HotelsMag January-February 2019 | Page 50

DESIGN
Exterior of the deluxe beach sunset villa
Guest room details
Guest rooms feature Javanese copper soaking tubs .
reef . Everything was about this beautiful island that we ’ re on , but to experience it in the most comfortable way possible .”
The design extends playfully to the kids ’ center , which has slides and a bouncy woven net ; Azure , the seafood restaurant , features a dramatic woven sculpture ; the teen center is created out of shipping containers .
Guests can get in on the designing themselves – the resort has an art studio where they can paint , sculpt or draw on coconut , canvas or wood , or even make a piece of jewelry to take home .
“ We wanted to feel a little bit like an eclectic tropical collection of artwork ,” Carter says .
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