Design and hospitality meet in Milan with an installation unveiled during the recent Design Week 2024. SLIDE, which was born out of a desire to produce furniture and light to create the perfect atmosphere that emphasises emotions, has realised an installation at the Hotel Indigo Milan, Corso Monforte 27, starring Banana Leaf, an indoor and outdoor lamp that completes the Afrika collection. From the name of the piece to be launched on this occasion comes the title Going Bananas, which also emphasises the playful aspect of the installation.

The installation, as well as the iconic Afrika collection, is designed by Marcantonio, a well-known designer who has already collaborated with SLIDE. The project starts from the hotel façade, which will be illuminated by several pieces of Banana Leaf in a scenographic installation with a strong visual impact, and continues inside in the lobby, lounge and courtyard with other pieces from the Afrika collection such as Kroko and Threebù. Hotel Indigo Milan, owned by Planetaria Hotels and part of the InterContinental Group, is a boutique hotel located in a prestigious early nineteenth-century building in the historic centre of Milan and is characterised by a colonnaded cloister and an internal courtyard overlooked by some of its fifty-one rooms. It is the ideal place to emphasise how design and hospitality are two worlds that are increasingly connected and complementary, both for designers, who are called upon to design environments that are not only functional but also beautiful and empathetic, and for the final public, who are not only looking for high quality services but also emotional and sensorial experiences.