Stayy with Hostmaker - More than a guest-ready brand

  • Mitch Walker
  • Carmen De Marco
  • Ariadna Romeu
  • Veerle Evens
  • Rémi Lefèvre

Development of Stayy with Hostmaker brand strategy and visual identity, the Hostmaker's home-sharing booking platform. A unique booking platform as guests can book for any length of stay in our homes - short, mid and long.

Translating the brand concept to a Flexible Visual Identity System

We focus on creating a brand that transmits the ideal balance between "home" and "away", the adventurous travel spirit but the cosiness that a home gives you. We spent some weeks knowing better our users and developing different visual ways to represent it.
After a lot of work, we finally went for a neo-vintage aesthetic and developed a flexible visual identity​ -​based on a code system, form on colours and icons (that easily can be converted into city patterns)​-​, to allow the brand to liquidity adapt to different countries, formats and people.
The fix elements (logo, primary colours, photography) transmit​ed​ Hostmaker international hospitality expertise, while the variable elements (secondary colours and icons/patterns) make the local discovery ​feeling.
We match Recoleta, a new take on old-style serif font, with a timeless blue marine and a cream white, adding vibrancy with our funky colour palette and discovery with local icons that discover local jewels and traditions.