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Nobu, Hong Kong
Nobu is an innovative new-style Japanese cuisine best described as a fusion of
Eastern and Western ingredients pioneered by world-famous Chef Nobu Matsuhisa.
Having partnered with actor Robert De Niro and opening 16 restaurants in 12 cities
around the world, the Michelin-starred chain is renowned for excellent cuisine.
Signature dishes include black cod with miso, yellowtail with jalapeño, tiradito Nobu
style, and lobster with pepper sauce.
Inspired by Chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s cooking and the nearby Victoria Harbour,
the New York-based Rockwell Group designed this stunning interior. Guests at Nobu,
situated within the InterContinental Hong Kong, experience outstanding and beautifully
prepared sushi beneath an impressive ceiling installation of 450,000 sea urchin shells.
The interior features custom-designed wall-coverings by Michael Palladino in
collaboration with designer, Maya Romanoff. And the exquisite Venetian ceiling plaster
is by Silver Hill Atelier.
The InterContinental Hong Kong consistently ranks amongst the top hotels in the
world by prestigious publications such as Condé Nast Traveller, Gourmet, Travel and
Leisure, Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report and Institutional Investor. It is currently
listed as one of the world’s “Hot Tables” (Conde Nast Traveler USA, Hot List 2007).
Nobu
www.intercontinental.com
hongkong-ic.intercontinental.com
Hong Kong
T-O 12, Stuttgart
T-O 12 is a new nightclub on Stuttgart’s notorious ‘party mile’ – Theodor Heuss-Strasse.
Like the street, the club is also named after the late President Theodor Heuss – a
fun-loving, dashing man and the first person elected for a full term as the President of
the Federal Republic of Germany.
Clubbers call the joint either Theo (T O sounds just like Theo in German) or Theo
Zwölf (Theo 12 in German).
Architecture and communications firm Ippolito Fleiz Group, and graphic designers
i-d buero created the impressive three-storey club, which recently won the Unsere
Award for Best Corporate Design.
All of the rooms are a modern interpretation of urban life and the result is a sleek,
dark and mysterious space with white furnishings and massive contemporary black-
and-white murals. The all-black walls, ceilings and floors together with the huge mirrors
and tiny spotlights produce an effect that is both mesmerising and fun.
T-O 12
www.t-o12.com
Stuttgart
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