design et al are delighted to announce that ILYA Corporation have been shortlisted for a Hotel over 200 room Award in the Asia Pacific Category. The Designers wanted the Hotel to have a very authentic Japanese feel. The distinct contrasts in light and dark have been accentuated and became a feature throughout the hotel, in doing so the designers reference the ideas from the book “In Praise of Shadows” written by Juinichiro Tanizaki which states the that subtle interplay of