The Nolitan

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Hotel brands can immerse people in their brand like no other business that I can think of. The Nolitan Hotel brand design by Marque.

Nolita – ‘North of Little Italy’ – is your neighborhood in New York and The Nolitan Hotel is your home when you’re there. At the corner of Kenmare and Elizabeth Streets, The Nolitan Hotel is the first luxury boutique hotel in Manhattan to open in this authentic New York City neighborhood. Marque created the name, positioning, brand identity, signage and way finding, toiletries, in room materials, Nolitan newspaper and all marketing materials for the hotel. The brand celebrates the diversity of the neighborhood and the local niche businesses that make Nolitan’s unique, encouraging guests to become a Nolitan too.

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Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair

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The Swedish architectural firm Guise has completed the concept store for a high fashion brand Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, in Stockholm’s central fashion district.

“The ambition was to use strong silhouettes whereupon we choose a double helix-shaped stair as a basic form. In order to adapt the helix shape to meet the functional requirements we had to deform the shape of the stair until it met the commercial need for exposure, but also in order to give it an unique character of its own”.

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ITIS flowers café

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“Black is the new black” — @KanyeWest. Mirrors and glass really make the specialty items, teas and seasonal flower arrangements pop in the ITIS flowers café. An expanding international project, in the form of a gourmet food and drink space, flower boutique and tasting café based in Kiev and Odessa, Ukraine.

Design by – ya project studio

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QR Codes because the Night Belongs to Lovers

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With the help of a global smart phone contagion the QR code is becoming more common as its uses are experimented with and practicality and helpfulness tweaked. If it’s easy and makes your life better – why wouldn’t you use it?

QR Codes were created in Japan by Toyota in 1994. QR is the abbreviation for Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. How it works – Scan the barcode with a device that has a QR code reader, then you are directed to either a url, text, phone # or SMS. Google: QR code generator to make a QR code. Post edit May 4 / 2011 – QR code Generator links added at the bottom of the post.

Click below for creative uses of the QR code.

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