youare.in.residence

We don’t visit. We immerse. We build.
And we leave you with something lasting.

We arrive as both insiders and outsiders: a designer and an art coach, but also people who live exactly the kind of life your guests aspire to. We see your space through a guest’s eyes and build it with a professional’s hands.

We bring a designer’s precision to your visual world, a coach’s understanding of what makes people feel they belong, and the perspective of those who know — from the inside — what draws someone back to a place, again and again.

What we deliver

A 2–4 week creative residency where we work from inside your property. We spend time with your guests, your team, and your space — then design and deliver the brand identity, visual materials, and guest experience programme your property needs to grow. Every residency is scoped specifically to you.

When the season peaks, you don’t need to worry about most of the things, because everything is ready.

What that might look like

Every residency is tailored. Depending on what your place needs, we might:

Design the visual side of your restaurant or café: menus, signage, packaging, merch, social media presence
Paint an original dotpic mural in your patio, lobby, or café — a permanent piece of art guests photograph and share
Build a community experience around what your guests are passionate about, and create the recurring event they keep coming back for

Sometimes it's all three. Sometimes it's something else entirely. We show up, we listen, we build what's needed.

How It Works

Our work

youare.agency is a creative studio
by Rita Pater and Miguel Mota Carmo.
It's a home to Carmo Alento
and Rootz Design Studio.