這間旅館的名字是取自《尤里西斯》這本小說的名字而來。《尤里西斯》是一本被喻為是二十世紀最偉大的英語長篇小說，由愛爾蘭作家—詹姆斯‧喬伊斯所撰寫，於1922年出版。
故事是發生在1904年6月16日，依照時間順序而撰寫，從早上八點鐘開始，一個小時為一個章節，到隔日臨晨兩點鐘，共十八章節。故事情節是在敘述一名叫利奧波德•布盧姆的白領階級，一個苦悶徬徨的小市民在愛爾蘭都柏林一天當中發生的種種事情。
設計師呂恭全以及在英國唸書時所認識的插畫家朋友顏寧儀，配合以大廳作為書房的設計概念，來營造書卷文化氛圍，並且以小說故事為主題來設計旅館大廳的主牆。居住英國多年的插畫家顏寧儀，對大英帝國文化有深度了解，她以獨特的藝術眼光，使用在歐洲蒐集的各種紙材、書籍、照片和地圖，以拼貼方式配合英國工藝美術時期名壁布設計師威廉‧莫里斯的設計圖樣，把《尤里西斯》小說轉換成視覺圖像。
故事從左牆閱讀至右，視覺畫面呈現如內容闡述著利奧波德•布盧姆一天的遭遇：
利奧波德在早上離開家與一伙人一起乘車去參加好友的葬禮。
他的朋友是個老師，正在和他學校的校長討論歷史和種族的問題。
他的太太早上收到經紀人的信件，暗地裡興奮的等待下午和她經紀人（兼情人）的約會。
畫作中，利奧波德往他兩人的方向看去，暗示著利奧波德其實知道這個婚外情。
同一區塊也敘述另一情節，在傍晚，利奧波德望著遠方海灘上的一個女子，對她產生幻想—即為圖像上大型裸女，海鷗代表海灘。
右面牆上，闡述著利奧波德這一天夜晚的旅程。
他去了都柏林很多個地方，醫院、酒館、火車站、書攤、法院和到朋友家…
半夜12點，利奧波德經過了紅燈區的暗巷妓院，他有許多奇妙的想法在腦子裡流竄。
故事最後一章節，利奧波德和太太躺在床上睡覺，作者使用了兩萬四千多字組合成八句冗長的句子，來陳述他的太太腦子裡的獨白。
The name of the Ulysses Hotel was inspired by one of the greatest English-language novels of the 20th century, Ulysses, by the Irish writer James Joyce.
The story follows a day (16th June 1904) in the life of an ordinary working-class man, Advertisement Salesman Leopold Bloom, and his journey around the city of Dublin. Starting at 8am, the story records his thoughts, experiences and the things and people that he encounters throughout the day until 2am the next morning.
Much like a traveller, Leopold Bloom’s mind wonders around the city. Thus the name of the Ulysses Hotel was born.
We found a local artist whose work has been shown in different partsof the world, an Artist/Illustrator/Visual Designer who has lived for a long time in England and studied at the prestigious Central St. Martins University: Ning-I Yen . Ningi-I is a designer who has a good understanding of the culture of this region and her own personal artistic view to transform this story into a creative visual image exclusively for the Ulysses Hotel.
Just like the novel, the image reads from left all the way to the right side of wall, describing Leopold Bloom’s journey during the day:
From the left side of the wall;
The morning Leopold leaves his house, riding in a car to a cemetery, encountering death and religion.
Leopold’s friend, talking with the principal of the school he teaches at, about religion and political views.
Leopold’s wife, excitedly awaits the appointment she has with her agent, with whom she has been having an affair. A small male figure is set below by an arm chair, the suggestion being that this figure is Leopold, who looking at them, as in the novel, Leopold knows about the affair.
Leopold sees a woman by the beach, about whom he fantasizes from a distance. The same male figure is used with a large naked woman and a seagull to describe this chapter.
The right side of wall was designed to illustrate Leopold‘s evening:
He visited different parts of the city, going into a hospital, a pub, a train station, a book-stand, a court house and a friend’s house…
As Leopold travels into the dark alleys of red-light district he has many obscure thoughts in his head.
Finally, the novel ends wtih a chapter devoted to the thoughts of Leopold’s wife, as she is thinking about many different things before she falls asleep.
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