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Luxury Boutique Resort

Amaris

2026 · Concept
A linen-dressed bed at dusk with a softly lit lamp on a wooden bedside table

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The brief

NŌA Studio

A fifty-room boutique resort designed as a private world — slow, quiet, and yours alone.

Amaris is a luxury boutique resort concept built for guests who travel to disappear. Fifty rooms. A personal butler for every stay. Private villas folded into the landscape, opening to the ocean rather than performing for it. NŌA shaped the brand from the ground up — name, positioning, voice, identity, and the full guest experience. Drawing from Aman, Nihi, and the quiet hospitality of small Japanese ryokans, Amaris is less a destination and more a retreat: a place where service is felt rather than seen, where the days lose their shape, and where luxury is measured in privacy, quiet, and time.

Scope
  • Brand strategy
  • Naming
  • Visual identity
  • Creative direction
  • Guest experience
  • Photography direction
  • Copywriting
  • Web design
What we made
  1. 01

    The world

    A hospitality brand shaped by privacy, ritual, and the unhurried rhythm of the day — closer to a private home than a hotel, with a tone of quiet devotion across every touchpoint.

  2. 02

    The stay

    Fifty rooms, a butler for every guest, and an experience designed around presence: arrival without a lobby, mornings without a schedule, and service that moves a step ahead without ever being seen.

  3. 03

    The brand

    Identity, photography, voice, and digital brought into one coherent atmosphere — so the brochure, the booking flow, and the moment the door closes behind you all feel like the same room.

Selected frames

A small visual edit
A guest drawing back sheer linen curtains to the ocean and palms beyond
A softly lit suite at dusk with rumpled linen sheets and warm plaster walls
A travertine reception desk with a single brass bell, lit by a quiet arc of light
A guest in a linen robe at the window, palms and warm light beyond
A hand resting on washed linen sheets in low evening light
A set table for two in the resort dining room, glassware lit by late afternoon sun