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Notes from a working
studio. Not a deck.

What this is

A live archive of fragments. Wordmarks, color studies, type lockups, UI sketches, app screens, postcards, and the quiet stuff that fills a studio's working week. Brand, web, social, print. We ship across all of it. Real case studies land summer 2026. Until then this is the room. Not the highlight reel.

An honest note. We launched the studio this year. Most of our paid work right now is under NDA or pre-launch. The tiles below are real studio output: explorations, drafts, sketches, and small artifacts. The first full case studies publish summer 2026. Read our weekly studies →
42 showing
Halloran
& Co.
Wordmark study · serif/italic№ 01
Palette · Bone & Burnt№ 02
For Sale
by appointment.
HAPPY TIMES · APFEL GROTEZK · 64/24
Type pairing · for-sale lockup№ 03
No.
002
The unbothered agentbrand exploration · draft
April 2026
Brand sketch · The Unbothered Agent№ 04
Listing kit · cover№ 24 / Halloran & Co.
For Sale · By appointment
3122 Bayshore Dr.
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
7Beds
8·2Baths
9,420Sq Ft
.62Acres
Listing kit · cover sheet№ 05
"If your brand is working hard enough, your competition gets tired first."
Working belief · pull quote№ 06
USA F Forever
Hi, neighbor.
Spring's moving fast on the east side. Three closed, four pending in 90 days. If you've been wondering what your house is worth right now, ask me. No pitch.
Block Note № 3Spring 2026 · Laurel Oaks
Farming postcard · spring№ 07
Monogram studies · four№ 08
№ 24 Hi,
neighbor.
3122 Bayshore
Mar · 14 Open house
Sat 11–1.
418 Hibiscus
Sold quietly Closed in 17 days. No drama.
Block note №2 What the headlines missed.
Q1 market Quietly up.
Sat coffee
Coming soon A quiet 4-bed.
Instagram grid · 30-day plan№ 09
HEADLINEHAPPY TIMES 96
DECKHAPPY TIMES IT. 24
BODYAPFEL GROTEZK 16
MICROAPFEL BRUKT 11
Type system · v0.3№ 10
Coastal warmsand · driftwood · ocean · apricot
Palette · Coastal warm№ 11
1.4 avg. monthly listing posts
from the top-decile agents we studied
Stat block · Study № 002№ 12
Quietly ambitious. Loudly considered.
Tagline study · v4№ 13
Highlights. 3122 Bayshore
Bedrooms7
Bathrooms8 full · 2 half
Interior9,420 sf
Lot0.62 ac
Built / renovated1962 / 2022
Water frontage120 ft, no fixed bridge
PoolSaltwater · resurfaced
Garage2-bay + lift
PriceAvailable on request
Listing kit · specs page№ 14
Single-letter mark · R serif construction№ 15
"Stop redesigning. Repeat better."
Studio belief · № 003№ 16
USA F
Sold, quietly.
3122 Bayshore went under contract this month. We didn't post about it. Here's the note we sent the neighbors instead.
Closing cardMay 2026 · Coconut Grove
Closing card · sold№ 17
Agent wordmark Draft v2
Maya R. Halloran.
Happy Times · italic Mar 2026
Agent name lockup · Halloran№ 18
Monochrome warmfive-step ink → cream
Palette · Monochrome warm№ 19
12.
Touchpoints in a yearemail · postcard · social · listing · open · close · refer · review · gift · anniversary · holiday · birthday
Touchpoint calendar · v1№ 20
A studio of two. We do the work ourselves.
Studio tagline · used№ 21
Halloran
& Reyes.
Two-name team mark · draft№ 22
January 2026 · Announcement
A new agent.
Different last name.
Same neighborhood. Same standards.
— Maya R. Halloran Halloran & Co.
USA F
Introduction card · roster change№ 23
cabrera.co ···
Open
house
Saturday
11–1.
3122 Bayshore · 87 likes 2h
Single-post · open house№ 24
78% recall after four
consistent touchpoints
Stat tile · brand consistency№ 25
The Quiet List · № 04 · May 2026
Notice
the room.
Not the listing.
Five rooms in five Coral Gables homes. What they show you about how the place was built, lived in, and lit. Read inside →
Working title · draft Halloran & Co.
Newsletter cover · The Quiet List№ 26
Paper & oliveparchment · forest · brass · oxblood
Palette · Paper & olive№ 27
"The difference between a good agent and a great one is rarely the listing. It's how everything around the listing feels."
Studio belief · house quote№ 28
Two Cool · circular mark№ 29
Front cover
A property by Halloran & Co.
418
Hibiscus Ln.
Coconut Grove · 33133
3 BD · 2 BA · 1,820 sf Open Sat · 11–1
Bifold · printed · 5 × 7
Property brochure · bifold№ 30
cabrera.co ···
Local guide · № 12
Where to eat after a Saturday open house.
Coconut Grove · spring 2026
01 Lulu in the Grove 10 min walk
02 Greenstreet Cafe brunch
03 Bombay Darbar small spot
04 Glass & Vine date night
05 Panther Coffee to go
→ save for after the showing
Saved 234 times Local guide
Local guide post · neighborhood№ 31
Show up looking like nobody else.
House line · studio№ 32
CAPTION GRIDv0.2
SHORT≤ 60ch
MEDIUM120–180ch
STORY3 paragraphs
Caption system · sketch№ 33
US Postage
PAID
Permit 142
Q1 · 2026 · Market note
Q1, quietly.
Coconut Grove had a quiet quarter. No drama. Quiet houses, quiet buyers. The opposite of what the headlines say.
14
Closed
$4.2M
Avg sale
96%
List-to-sale
Halloran & Co. · Quarterly note Mailed to 870 homes
Quarterly market note · direct mail№ 34
h.
Single-letter mark · h. lowercase italic№ 35
3122bayshore.com
3122 Bayshore GalleryStoryNeighborhoodVisit
3122 Bayshore Dr.
Coconut Grove.
7 BD8·2 BA9,420 SF.62 AC
A single-property microsite, built in a week on the brand kit. Five sections: gallery, story, neighborhood, agent, and a real "schedule a visit" form.
Property microsite · 3122 Bayshore№ 36
9:41
My listings · 4 active
Today, in Coconut Grove.
All For sale Pending Sold
Open Sat
418 Hibiscus Ln. $1.45M
3 BD · 2 BA · 1,820 sf
New
22 Brickell Bay $895K
2 BD · 2 BA · 1,140 sf
Agent app · today view№ 37
/* Brand tokens · v3 */ --cream: #F4EEE0; --ink: #1C1B1A; --pistachio: #C8DA93; --apricot: #E89B6F; --serif: Happy Times; --sans: Apfel Grotezk;
Tokens shipped to Figma + codesame names, same source
Design tokens · source of truth№ 38
Search by neighborhood, price, beds…
For sale For rent New Open Sat Pool Waterfront
UI kit · search & filter№ 39
Pipeline · this quarter Jan — Mar 2026
14 Open ↑ 4 / 30d
$4.2M Avg sale ↑ 7%
96% List-to-sale ↑ 2pp
Conversations / week
Wk 1Wk 4Wk 8Wk 12
Dashboard · pipeline + conversations№ 40
Homepage IA · v0.2
Hero · listing of the weekA
Grove
Gables
Pinecrest
B
Inline newsletter signupC
Recent press · shouts · featuresD
Footer · contact · social · ©
Halloran & Co. sitestructure before any pixels
Information architecture · sketch№ 41
More on the way. Every Wednesday.
Field Notes № 43 →publishes next Wednesday
Coming up · subscribe№ 42
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