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SHOWCASE
Design challenge

PAUL DALY

MUNRO MANTRA

A website for a next-level health spa in the Scottish Highlands

Munro Mantra is a health spa that provides

guests with an escape from everyday life

and the opportunity to reconnect with nature

and with themselves. Guests have the

opportunity to practice yoga, relax in natural

pools, unwind with spa treatments and enjoy

locally sourced food and beverages, all in the

idyllic setting of the Scottish Highlands.

With Munro Mantra, the goal is to create a

place guests can rejuvenate their spirits and

achieve wellness in wilderness. I was inspired

by the rugged beauty and sense of adventure

associated with a Scottish Munro and wanted to

juxtapose this with the peace of a traditional spa.

Throughout the design, I have used purposeful

white space combined with the illusion of a

broken-grid layout to further emphasise the

contrast between the spa and its surroundings.

Ultimately, my aim was for the user to feel

transported to the foot of a Munro.

CLOSE UP

(1) The main navigation has been kept deliberately

simple and focuses on the key USPs of the health

spa: The Mission, The Location and The Experience.

Additionally, the primary call-to-action, Book Your

Retreat, has been given particular focus in the top-right

corner of the design. (2) There is an animated hero-

banner that fills the viewport across all screen sizes.

The banner will have two states: the first is captured in

the visuals and is focused toward wellness. A second

banner will switch this around and focus on wilderness

and reconnecting with nature. (3) A subtle cue in the

bottom-left corner of the banner informs users that

there is more content available below the fold. (4)

A simple topographic map of the area is used in the

background to offer further balance. Although contour

lines represent the rugged nature of the surrounding

landscape, their flowing, curved form only further

emphasise the idea of achieving wellness in wilderness.

MY MONTH

What have you been

working on/doing

this month? Adding

the final touches to a

website for a US-based

research organisation,

some redesigns for

Ministry of Sound and

a variety of updates to

our own products.

Which two websites

have you visited for

inspiration? unsplash.

com and archdaily.com

What have you been

watching? Lots of

Seinfeld and the latest

series of the amazing

Inside No. 9.

What have you been

listening to? King

Gizzard and the Lizard

Wizard but the latest

LCD Soundsystem

album has been on

repeat, too.

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