CHECK INN CHECK OUT
00. CICO is a creative collective – short for CHECK INN CHECK OUT.

CICO explores the connection between hotels and their residents, addressing locationship by delivering visuals to the public. 

CICO positions itself in opposition to the visual loudness war. We’re not trying to be louder. Choosing quietness is not about absence; it’s a conscious response to oversaturation. 

CICO is a trip advisor – rethinking where they stay, and how it stays with them.



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01.a  
                           
Imperial Hotel Tokyo

帝国ホテル
千代田区内幸町一丁目1番1号
2025

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main lobby
1f, main bulding

She said the polka – dot slippers didn’t really fit.

She said the skirt – bag by your school's designer was not bad.

She said the room service dinner was better than expected.

 




01.b
                           
Imperial Hotel Tokyo

帝国ホテル
千代田区内幸町一丁目1番1号
2025

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pool & saunas
20f, tower building

She said the sauna made her forget about the scar on her leg.

She said the interior had a touch of art deco and something from the shōwa.

She said the trump on the tv made the hotel feel even more capitalist.

 






 02.
                                
Meguro Gajoen

目黒雅叙園
目黒区下目黒1丁目8番1号
2025

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tofu tei
restaurant

Coco said she had the happiest birthday here with us.

Coco said the birthday cake was too cute to eat.

We ate Coco’s birthday cake at the airport.

Coco said the omakase here was good value for money.








03.                      
                         
Claridge’s

Maybourne Hotel Group
Brook St, London W1K 4HR
2025

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untitled
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(WIP)
(door hanger)
(accessories)







04.
                             
Eltham Palace & Gardens

English Heritage
Court Rd, London SE9 5NP
2025

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bathroom
royal palace

The staff initially said we weren’t allowed to take photos here.

The images were used for the vinyl’s cover and inner sleeve design.

Side A – his youth at eltham

Side B – doppler

She said it felt like the designer had a hair fetish.









05. Garzê

དཀར་མཛེས་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་།
31°37′23″N 100°00′04″E
2024

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tibetan suite
ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་རྫོང་། resort

Bruh thought he was the cleaning guy here.

He used google translate to tell me he couldn’t stand there – it would be disrespectful to the buddha.

He said sunbathing on ice was something only highland people truly know.

More butter tea,” he said. “For the oxygen.

 






06.
                             
Twister.exe

帝国ホテル
千代田区内幸町一丁目1番1号
2025
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fitness gym
8f, main bulding


This is a side piece about the Twister game from the Imperial Hotel Tokyo, consisting of a series of images and a short film. People play the game while simultaneously engaging in physical exercise.

Alongside this is a conceptual film in which humans navigate a virtual world to experience real-life emotions such as love, joy, and harmony, blurring the boundaries between the tangible and intangible, the physical and the digital.