,Lauren Rottet, FAIA, IIDA
Though exhibitions focusing on design are popping up everywhere, the context in which a new one in Houston, Texas appears, marks a significant development.'Imperative Design', a display of one-off designs by seven pioneering designers, is part of an initiative in Houston's art district to expand the notion that design and art can be appreciated with the same principles.The exhibition was curated by architect and industrial designer Lauren Rottet and brings together the work of Mark Holmes, Zaha Hadid, Arik Levy, Ross Lovegrove, Greg Lyn and David Mocarski alongside her own designs.Rottet explains her impetus, 'Imperative Design connotes the inevitability and importance of reaching a point today in which everyone has access to modern furnishings, but explicitly rejects the idea of disposable, throwaway objects, providing us with more sustainable means for living.'Rottet's reference to sustainability is certainly true and an under-lauded offshoot of design art; we wouldn't readily dispose of a Zaha Hadid chaise or a gold-plated Established & Sons task lamp simply because it didn't fit with that season's colour scheme. But what we find more interesting is the notion that Houston's Barbara Davis Gallery, one of Texas art galleries, has opened its doors to displaying design in the same way as it would art.