The furnishings of the 85 hotel rooms of the SORAT partner hotel - IBB Hotel Erfurt - are something really special. French Designer Didier Gomez created all furniture, from the head plates of the beds, on to the chair, desk and comfort chairs. All these pieces were produced uniquely for the hotel.
The materials which Didier Gomez used for his "Swan Line" are mainly aluminum, beechwood and linen. The colours are dominated by soft beige, with brick red accents in the covering of chair, armchair and the suitcase ramp. The furniture ist extremely light, optically as well as in reality. The thin aluminum legs of chair and suitcase ramp are slightly turned outward, while the desk has an absoutely straight shape. Instead, it has a surprising tabletop made of glass with a second level below it. Any wardrobe is replaced by a light open shelve construction, hidden behind a linen curtain.
Didier Gomez is known in France but also internationally as interior designer and for his furniture designs. He created shop interiors for Cartier, Yves Saint Laurent, Rodier, furniture for Ligne Roset, Artelano, Habitat, and decorated private apartments such as the Paris domcile of Harrison Ford. He also took part in the conception ot the mezzanine gallery below the glass pyramid of the Paris Louvre. Gomez was first known for his furniture line "First Time" that he created in 1978. Since 1985, Didier Gomez runs a studio for interior design in Paris. His work aims for balance - the balance between history, present and culture, the balance between a straight line and a soft bent line. And as he hates perfectly styled ambiances, he alway lets a little bit of imperfection enter his drawings.