Psychedelic Elements In Design And Decor Aboard The M/S Oosterdam

Jessica Cassyle Carr
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Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam
Although it bears a striking resemblance, this is not the Overlook Hotel. However, I do feel a case of cabin fever coming on.
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When pondering the aesthetics of the typical lodging establishment—hotels, motels, resorts and cruise ships included-—cutting-edge design does not come to mind. Instead, there are flashes of burgundy, flower patterns, stripes and beige–mentally and spiritually apathetic exercises in blandness and safety. But every now and then someone, somewhere, on some corporate staff in the hospitality industry, has a vision that materializes on the walls and the ceilings and the floors and the stairs. On the couches and the chairs.

And sometimes, just sometimes, it’s a full-on acid-inspired, psychedelic vision such as the one that so evidently consumed the M/S Oosterdam. I had the strange pleasure of being aboard this tripped-out cruise ship recently, and I’m here to tell the tale of crazy fun house-style mirrors, the liberal use of hot pink and much, much more. Enter the high seas psychedelia below.

All psychedelic photos by Jessica Cassyle Carr.

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

Wow, Dionysus is looking pretty fucked up.

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

“Hi, I’m couchy, come sit a spell. Don’t mind the swirly white pattern growing on that door over there.”

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

Ahhh! This must be some strong stuff.

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

Is that ... is that SIX door knobs? Don’t most doors only have two? And is it just me, or are they ... blue?

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

I think I’m starting to see tracers.

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

Yes, I’m definitly seeing tracers. This one kind of resembles a trilobite, no?

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

Whoa, man. There are trilobites all over the walls! What does it MEAN?

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

I’m ... floating ... rocking ... back and forth ... I think I crossed over ...

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

Maybe I’m not even alive. Maybe I never existed at all.

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

Nah [maniacal laughter]. But check it out: What if MY blue is different from YOUR blue!?!

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

I see some glowing stairs, going up. To heaven. A stairway to ... never mind.

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

Everything is shimmering. I think I’m peaking, I think I’m peaking. Did I say that twice?

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

I now know the truth, the underlying force, I have entered the spirit world and now I must return to the mortal realm and share my wisdom with the others. But first, a trip into outer space.

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

Spaaaaaaacccceee. Look, there’s Jack Horkheimer.

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

That constelation resembles a bow tie. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ...

Psychedelic Elements in Design and Decor Aboard the M/S Oosterdam

There’s the alien space craft. It’s. so. beau. tif. ful. Farewell, planet earth. I’ll see you again in a few hours!!

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