Emanuel Cohen

Creative Director · Founder

4 articles · May 2020Jun 2025

Studios:JulyAs We ProceedAWP (As We Proceed)

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  • We set out to create a brand that felt dreamy yet grounded, playful but not childish, with just enough edge to appeal to students and city explorers looking for an affordable but meaningful stay.
  • Together, these typefaces create a dynamic typographic voice – part editorial, part street-smart – that mirrors the hybrid personality of Hotel Clouds – relaxed, affordable, and practical.
  • Through a combination of nostalgic references, modern playful elements, and the poetic imagery of clouds and daydreams, we crafted a visual language that invites guests to feel at home while sparking their sense of adventure.
  • Translating Elsewhere brand’s narrative of wanderlust and discovery into visual and tangible elements presented us with an amazing opportunity to explore the intersection of scent, memory and visual triggers.
  • Teeth, roots, bones, strings and pointy tools; we came up with characteristics that illustrate these aspects and translates them typographically – through fragility, growth, morphology, transformation, intricacy, detail and craft.
  • We immediately found that it could feel young and gritty, while conveying a sense of confidence and establishment.
  • All pale tones are slightly warmed up, while the faded black brings that genuine print and carbon paper kind of feeling.
  • Motivation comes naturally when you’re ‘surrounded’ by the right people.

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