Islyn Studio Designs Solo Traveler Hotel in Manhattan Inspired by Sleeper Trains and Capsule Hotels
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Dan Howarth
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Summary
Islyn Studio has designed Now Now, a Manhattan hotel specifically for solo travelers, featuring compact single-occupancy cabins inspired by European sleeper trains and Japanese capsule hotels. Located on Bowery in Downtown Manhattan, the hotel offers hostel-style accommodation with shared facilities and a lobby designed with striped portals.
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· 3 pulledNew York-based Islyn Studio looked to European sleeper trains and Japanese capsule hotels when designing the compact rooms
Now Now is situated on Bowery in Downtown Manhattan and offers hostel-style accommodation with single-occupancy cabins and shared facilities
The lobby at Now Now unfolds through a series of striped portals
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