HOTELS · PETIT GAUDÍ

Every detail belongs.

Wayfinding, room pieces and welcome objects made for real hospitality spaces.

Petit Gaudí · Hotels and holiday accommodation

Pieces that belong in their setting

I’m Iván from Petit Gaudí. I design bespoke pieces for hotels and accommodation and take each commission from sketch to production. A door plaque, a guest directory or a piece that gives a reception area its character. Each starts with what it needs to do in that setting.

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Backlit Hola sign at Hostemplo — Backlit ‘Hola’ sign · Hostemplo, Barcelona

01 · Signs and plaques

Identifying a place, from street to guest room

Exterior plaques, door numbers and key rings share the property’s visual identity. At Hostal Girona, engraving on wood connects the entrance with the pieces guests find inside.

Wooden Hostal Girona 1888 plaque — Exterior plaque · Hostal Girona 1888

Number 23 plaque on a door at Hostal Girona — Engraved door number · Hostal Girona

Numbered plaques and wooden key rings at Hostal Girona — Numbered plaques and key rings · Hostal Girona

02 · Guest information

Information where guests need it

I design pieces that help guests find their way, understand a service or get an answer at reception or in their room. At Hostal Girona, the wooden directory and printed sheets share one design. At Hotel Eden Mar, the welcome information is close at hand in the room.

Wooden guest services directory with a printed sheet at Hostal Girona — Wooden guest services directory · Hostal Girona

Guest services directory sheets at Hostal Girona — Detail of the information sheets · Hostal Girona

Wooden Hotel Eden Mar directory on a guest room bed — Guest room directory · Hotel Eden Mar

Everyday pieces for reception

A box shows guests where to return their room card. A tabletop sign gives them the taxi information. These small pieces help guests know what to do at each step.

Tabletop boxes for returning room cards — Tabletop room card return boxes

Tabletop pieces with taxi service information — Tabletop taxi information signs

Tabletop sign at Hostal Girona reception — Tabletop information at reception · Hostal Girona

03 · IN & OUT

IN & OUT, our take on ‘Do not disturb’

Two reversible door hangers, each shown in both positions. Guests turn the piece on the handle to indicate whether they are in or out. The graphics, colours and finish reflect each property’s identity.

Hostemplo

Hostal Girona

04 · Safety signage

Notices guests can recognise at a glance

Colour and pictograms make safety notices recognisable from a distance. The yellow sign marks the area under video surveillance and the connected alarm plaque has a red border.

Connected alarm plaque with an articulated wooden figure — Connected alarm plaque photographed beside a wooden figure

05 · Complex pieces

Pieces that bring light, form and function together

For a one-off piece, I sketch and test how the parts fit together, how it is lit and how it will look in place. At Hostemplo, the café sign combines a cut-out cup with backlighting. At ALMA House, the fountain brings the property’s graphic motif into the entrance hall.

Backlit café sign with a cut-out cup — Backlit café sign · Hostemplo

ALMA House fountain in the entrance hall — Fountain in the entrance hall · ALMA House. Photo by ABAL Places

06 · Materials

Wood, ceramics and other materials

Materials vary with the purpose and the installation site. A translucent plaque works on glass, and a ceramic motif can carry through from a mosaic to a fountain. I also work with aluminium, acrylic or epoxy when the piece calls for it.

Translucent check-in QR plaque mounted on glass — Translucent check-in plaque on glass · Hostemplo

ALMA House floral mosaic on a tray — Floral mosaic · ALMA House. Photo by ABAL Places

Detail of the ALMA House terracotta fountain — Terracotta, tile and brass on the fountain · ALMA House. Photo by ABAL Places

From sketch to finished piece

What does your property need?

We can start with a door, a reception area or an object for the guest rooms. We discuss the setting and the use, agree on materials and finishes, and I coordinate production with the craftspeople the piece calls for.

A photo and measurements of the place where the piece will go.
Its intended use, the quantity and the installation date.

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