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ARCA Resort

Creating a truly authentic brand universe.

  • Tourism, Food & Beverages
  • Blăgești, Bacău
  • Brand architecture, branding, design, packaging, signage, UI, web development

A fish farm with big dreams

ARCA began as a fish farm and grew into a retreat for people escaping the urban hustle: ponds and a pontoon, Lotca, a fishermen's restaurant, Tiny Houses and Lotca Rooms, Foliage for weddings and events, and a wide portfolio of premium, fresh fish-based foods.

A family business with the vision, and the patience, to build one of the most special brands in the country, in a highly competitive market.

The ARCA ponds at dusk
A lifebuoy on the railing by the pond
The ponds at Blăgești, Bacău.

“We took nature as our accomplice and built a resort-destination together.”

ARCA, on its website

One house, many brands

We built a complex brand architecture with fertile ground for extensions: ARCA at the top, and a family of sub-brands around it, Lotca, Foliage, Tiny Houses, Play and more, so every new product or venue can launch under the same roof.

One architecture a master brand and the family of sub-brands around it Drop for more
Branding& Design

The thin ARCA lettering at the top, a family of sub-brands below it, each with its own colour and type, and guidelines that keep them related. Then the details guests touch: menus, placemats, table cards, badges and signs.

  • Brand architecture
  • Brand strategy
  • Logo family
  • Colour system
  • Brand guidelines
  • Menus
  • Signage
  • Stationery
The ARCA brand family: Lotca, Play, Foliage, Tiny Houses and more
The ARCA totem sign listing its venues
The brand family, and the totem that brings it together at the gate
ARCA brand book open on a table
Brand book spread with the colour palette
Brand guidelines

Lotcaby ARCA

A green leather placemat embossed with Lotca
A green Lotca menu cover
Reserved table cards on ceramic holders
A Lotca by ARCA menu in hand
An open menu with the starters
The Lotca wordmark above the kitchen pass
Pink name badges
A wooden table number with a menu QR code
A wooden Lotca block
A Foliage table sign in wood
Lotca, the fishermen's restaurant: placemats, menus, table cards, badges and the kitchen
Soft opening menu and a printed brochure
ARCA printed materials spread on a table
Print for the opening
ProductDesign

Packaging for the products that carry ARCA's name: caviar tins, jars, smoked-fish trays and a delivery van, plus the resort's website.

  • Packaging design
  • Caviar tins
  • Jar labels
  • Skin trays
  • Vehicle livery
  • Website UI
  • Web development
ARCA Caviar Gold Imperial and Imperial tins
ARCA Imperial caviar tins on a dark surface
ARCA Caviar, Gold Imperial and Imperial, in navy and burgundy
Caviar tins in purple and pink
Six navy Gold Imperial tins
Caviar tins in black, burgundy and copper
Caviar tins, front and back
Two caviar tins from above
Imperial and Gold Imperial tins side by side
The same tin, explored across colours and finishes before the final line-up
Jars of fish zacuscă from Blăgești
Kraft skin trays for smoked fish
Jars and skin trays for the smoked fish
The ARCA delivery van with giant jars along its side
The back of the ARCA van
The delivery van as a moving shelf

Thewebsite

The arca-resort.ro homepage, scrolling
The arca-resort.ro homepage on a phone, scrolling
arca-resort.ro: the restaurant, the stays, the events and the experiences.
Visit arca-resort.ro

A brand architecture with fertile potential for extensions and new launches, giving ARCA the flexibility it needed in a highly competitive market.

ARCA from above, at sunset over the ponds
Visit arca-resort.ro

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