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Atelier Sol

A small hotel that takes breakfast seriously.

Sector
Hospitality
Year
2023
Place
Margate
Services
Brand identity, Packaging

Sample content

Atelier Sol logo mark

01 — Brief

What we were asked to do

Atelier Sol was opening twelve rooms and a dining room. They needed an identity that could live on a brass plate, a menu and a jar of house jam.

02 — Studies

Drawing before deciding

Atelier Sol sketch studies STUDIES · NOT A FINAL Concentric circle and quarter-arc. It has to work etched, not only printed.
Concentric circle and quarter-arc. It has to work etched, not only printed.

03 — Identity

The mark we kept

Atelier Sol final identity AtelierSol Syne and Outfit Margate · 2023

A quarter-sun: one circle, one arc, the same geometry we would ask of a wayfinding sign. Warmth without costume. The jam label uses the menu’s type, not a separate “product” face.

04 — Compare

Before and after

The “before” is a sample of an unresolved identity, not a real previous brand.

Atelier Sol after, the resolved identity AtelierSol A small hotel that takes breakfast seriously. AFTER · HOSPITALITY · 2023
Atelier Sol before, an unresolved sample ATELIER SOL EST. QUALITY · BEST · PREMIUM Learn more!!! BEFORE · SAMPLE, NOT A REAL PREVIOUS IDENTITY

Left: before. Right: after.

05 — Applications

In use

Business card
Atelier Sol business card AtelierSol Margate · Sample card HALCYON SAMPLE
Packaging
Atelier Sol packaging AtelierSol Hospitality
Poster
Atelier Sol poster HOSPITALITY · 2023 AtelierSol A small hotel that takes breakfast seriously. MARGATE
Signage
Atelier Sol signage AtelierSol Margate

06 — Palette

Colour

  • Timber#2A211C
  • Sun#E0A84A
  • Clay#8C3A22
  • Linen#FAF6F0
  • Coffee#1C1612

Type

Syne & Outfit

Atelier Sol type pairing, Syne and Outfit Aa Syne Outfit for text A small hotel that takes breakfast seriously. A sharper display face for packaging, signs and anything read in a glance.

A sharper display face for packaging, signs and anything read in a glance.

07 — Results

What changed Sample content

Sample content. In sample feedback, guests called the place clear before they called it pretty.

  • 12 rooms

    One sign system

  • 4 labels

    Share the menu’s type

  • 9 weeks

    Sample project length

Deliverables

  • Identity
  • Brass-plate artwork
  • Menu system
  • Jam and soap labels
  • Room folder
  • Wayfinding typeset