Casa Del Camino Hotel

Our friends at Etnies sent us some info about the room they just built at the Casa Del Camino Hotel in Laguna Beach.

Over the past 18 months Riviera Magazine worked with brands including; Etnies, Lost, Billabong, L*Space, Roxy, Quiksilver, Rip Curl, and Glaceau Smart and Vitamin Water to participate in the "Riviera Design Series Casa Surf Project".  Riviera set out to integrate the "design forward" and "forward thinking" of these youthful brands into the Casa Del Camino Hotel rooms.

Through the leadership of Pierre Andre Senizergues, Don Brown and the etnies skate team, Sole Tech focused on an eco-skate design with the help of Eve Lowey of Studio Chameleon.  Some of the unique features include: Chicken’s bowl sink, shoe scrap headboard, reversed shadow box wheel mirror, skate free mini bar, “Graffiti Malibu” art piece and of course Mike Manzoori’s original art creation titled “It’s Not Where You’re Going, It’s How You Get There.”

For more info:

Go to the etnies blog article

To book a room go to the Casa Del Camino website

Some additional design highlights:

• Shoe Scrap Headboard is the main highlight of the room and is a conceptual reflection of what etnies is best known for, skate footwear.  The 6’ x 11’ mammoth mosaic consists of remnants of shoe material scraps that etnies uses in the research and design process as they create footwear.

•  Reversed Shadow Box Wheel Mirror features a panel of skate wheels of different sizes, durometers, brands and colors to reflect the diversity that is found within the skate world.  

• Custom Desk and Shelves are built from Sunflower Seed Stalk, giving it a natural gritty feel that is stocked with etnies merchandise. Each guest who stays in the room receives their very own etnies hat as a take away from their stay.
•  Skate Free Mini Bar is etnies take on what they love best – skateboarding.  Four complete skateboards will be available for guests to take out for a day of cruising the streets of Laguna Beach.  The boards currently available for guests to choose from are Jose Rojo, Kyle Leeper, Sean Malto and Ryan Sheckler pro models. 
•  Graffiti Malibu is a one-of-a-kind portrait of a skate pool high in the cliffs that sits above the ocean where skaters experience the beauty of the beach, while enjoying their passion.  Artist Parvez Taj with photography by Gilles delaPointe created this art piece on recycled plastic material.  

• It’s Not Where You’re Going, It’s How You Get There is an original creation by Mike Manzoori that lies on the ceiling of the room and through the bathroom, finding its home above the shower.  Manzoori dipped his skateboard in paint and rolled it around to create this conceptual piece.

• The Pool Sink - This pool shaped sink was inspired by the iconic Chicken’s Pool skate spot that is located in Orange County, California and is famous because it was the first privately built pool specifically for skateboarding. Skateboarders   prefer concrete over water in a pool to skate in, and when dry this sink can be skated with a fingerboard.  

•  Skate Study House Godfather Chair created by Pierre Andre Senizergues and designed by Gilles delaPointe, this is a skate and eco update to mid-century modern iconic furniture.

•  Skate Culture Elements are featured in the room through the following:

• Motion sensitive LCD inset in the bathroom plays video of etnies team rider Kyle Leeper’s fluid skateboarding.

• IPOD music list features favorite music from skate videos and other songs from bands and artists who have played significant roles in shaping skate culture.