For owners & developers of eco-stays
We shape the whole place from the ground up — concept, interior, and guest experience — then bring it to life in image and online, with local people as partners from the start.
What we do
Most studios do one piece. We develop the entire idea of your eco-stay and keep it coherent — from the concept and interior to the images and the website — so everything tells the same story. And we build it together with the people who live there.
We develop your eco-stay from the foundation — its character, its spaces and interior, and the guest experience — as one coherent idea, not a list of features. Local makers and hosts join as paid partners from the start, with a say in what they share.
We show the place before it exists: AI visualisation, photography and film — including aerial drone — so you, your investors and your future guests can feel it long before opening day.
We turn the whole idea into a website and digital experience, so guests can feel the place online and booking directly feels natural.
The experience
Scroll through a fictional eco-resort at golden hour: the kind of immersive story we craft so guests feel a place long before it opens.
Take the journey →Selected work
Real places, developed and brought to life. The first is below — more will follow as each stay takes shape.
An interactive map of the stay at golden hour — move across the property to light up each place, from the beachfront tent to the clear kayak.
Explore the stay →One concrete example · fictional
A fictional eco-stay we developed from the ground up — not a real client — to show how the whole idea fits together: concept, interior, guest experience, the local people behind it, and the online story. Select a point to explore.
Fictional concept · illustrative imagery
How we work
A clear rhythm of making and deciding together: I shape each stage, you steer it.
Together we share the place, the goals, and the constraints.
I develop the concept, the layout, and the guest experience.
I create the visualisations and the story — stills, film and aerial drone.
I build the website and hand over the complete presentation.
About Ilse
Ilse Tanis works where hospitality, design, and storytelling meet — drawn to small places that want to do right by both people and nature.
She believes the difference between a nice stay and an unforgettable one lives in the details most places overlook. The studio exists to design those details, and to make them visible.
Guided by freedom, creativity, and discovery.
Let's talk
Start a conversation, or ask about a portfolio pilot — a collaborative project at a reduced scope, in exchange for a case study.
Start a conversationPrefer email? ils-tanis@hotmail.com