EPICURIAN HOUSE
A stay with sensory hospitality.
Travel makes memories. Maybe that’s because memories are so deeply linked to the senses. This was the insight that inspired our latest hospitality concept, Epicurian House, a multi-city, boutique hotel concept designed to create lasting memories by catering to and pampering the five senses. Don’t just enjoy your stay, experience it on a whole new level at Epicurian House.
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The Epicurian Key is our logo that is a direct invitation for guests to unlock their ideal sensory experience.
Though the overall market size of the boutique hotels industry has declined slightly over the past five years, it’s projected to grow by as much as 36.1% in 2022. The pandemic is largely over, and after two years of scaled back social lives and limited travel, people are more eager than ever to get out there and experience something beyond ordinary.
Small, independent boutique hotels are uniquely positioned to deliver the unexpected. Smaller chains such as Soho House and Ace Hotels have done an excellent job of offering travelers a trendy alternative to the luxurious, but cookie cutter hotel format of larger chains such as Hilton, but we wanted to take that sense of wonder and luxury further by offering delight beyond the visual.
The name of this new chain needed to be evocative of the experience it was designed to create. To be “epicurean” means being “fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures. Having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.”
Our team identified the term as a near-perfect fit. Even beyond the definition, we liked that the word began with “epic,” was easy to say, and had an heir of refinement. To dial up the term's ownability and uniqueness, we swapped out the second “e” for an “i” and followed it up with “House” to speak to the hotel’s small, intimate, boutique origins.
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Next, we needed a logo that would visually bring the luxury and indulgence of the Epicurian House experience to life. The logo comprises ligatures and a sophisticated typeface that conveys a feeling of personality and style. Whereas “epicurian” is displayed in an elegant serif font, “house” takes on a sans serif in a subtle nod to the brand’s overall typographic style that also speaks to the concept of variety.
The the dots above the “i” in “Epicurian” have also been customized to take on a pentagon shape, with sides of varying length, to evoke the five senses and the unexpected experiences one can expect to find throughout their stay. In larger formats and photography, the pentagonal tittle is meant to represent a keyhole through which someone can catch a glimpse of the secrets Epicurian House has in store, secrets that can be unlocked with our mark/monogram.
Like all successful modern brands, we also wanted to create a mark that could thrive in the digital space. The custom EH monogram doubles as a key, alluding to the hospitality experience and the idea that Epicurian House is your key to unlocking a whole new world of luxury and enjoyment. The mark can also be animated and varies in size depending on the channel and context it’s presented in.
Beyond our word marks, the brand’s typography is intentionally eclectic, playing to a variety of type styles and weights. This, of course, continues to build on our story of experiencing the unexpected throughout your stay.
Overall, the visuals of Epicurian House are intended to make you feel something before you even enter one of our hotels. They’re meant to spark feelings of wonder, curiosity, refinement, and intrigue for what a sensory hotel might have in store.
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