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Tide & Timber

A website study for a cabin retreat. It tests accommodation comparison, local experiences and booking.

Tide and Timber homepage with a misty forest landscape and retreat introduction.
Platform
Web
Disciplines
UX/UI design · Web design · Art direction
Tools
Figma · Webflow · Photoshop
Project
Self-directed concept

01 · Challenge

The design problem.

How can a retreat website make accommodation discovery useful without losing the emotional pull of the landscape?

02 · Objectives

What I wanted to achieve.

  1. 01Use the landscape to explain the setting.
  2. 02Make cabin details easy to compare.
  3. 03Connect each activity to its location.
  4. 04Keep the booking route clear.

03 · Design direction

A clear visual point of view.

Forest green, misty blue-grey, cream and warm wood create a cinematic but grounded retreat language. A Piazzolla-inspired serif introduces a slower rhythm, while large landscape and cabin images carry most of the story.

Design principles

  1. 01Show the landscape first
  2. 02Use nature as the main visual content
  3. 03Keep each section focused
  4. 04Use colours and textures from the setting
  5. 05Use space to separate information

04 · Final design

Selected direction

Tide & Timber — selected direction
Complete Tide and Timber homepage presenting the retreat, cabins, experiences and booking.

Earlier directions

Two quieter routes explored before the selected direction.

Concept 1

Tide & Timber — concept 1
First tide and timber design direction.

Concept 2

Tide & Timber — concept 2
Second tide and timber design direction.

05 · Reflection

What stayed with me.

This study reinforced that travel design needs both longing and orientation. The landscape creates the desire to stay; the cabin structure makes that desire actionable. If extended, I would develop availability, seasonal comparison and a quieter step-by-step booking flow.

06 · What I explored

The threads inside the work.

  • Travel stories
  • Cabin comparison
  • Landscape-led experience design
  • Responsive booking information