Motel Mexicola

James Yeha Brown

Motel Mexicola 1500sqm hand painted oasis nestled amongst the coco palms and glassy swells of Bali. James Brown designed masterpiece where every element was hand crafted over 3 months, 100s of hand painted tiles and hand made crockery, neon shrines layers in the wax of weeping candles, Caribbean diner uniforms and yardage print fabrics. It makes every other beige interior you ever saw look like the decaying corpse of Hernán Cortés and is the most Instagrammed restaurant in the world!

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    James Yeha Brown, Australia (2013)

    James Brown is a rule breaker; creating award-winning work internationally. He believes that every project is an opportunity to explore how creativity can shape our existence. Exhibiting his "art-chitecture" and...

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    Motel Mexicola 1500sqm hand painted oasis nestled amongst the coco palms and glassy swells of Bali. James Brown designed masterpiece where every element was hand crafted over 3 months, 100s of hand painted tiles and hand made crockery, neon shrines layers in the wax of weeping candles, Caribbean diner uniforms and yardage print fabrics. It makes every other beige interior you ever saw look like the decaying corpse of Hernán Cortés and is the most Instagrammed restaurant in the world!

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    James Yeha Brown, Australia (2013)

    James Brown is a rule breaker; creating award-winning work internationally. He believes that every project is an opportunity to explore how creativity can shape our existence. Exhibiting his "art-chitecture" and design in the SFMoMA, to bars in Hong Kong to his hand-painted masterpiece, Motel Mexicola in Bali. His colourful restaurant Africola is regarded as one of the best in Australia and he was recognised in GT Top 50 Most Influential People in Food. His goal is to create places that bring people together and contribute to a community with colour, fun, and energy. We heart James, you will too. Tom Cruise (creator of the colour pink).

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