80s-Themed ReMIX Hotel Debuts in Paris

The ReMIX Hotel, a four-star property on the Rive Droite in Paris, officially opened this month. Schroder Real Estate appointed London-based Saar Zafrir Design to redesign the existing property, whose 259 rooms have colorful and nostalgic interiors reminiscent of the 1980s.

The concept of The ReMIX Hotel revolves around codes of music, with the 80s hit “Forever Young” by Alphaville manifesting as the “soundtrack” to the hotel’s design, remixed with modern-day version by Jay-Z and Mr. Hudson. The significance of the song has determined the entire narrative for the hotel, which emanates a mischievous, playful energy mixed with 80s vibes and design references. With memorabilia from the era scattered throughout and an amalgamation of contrasting colors, textures and custom made furnishings, Saar Zafrir Design has reworked the essence of the 80s tune into a modern day design concept.

The ReMIX Hotel

The guestrooms of the remodeled hotel can accommodate from one to seven people. The hotel has a lobby bar and casual dining lounge, a co-working space, meeting and banquet rooms and a gaming area reminiscent of arcades from the 1980s. The reception desk is constructed from original cassette tapes slotted together, finished with a marble top. The self-check-in facility is set into an original arcade machine and, in the lobby bar, a wall of old, analog televisions stacked upon each other broadcast 24-hour content through advanced video-mapping technology.

Most of the furniture has been designed and custom-made by Saar Zafrir Design, including the neon wall signs, original artworks, wooden furnishings, light fixtures, and wallpapers and rugs referencing popular culture of the era. Saar Zafrir’s team is said to have spent a great deal of time trawling through flea markets and vintage stores, searching for original pieces from the 80s to give the hotel a real sense of place.

Each of the 259 rooms has an emerald green velvet bed and headboard set against a dimpled, charcoal gray wall and ceiling made of acoustic foam panel. Decorating the rooms are 1980s-style motifs such as vintage rotary style dial telephones in powder pink, cobalt blue cassette players, neon green signage and custom-made, illustrated wallpaper etched with “Forever Young” song lyrics. Parquet flooring and white marble bathrooms balance out the design.

The ReMIX Hotel

The lobby sports a contrasting color palette with plush, velvet chairs and sofas in mustard yellow, mint green and dusty pink resting against a backdrop of tiled walls mixed with exposed concrete elements. The flooring incorporates traditional parquet with flashes of monochrome tiles interspersed with multicolored, custom-made rugs and scattered with marble-top tables. Shiny brass trumpet light fixtures illuminate an emerald and brass tiled bar, and rows of exposed bulbs are suspended from soft pink and mint green ceilings. The casual dining area merges into an intensely hued, flexible co-working space where teal green paneling meets shiny, pearl tiling, furnished with wood tables and leather upholstered chairs, colorful gaming inspired artworks and privacy booths separated by sheets of yellow and blue tinted glass.

The hotel’s gaming area offers table football, ping pong, pool and old-school arcade machines. The space is decorated with neon signage and roller-blade wallpaper designed by Zafrir, along with gaming-inspired artworks that imbue a playful and nostalgic essence to the space, including Nintendo characters and colorful Rubik’s Cubes. The hotel’s public spaces and walkways take guests “down the rabbit hole” with tiled, monochrome chessboard effect floor and ceilings that meld into traditional, black French paneling, adorned with neon yellow signage reading song lyrics from “Forever Young”.

For more information, visit www.remix-hotel.com.

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