Branding a startup that spreads the love of glamping
Glamp is a marketing platform for the lovers of glamping. The term ‘glamping’ is a combination of ‘glamorous’ and ‘camping’. It’s a way of enjoying the great outdoors without sacrificing the luxury and comfort of a hotel. Glamp helps glampsite owners elevate their brands and reach more people.
We set out to create a brand that could disrupt preconceptions of glamping and appeal to a young, eclectic audience.
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“Bence was extremely well organised and knowledgeable, giving his coaching and guidance input to the process to bring the team to a shared understanding of the new brand and an incredible new visual identity. We are very excited about where this can now take us and would very much recommend Brand Purist.”
Mark Merrywest
Founder, CEO of Glamp
Our brief was clear: avoid clichés and visual cues to glamping in the logo and find the right balance between disruption and credibility in the overall design.
The look of the classic VW camper van was mentioned during an earlier chat. This planted the seed for the logotype design. The logo captures a retro, yet timeless feel with an inherent friendly character. The letters can be arranged on one line or two lines which lends itself to different usage, such as app icons.
We took inspiration from glamping pods, tents and yurts to create a set of simplified, abstract shapes. These act as design elements all throughout the different touchpoints. We also used actual illustrations of dwellings and people for icons on the website and on stickers for guerilla marketing concepts.
The colour palette is driven by pink and yellow to break down the outdoorsy stereotype and connect with the urban audience.
Glamp’s essence is captured in their brand book that covers their purpose, values and unique personality. It also contains guidelines for logo, colour and typeface usage to ensure a consistent and memorable representation.
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