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Identity MTS Travel

Advertised product

MTS Travel

idea

MTS Travel – a digital service for hotel booking. The main challenge for the new visual style was to distinguish itself from competitors and show that MTS Travel is not one more product about travelling, like a travel agent, but a digital hotel booking service. We solved this task with the MTS team when developing the new style. The key theme of the concept became the idea of "portals" that transport users to new places. The scenes within the portals and in the background complement each other and create a cohesive image. On the one hand, they clearly show a location from the travelling world and, on the other hand, keep the focus on the emotion. The control buttons, from the main style of the ecosystem, serve as an interface that enables interactions with portals. MTS Travel control buttons, unlike the ecosystem ones, can be grouped into large accentual compositions and become a part of a story. The yellow and blue colour palette refers to the bright safety colours of travel gear, but at the same time, it contrasts with the shades of natural locations, which appear in the photographic style. Additionally, we have developed colour correction guidelines to emphasise this contrast. At the core of the 3D graphics concept lies the idea of harmony between the digital world and nature. We associate the basic soft textures with travelling and a comfy sensation, while metal and cold shades serve as a metaphor for technological effectiveness. Ambient lighting and smooth shadows prevail in all scenes, creating an organic feel of reality. The iconography in the layout and interface keeps the connection with the original MTS style. Yet, it considers the service functionality, for example, the ability to select dates, book hotels and purchase tickets. As a result, we have created a style with a user-friendly toolkit, which uses associations to show the emotions we acquire while travelling.