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The Nine Hours capsule hotel, designed by Fumie Shibata, is a hotel experience like none other. For approximately $55 a night, one can stay at this Kyoto, Japan hotel I can only describe as modern, chic, clean, and totally out of the ordinary.
The layout is efficient, with a mostly white interior, contrasting minimalistic signage, and fiber-reinforced plastic sleeping pods. That’s right, sleeping pods. After watching a quick video of the interior by Monocle, I’m very tempted to stay at this place – or at least try to make my house look as close to this as possible. This reminds me of the tiny forts I used to build with my cousin back in the day… total bliss.
There are a total of 125 capsules made of plastic and fitted with custom lighting. The pods look like they came straight out of a sci-fi movie. They have organic curves, built-in electronics, and a very modern aesthetic. The name, 9 hours, was conceived from the time it takes to shower (1hr), sleep (7hr), and relax (1hr). I love minimalism.
![Koolhaas knows this. Reeling and heartbroken from a recent breakup, Koolhaas threw his energies into making a shoe with the aesthetic inspiration taken from his design background and upbringing by father, famed architect, of the same name. Attempting to "down[size] architecture to its smallest and most vulnerable scale…of a woman's foot," the Möbius Hi by United Nude was born. (2)](http://leibal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/leibal_mobius_unitednude_5-184x500.jpg)
