Context
The compendium brings practical guidance and on-site experiences into the guest room: how to move through the property, use its facilities, and find the right rhythm for a stay.
01 / Hospitality editorial · Resort compendium
The Istana
A guest guide that knows when to be useful—and when to get out of the way.
An A4 in-room compendium for The Istana, organising welcome, wellness, accommodation, and dining into one considered editorial system.
Project overview
Useful information, beautifully placed.
Design response
A restrained A4 system balances quiet typography, warm neutrals, dark photographic dividers, and repeatable information layouts so every section feels part of one place.
- Resort compendiumA4 format
- Guest informationWelcome + orientation
- Wellness facilitiesSpa + biohacking
- Accommodation & yogaStay + activities
- Restaurant & in-roomDining information
01 / Welcome & orientation
A calm beginning, with the essentials close at hand.
A welcome, a map, and the essential rules give guests their bearings before they need to ask.
02 / Wellness facilities
From quiet rituals to active recovery.
Dark image-led dividers and compact information pages make the wellness programme feel like a sequence of experiences rather than a list of services.
03 / Stay & activity
Practical can be considered, too.
Accommodation and yoga are presented with the same editorial rhythm, keeping the information useful without losing the atmosphere of the resort.
04 / Restaurant & in-room
A dining chapter with its own quiet cadence.
The restaurant and in-room pages shift into a lighter menu format while staying connected to the wider compendium through type, spacing, and colour.
Closing page
Every detail, in its place.
A final quiet page completes the compendium and returns the guest to the atmosphere established on the cover.