Episode
Hotels

Strategy · Identity · Digital

"Brand building for the hotel of the future."

Brand strategy and identity for a new hospitality concept: Episode Hotels, a design-forward hotel group built around the idea that every stay should feel like a chapter worth remembering.

Episode Hotels wordmark in white on dark green

Episode Hotels are building a revolution in hospitality. We partnered with a team of Georgian futurists to create the brand strategy and identity for a minimalist, tech-driven hotel that offers affordable luxury to design-loving travellers.

Episode's brand values and purpose reflected an international focus and scalability: built from the ground up to travel across cities, neighbourhoods, and business ventures.

01 — Brand Strategy

Built to scale across cities and concepts.

Episode's brand values and purpose reflected an international focus and scalability. A straightforward naming framework allows for future expansion into new cities, neighbourhoods, and business ventures.

Episode Hotels brand values: Inclusive, Intelligent, Effortless, HonestEpisode Hotels brand purpose statement on a pale blue background
Render of an Episode Hotels lobby with the logo on a terrazzo wallHotel terrace with a lounge chair, round mirrors and tropical plants
02 — Naming

Every journey is an episode.

The name 'Episode' came from the idea that every traveller tells their own story, with each journey becoming an entry into an ongoing series.

Comms and tone of voice follow the brand values: fresh, relatable and focused on the guest.

Episode Hotels naming framework: Episode Berlin, Episode Riga, Episode Coffee
Episode Hotels billboard posters on a green street wall with a passer-by
03 — Brand Identity

Outlines: a frame for every story.

'Outlines', our identity concept, positions the hotel as a simple frame containing the essentials for every traveller. This frame embodies the brand's storytelling role, surrounding guest's individual narratives, creating a focal point for the world of experiences outside.

Hands marking up printed Episode Hotels identity sheets on a tableDesigner reviewing printed Episode Hotels identity sheets in the studio
Episode Hotels typeface letterforms ABC with notes on contrast, curves and endingsEpisode Hotels website on a laptop with Facilities, Rooms and Café tiles
Episode Hotels bathroom and bedroom interior renders
Episode Hotels letterhead and business cardsEpisode Hotels key card holder with room number 125Episode Hotels door hangers reading I am dirty, I am busy, I am clean
Every traveller tells their own story. Episode is the frame around it.

Episode Hotels is a design-forward hospitality concept built around the idea that every stay should feel like a chapter worth remembering. They came to us at the beginning, brand strategy, identity, and positioning from scratch.

We developed a brand that feels personal without being precious, distinctive without being loud, a visual language built for the era of the design-conscious traveller.

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Year
2019