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Dark luxury, full-bleed photography

Montclair home page, desktop view

Overview

A near-black site for a luxury estate specialist. One full-bleed photograph opens the page with a Buy, Rent and Off-market search built into it, and the rest is a collection, a strip of sold homes, market figures and a buyers and sellers split.

What is on the page

  • Search bar with Buy, Rent and Off-market tabs sits on the first screen
  • Estate collection cards plus a scrolling strip of recently sold homes
  • Properties index with Collection, Sold and Off-market tabs, grid and map views, and market, price and bedroom filters
  • Separate pages for client reviews and written market notes

Color and type

  • Ink#0A0A0A
  • Surface#161616
  • Lime#DCFC74
  • White#FFFFFF
  • Coral#E68884
Headlines and interface
Inter
Italic accent
Playfair Display

Design decisions

  • One loud color, used for actions only

    Lime is kept for buttons, filters and small labels. On a page this dark, that makes the next step obvious without a second accent competing for attention.

  • Serif italics for the human words

    Each headline pairs heavy sans capitals with one italic Playfair phrase, as in “A considered Practice.” It gives the page a voice without adding a color.

  • Photography carries the page

    Every page opens on a full-width property photo under a dark gradient, so white type stays readable. Below it the page goes flat black and lets the listing images supply the color.

The same site at laptop width and at phone width, captured from the live demo.

Montclair properties page, desktop view
Properties page
Montclair home page, phone view
Home page on a phone
Montclair about page, desktop view
About page

The full home page in one long capture, moving as you scroll.

The full Montclair home page from header to footer

Next project

Loud orange, editorial type

  • Bold
  • Editorial
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