Conde Nast Traveler’s 2009 Readers Choice Awards just awarded the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, KY the #1 hotel in the United States (and #6 worldwide). Pentagram is obviously excited about the announcement because they helped design the identity, graphics, and signage for the hotel which no doubt goes very well with the contemporary look of the hotel.
I’ve never heard of the 21c Museum Hotel until just now but it certainly sounds like a place I’d love to stay in the future. With only 90 rooms available and an incredibly posh interior with luxurious amenities, it already sounds like I’ll have to save up quite a bit just to stay for one night.
That place is so freaking awesome. A few years ago my grandfather and I happened into their restaurant for lunch. He gets up and goes to the bathroom, comes back a few minutes later and says “Whoa! I was standing at the urinal doing my business and suddenly a woman was standing right in front of me!”
It turns out that the urinal/wall is just a big 2-way mirror that facing a hallway where the hotel employes were congregating hahaha… the gallery was cool too ha.