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Research
& Development
We identify opportunities in remote and emerging territories — mapping locations, partners and cultural context to define where and what to build.
Strategic travel design · Worldwide
Designing journeys that don't exist yet
If it's complex, remote or never done before —
that's where we come in.
The whole journey
Design is not what you see. It's what makes everything work together.
We design, build and refine journeys end to end — bringing territory, people, operations and story into one coherent whole.
What we do
From the first question
to the final detail.
We move between strategy and the ground, holding the entire system together.
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Research
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Product &
Journey Design
From concept and structure to storytelling and key moments, we shape how a journey feels — not only what happens.
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Operational Design
& Integration
We align logistics, providers, teams, costing and systems so the idea works seamlessly in reality.
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Assessment &
Performance
We evaluate existing journeys, lodges and experiences to reveal what works, what doesn't and where value can be unlocked.
We don't design isolated pieces.
We design the full system behind them.
How we think
Five principles. One standard.
How we think
- 01Designed by people, for people
- 02Access that creates meaning
- 03Flow over itinerary
- 04Luxury in what you feel, not what you see
- 05Built in reality, not in presentations
Our Clients
Journeys,
made real.
Three routes. One private aircraft. A world connected by design.
Private aviation · The Americas & North Atlantic
Echo Charlie
A private aviation journey aboard a DC-3 — designed for those who have been everywhere and still want to feel something new.
Challenge
To find what still feels untouched in a world that has already seen everything; where the truly wild lacks comfort and the comfortable has lost its edge.
Approach
Design a sequence with rhythm and meaning. Define what cannot be compromised, ground the experience locally and shape every transition to feel effortless.
Outcome
An original journey conceived, developed and ready for sale in under a year — creating desire, loyalty and the need to return.
Product development · Colombia
AmaWaterways
on the Magdalena
Design and launch of a river journey that brings Colombia's history, culture and people back to the center of the experience.
Challenge
Create a luxury river journey with no precedent, in a country shaped by complexity, history and perception. Reimagine the Magdalena as a destination.
Approach
Two years immersed in the territory, working with communities, operators and institutions to connect people, place and story.
Outcome
The first luxury river cruise itineraries on the Magdalena — a new way of experiencing Colombia, rooted in authenticity and cultural depth.
Field notes
“Start by listening.
Then design what the place
was already asking for.”
Every project begins on the ground — meeting people, understanding constraints and noticing the details no presentation can reveal.
Process
A way through
the unknown.
Exploration becomes implementation through a continuous cycle of drawing, visualizing and prototyping.
Explore
& define
Listen and understand the context, ambition and constraints.
Design
Shape the concept, journey, structure and prototype.
Build
Align partners, logistics, people and operating systems.
Run
& refine
Learn from reality and continuously improve the whole.
The studio
We come from
hospitality.
Craftedways is a strategic design and development studio focused on high-end travel and experience. We work at the intersection of vision and reality — where ideas are tested, shaped and made to work.
From hospitare — to welcome. From filoxenía — a deep, genuine care for the stranger. This is where everything begins.
We don't design ideas.
We design journeys that work.
A journey matters
when possibility stays.
Craftedways Foundation works alongside South American communities to expand educational, cultural and economic opportunity — beginning with children and young people along Colombia's Magdalena River.
Talent already lives here
Pinto Talent creates access to music, reading and creative learning in Santa Bárbara de Pinto, helping young people develop the abilities already present in their community.
The territory becomes the classroom
TAO Karakali will bring education, field research and conservation together so young people can investigate the river's biodiversity, water, history and cultural heritage.
Listen before acting
The work begins by understanding local stories, realities and capabilities, then building partnerships that create opportunity from within the territory.
Our Team
The people behind
the journey.
Vision on paper. Experience on the ground. One team carrying both.
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Bruna Fornasier
Co-founder & CEO
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Beno Atan
Co-founder & Managing Director
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Gabriela Cardenas
Operations Coordinator
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Renata Veneri
Journalist & Communications Specialist