
Host Douro
Creative Direction
Bruno Soares
Eduardo Rodrigues
Design
Eduardo Rodrigues
João Randmer
Maria Luís Chaves
Web Design
João Jesus
Web Site
Untile
Motion Graphics
João Deus
Copy
Ricardo Barbosa
Event Photography
Álvaro Martino
Adalberto Duarte
João Cruz
Event Videographs
Pedro Pinto
Bruno Couto
Nuno Faria
Production
Farta
Filipa Sousa
Executive Chef
Rui Silva
Services
Creative Direction & Production
Identity Design
Content Strategy & Creation
Space Design
Food & Beverage
Location
The photographs of the speakers and chefs were kindly provided by them. All rights reserved to the respective photographers.
Client
CIM Douro
HOST Douro is an international event born in the heart of the Douro Valley, created with the purpose of exploring new perspectives on hospitality. Under the theme Tomorrow’s Harvest, it opens space for reflection on the future, blending tradition and innovation in a unique territory.
The visual identity was built around a central axis: typographic treatment. Inspired by the idea of a future harvest — growth, transformation, renewal — we developed a living, adaptable typographic system, where letters merge, expand, and interconnect in multiple compositions. A visual metaphor for the natural cycle: organic, in constant motion, and always evolving.
Another key element was the connection to the Douro itself. Color plays a central role here, evoking vitality and contemporaneity, while also reflecting the vibrant energy that defines the region.
The result is an identity that asserts itself through modernity while maintaining an intimate dialogue with the territory. A flexible visual language, adaptable to multiple applications, yet always preserving a constant principle: a future of hospitality rooted in the Douro, but oriented towards tomorrow.