On his floor, curtains, walls and bed are all black, black, black -- as is the "Marilyn chair," named after Marilyn Monroe and supposedly tracing a similar line to her voluptuous features.
Isozaki applied aesthetic principles based on the author Juchiniro Tanizaki, who suggested in his work Eulogy of Shadow the idea of "darkening walls, plunging into the shadows that which is too visible, stripping out from the interior all superfluous decor."
Jean Nouvel also took some inspiration from Japan -- but the panels in his room are of glass, depicting a range of transparent erotic photographs by Nobuyoshu Araki and Frenchman Alain Fleisher in a libertine flourish.
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