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Diva Opens Themed Internet Lounges

Hotel Diva, San Francisco, is home to four cutting-edge Internet lounges, designed by some of the area's hottest artists. The 24-hour lounges have their own unique perosnalities, like skateboards on the wall and a couture dress suspended from the ceiling. "All of these lounges were put together with my vision," says Yvonne Lembi-Detert, president of Diva parent Personality Hotels. "They are much more fun and interesting than a regular Internet lounge. It is really hip, and guests really like it."

The Pablo Designs Lighting Lounge, designed by Pablo Pardo features an array of lighting creations, including a Bl Occhio pendant globe ceiling light and a Ventana hanging wall light. The LeeQuen Lounge created by furniture designer Rick Lee and wife Colleen Quen, displays Quen's signature Madame Butterfly gown cacading from the ceiling as a light fixture, creating a surreal glow over the whimsical design pieces below. Designer Lisa Campango and her husband, renowed skateboarder Pete Colpitts, put together the DLX Lounge, named for San Francisco's DLX Skateboards & Clothing Store. Outfitted in black, white, red and turquoise, the lounge features wall displays of skateboard decks and a vending machine filled with skate accessories. Finally the Design Within Reach Lounge by Compagno and Eric Hilderbrndt features a loveseat from Ted Boerner's Theatre collection. Marco Zanuso's mid-century classic Lady Chair and Marcel Breuer's Laccio table.

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