Future Gringo » steve rosenberg http://www.futuregringo.com Denver | Colorado | Travel | Culture Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:32:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The German Future Hotel Room http://www.futuregringo.com/index.php/2009/01/04/the-german-future-hotel-room/ http://www.futuregringo.com/index.php/2009/01/04/the-german-future-hotel-room/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:36:33 +0000 James http://www.futuregringo.com/?p=985 The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg tours a highly unconventional and technologically advanced hotel room created by a German institute.  This “hotel room of the future” is complete with a rocking bed, color changing ceiling, and scented steams to your desire. 

The small features are nice, but to me the aesthetics are that of a space station medical exam room circa 2040.  The entire place appears frigid – and upon checkin I wouldn’t be surprised to be assigned a sterile white sheet to wrap around me for the duration of my stay..

Is our future completely void of coziness and warmth?  Minimalism is in.  Cocoons are not. 

I can’t embed the video but check it out here.  Photo from RetroRichmond.com  - which is worth a nostalgic look after seeing that video…

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