Urbany Hostels Project hero image — signage system spread, or real hostel photography

Urbany Hostels

Building A Language From Nothing

I was handed a logo, a rough color direction and a brief — and asked to build everything else the brand would need to actually exist in the world, across two Barcelona properties. I developed an illustration style from close to nothing, a signage system spanning rooftop, elevator, exterior and pool-rules signage, menu design, and poster work — all documented in a brand guidelines manual so the system could scale without me in the room.

Branding Creative Direction

Illustration System • Signage Design

Brand Guidelines • Menu & Poster Design

Visual Identity • Creative Direction

Identity manual cover Identity manual cover

The kind of longevity that's rare in branding:

Still running today.

Color and typography system Color + typography system
Illustration style spread Illustration style — the assets developed from near-nothing
Signage suite Signage suite — rooftop, exterior elevator, interior elevator, pool rules
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