Creators Inn by Elvine Lets Artists Stay for Free

Design firm Next Century Modern, creative collective LAT and clothing brand Elvine have started a program that allows “starving” artists, designers, musicians and the like to stay for free at a capsule hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden. Creative professionals visiting the city can apply to occupy this unique space, named The Creators Inn when they are in town. The Inn will then open as a hotel-in-hotel at Scandic Malmen in Stockholm on August 1st.

The Inn explains who is eligible:

We have a very wide definition of creators. The reason for coming to town is more important than the title on your business card. We try to support up and coming creators of different kinds, the ones that would normally end up on someone’s couch. To find them Creators Inn by Elvine works first and foremost with local independent organizers offering their guests a place to stay.

But everyone is welcome to register and motivate why they should be granted a stay. Foreign visitors are prioritized. But you need what we call a “valid reason” to stay at our Inn. A valid reason is some sort of creative activity, preferably together with local creators or something that incorporates the city in some way. For instance, meeting up an old friend to go clubbing is (unfortunately) not a valid reason to be granted a free stay.

[via The Moment]