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Design Category
Brand and identity systems design, 2002
Design firm
Liska + Associates, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois)
Collection
(2003) AIGA 365: 24

Description

Hotel 71 is a 450-room Chicago hotel developed to fill the gap between trendy boutique hotels and dull chain lodging. It began as a total renovation of an ordinary business hotel known as the Executive Plaza, which we needed to transform into an extraordinary and memorable experience for both business and leisure travelers. Working closely with hotel management, we developed a dynamic, welcoming and upbeat brand that consistently emphasizes Hotel 71’s core advantages: location, amenities and amazing city views. In creating everything from Hotel 71’s marketing materials and website, to its minibar products, forms and signs, we designed each item to contribute to the brand experience.

Credits
Creative director: Steve Liska
Art directors: Kim Fry, Steve Liska
Designers: Brian Graziano, Hans Krebs, Kristen Merry
Illustrator: Paul Wearing
Photographer: Rodney Oman Bradley
Writers: Ann Marie Gray, Ian Nicholson
Typeface: Franklin Gothic Condensed
Printers: Lake County Press, Yorke Printe Shoppe
Papers: Domtar Titanium, Sappi Strobe Silk
Client: Hotel 71