Certain architectural and interior projects are more successful than others in representing Italian style as excellence in luxury hospitality. The landscape, aesthetic choices, and execution are the elements that, if creatively orchestrated, ensure unforgettable holiday experiences. Warli has partnered with one of these very projects: Il Sereno Hotel on the shores of Lake Como, designed by Patricia Urquiola with hotelier Luis Contreras.
The hotel's recent expansion to include a brand-new penthouse suite concept in a newly constructed building has garnered worldwide acclaim, reaffirming its status as a holder of the World's Best Award by Travel + Leisure.
Warli rugs have been acknowledged for their ability to embody the project's focus: a continuous and harmonious interface with the lake, the familiarity of using local materials, an iconic mix of bespoke and non-bespoke furnishings, either specially designed or chosen from partners like Warli who work around a common ideal of understatement, beauty, and subtle elegance.
The preference for Warli also complements the mention afforded by Urquiola's creativity to the art of weaving, especially silk, which is so historically rooted in the region.
Accessed using a separate lift, there are almost 150 square meters (1600 square feet) of living space, including a 30-square-meter terrace, plus an additional 50-square-meter grass garden around the perimeter.
The penthouse features a large living room, dining room, two bathrooms, master bedroom, and can accommodate two guests. The incredible space is complemented by the spectacular view over the lake, from all rooms.
This is where the Warli rugs come in. For the bedrooms, the Barbès and Dots collections were selected, both designed by Paolo Zani. The Barbès feature a regular design in which the weft is randomly interrupted by the irregular colour of the bamboo silk and Indian women's saree silk yarns, recycled from the textile industry and hand-knotted with Persian technique. The Dots rugs, on the other hand, have an entirely different texture. Made of hand-woven wool and tencel, they create a soft and continuous surface, finely worked with twisted wool elements and stippling in different shades, achieved by the special technique used to dye and twist the wools.
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