New York based Isin Studio European sleeper trains and Japanese capsules hotels while designing compact rooms now, a manhattan hotel,
Now Manhattan is located on Bowery in the city and provides hostel-style accommodation with single-west cabins and shared features.
Isin Studio Within a minimum footprint, it was challenged to maximize the guest experience and use every class inch for purpose.
“Visualized as a sanctuary for single travelers, 180 sleeper cabins claim small footprints and high design, the apathy of European train cars and channels the innovation of Japanese capsules hotels,” Isin Studio,
The hotel’s lobby comes out as a series of striped portals, between which cylindrical wooden podiums set in tile niches offer self-check-in machines on one side and display goods on the other side.
A seating area behind the stained glass street face follows the same neutral-tond palette, which crosses the trowels plaster walls, mosaic floors and couch upholstery.
“The lobby has a striking difference of rough, natural materials and smooth surfaces – a contrast, which is both dream and grounded, which creates a sense of mystery and surprise,” said Isin Studio.
Each of the guest cabin measures just 32 square feet (3 square meters), but is designed to be as efficient as possible for travelers.
Custom furniture storage of goods, securing precious accessories, watching movies, coats and more, all, were made within all compact “cocoons”.
The single bed also contains custom mattresses and includes shades that can be drawn with wooden canopies wavy-diverted to help a good night sleep.
Sound machines, branded sleep masks and earplugs, and noisy headphones are also available, as well as with a luxurious Rob for stroll for showers.
In exchange for windows, cabins have open roofs that allow light and air to flow, while acoustic baffles prevent noise from traveling.
Open banks of the sink in the communal bathroom have soft light and textured materials, and individually have locked toilets and shower cubals.
“The design is to feel familiar, yet in any way new – like something out of a dream – to create a place that seems both timeless and unexpected,” said Isin Studio.
Now Is Longer The Deeden Awards 2025 in the Hotel and Short-Stay Interior category, while the Brass Restaurant of Isin Studio in Manhattan made the restaurant interior list.
Studio recently completed one Japanese restaurant in Miami Beach It mixes “tropical cruelty” with the elegance of Japanese deco.
Photography is of mats kissed.
Project Credit:
Owner: Doovetail & Co
Interior Design Firm: Isin Studio
Interior Design Project Team: Ashley Wilkins (owner), Emily Framizio
Architect: Gene cofman architect
Purchase: Doovetail & Co
general contractor: Spring ROC
lighting design: Tilotson Design Associates
