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Hotel Brand Identity

An independent hotel competing with established chains needed a distinctive visual identity that reflected its unique character and delivered a consistent guest experience across every touchpoint, from the website to the room key card.

Role

Senior UX/UI Designer

Year

2022

Platform

Brand — print

Team

1 designer

The challenge

Early design directions leaned toward generic boutique hotel aesthetics that could have belonged to almost any property. The existing identity failed to communicate what made the hotel unique, making it visually indistinguishable from larger, more generic hospitality brands.

Aldeia Brand Design
Brand system overview showing the color palette, typography, and room card structure for the guesthouse experience.

The approach

I built the identity around the hotel's defining qualities — warmth, intimacy, and understated elegance. These values were translated into a cohesive visual system featuring a nature-inspired color palette, distinctive typography, and a flexible graphic language that could be applied consistently across digital experiences, printed materials, and on-site signage.

Aldeia Logo
Aldeia logo lockup, pairing a cabin-and-trees symbol with a calm editorial wordmark.
Aldeia Founders Testimonial
Founder quote card reinforcing the brand’s promise to stay small, intentional, and close to nature.

The outcome

The result was a memorable and cohesive brand identity that clearly differentiates the hotel from its competitors while conveying the same sense of warmth, authenticity, and understated elegance across every guest touchpoint.

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