Case 05 / Real Estate

Sustainable Development Group

Full brand system and listing platform for SDG — logo, type, motion, plus a listing-first website that markets homes, not the brokerage.

Brand system + listing platform· brand · photo · web
Client
Sustainable Development Group
Sector
Real Estate
Year
Location
GTA
Duration
8 weeks
Role
Brand system + listing platform
Services
Brand identity · Web design & build · Photography direction
01 / Overview

The work, in one paragraph.

Full brand system and listing platform for SDG — logo, type, motion, plus a listing-first website that markets homes, not the brokerage.

02 / Challenge

What we walked into.

SDG was competing in a crowded GTA real estate market with a template site and a wordmark that looked like every other brokerage. Listings were the product — but the site was selling the brokerage.

— The reel

Film & photography.

03 / Approach

How we made it.

  1. 01

    Rebuilt the identity around the listing, not the logo — restrained wordmark, editorial type, high-contrast photography direction.

  2. 02

    Designed a listing-first CMS: every home gets its own microsite with film, stills, floor plans and neighbourhood story.

  3. 03

    Wrote the photography playbook agents use on every shoot so the brand stays consistent across dozens of listings a month.

04 / Deliverables

What shipped.

  • ·Brand identity system (logo, type, motion)
  • ·Listing-first website & CMS
  • ·Photography & film direction playbook
05 / Results

The numbers.

2.4×
avg. time-on-listing vs. old site
48h
new listing → live microsite
100%
listings on-brand at launch
Our listings finally look like the homes we're selling, not the brokerage.
Principal, SDG
06 / Credits

Who made it.

Brand & Identity
Studio 65
Web Design & Build
Studio 65
Photography Direction
Studio 65
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