"The Ace Hotel New York, when it first opened, felt like an exercise in minimalism, bringing a vintage/salvage aesthetic and a slightly spartan approach to comforts to a hotel scene that was still obsessed with gloss and glamour. But for their second act, Atelier Ace, the hotel group’s in-house creative agency, has set out to show us what <em>real</em> minimalism looks like. They make it explicit, citing Finnish saunas and Japanese bento boxes as inspirations, which are visible in the interior design — and also John Cage’s silent(ish) composition 4′33″ , whose influence is perhaps more conceptual." - Tablet Hotels