To Hepelise

[costante]

Hi, I need help. Is that Hempelise only the name of a house? I suspect a sort of riddle in the word, which I can't solve. Here below the complete sentence
"To Hem­pelise, in this case, a modest conversion flat formed from the middle slice of a three-storey Victorian semi."
and here the lik of the newspar article where the sentence can be read.

http://inlifeplus.com/node/4849

Thanks

 

[lucas-sp]

I think it's a typo for "Hempel."

 

[lucas-sp]

Whoops! I meant... "to Hempelise" = "to Hempel-ise" = "to perform the characteristic Hempel operation on."

 

[cyberpedant]

It seems to be a construction composed of "Hempel" + "-ise," a suffix meaning "to make." The clue is in the word "conversion."

 

[fdb]

It is not a typo. The article makes it clear that Hempel is the lady's name. She wants to "Hempelise" the flat, that is: redo it in her own style.

 

[PaulQ]

It is worth noting that (a) Ms Anoushka Hempel is an interior designer (ii) The Hempel Hotel is a “designer hotel” near Hyde Park, London for whose interior Ms Hempel (now Lady Weinberg) was responsible.

To Hempelise, is therefore a neologism created by the writer of the piece to mean – "to convert commercial premises into a paragon of tasteful design in the manner of Anoushka Hempel." (If you like that sort of thing… )

 

[costante]

Thank you all. clear enough now, even if I'm trying hard to find the italian words to make this sense.
Thank you again.