19 GROHE Magazine This September as the summer backpacking season in Sweden came to an end a new hotel opened offering travelers a chance to stretch their adventurous spirit a few months longer than usual From the snowshoes on the wall to the kayaks hung above the welcome desk the Downtown Camper by Scandic is a rare para dox an upscale city center hotel loosely mod eled around the casual style and atmosphere of a lakeside summer camp Scandic aimed its latest offering at a very specific demographic young business travel ers looking to meet and mix on the road The hoteliers tapped veteran Gothenburg firm Stylt Trampoli to create a space that could actually shape the way guests interacted with the city and each other Stylt Trampoli s team who recently won the UNESCO Prix Versailles for the sumptuous Spedition Hotel in Switzerland refuse to call themselves architects or designers they pre fer the term storytellers Their first step is always to invent a compelling narrative then they choose every detail from the grandest lobby to the smallest souvenir based on wheth er it helps the plot along At the Downtown Camper the story Stylt Trampoli decided to tell was about the Nordic passion for the great outdoors We thought a lot about how we love to hang out in and around the mountain cabin says creative director Erik Johansen The hotel would be a base camp but it had to be about more than just hiking and fresh air For Johansen there was a classic balance of wanderlust and do mesticity that the design had to capture Not only days of adventure and discoveries as he puts it but also cozy evenings with fami ly and friends around the fireplace It s easy to read the latter part of that story in the Downtown Camper s social areas which feature more than one crackling fireplace along with warm lighting and plenty of honey colored wood Handmade shuffleboard and backgammon tables add to the old fashioned Swedish vibe There s much more here than hunting lodge kitsch though the décor is a blend of industrial and modern with exposed Functionality quality and aes thetics were key for Erik Johansen Creative Director at Stylt Trampoli

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