FEATURE
Tell me a bit about the art that was moment were we were butting heads on
commissioned? who should be included and who shouldn’t.
There were were four pieces
commissioned, one large one of the queen Has there been a good response from
with some guards, and the other three the guests so far?
were with Amy Winehouse, David Bowie There has been a great response.
and Naomi Campbell. Returning guests who saw the lobby before
the renovation and before the art was
Why were those designs chosen? commissioned were blown away. We have
When we first started discussing the had lots of people taking photos with the
project with Pegasus we said that art. It gives the property more of a ‘homely
the whole theme of all hotels is to experience of London’, but the art itself also
incorporate an element of local flair into has a really nice texture and adds to whole
our properties. Since Pegasus is known experience of being in London. Especially the
picture of the queen, the guests have really
for drawing ‘cheeky pieces’ of celebrities
we said it would be great if he could Were there any clashes with his image incorporate really iconic Londoners into versus yours? the commission. He gave us a couple of Not really, the great thing about Pegasus Was it a unanimous decision among
options and we discussed the possibilities was that he was really open to a lot of the staff to hire Pegasus, or was
of who might fit well with the design of the suggestions and ideas, and he understood, it something you came up with by
lobby and the atmosphere of the hotel, in terms of the brand and the demographic yourself?
and that is how we came up with these of our guests, how cheeky he could be with I had seen a piece of his work and was
four pieces. the actual design. There really wasn’t any intrigued by it. All the staff had a viewing
April 2018
been enjoying that one.
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