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Sapphire

Homes

Rare homes, made to last a lifetime.

Client
Sapphire Homes
Our role
Visual identity
Art direction
Print & digital
Brand guidelines
Read the brand book
Sapphire Homes villa at dusk, reflected in still water
Quiet luxury, built in stone.

The challenge

Collected, never flashy

A home is the one thing you should never have to think about twice.

Quiet luxury,
built in stone.

Sapphire Homes is a luxury real-estate brand for buyers who value permanence, craft, and quiet confidence over loud opulence. The name evokes a precious stone — rare, enduring, deep, refined. Everything that carries the name should feel collected, never flashy.

The identity brings a gem-inspired mark, deep sapphire and tactile materials together. We carried that language into stationery, campaigns, signage and the moment a home is handed over.

The identity

One family, five roles

The most important asset.

A high-contrast elegant serif with the sapphire star nested in the “A”. Set it large. Give it room. Let it carry the brand. The four-point star is the ownable device — a cut gem’s glint — used once per layout, never as decoration.

The Sapphire Homes lockup

Rare homes,
made to last
a lifetime.

Canela / a voice with restraint

Two families,
one voice.

A high-contrast display serif for expression; a quiet grotesque for everything that must simply be read. One display + one body, max.

CanelaHelvetica Neue

Ivory-heavy, sapphire-deep, gold-rare. 60 space, 30 ink and sapphire, 10 greige and brass.

The identity, in the world

Considered.
Down to the last detail.

From a first impression to a set of keys. A single, quiet language for every encounter.

The sapphire star, explored as a sculptural material signature.
The sapphire star, explored as a sculptural material signature.
Stationery · Deep sapphire, ivory stock and a restrained brass accent.
Stationery · Deep sapphire, ivory stock and a restrained brass accent.
The handover · A keepsake for the beginning of a lifetime.
The handover · A keepsake for the beginning of a lifetime.
The introduction · A tactile identity, at its smallest scale.
The introduction · A tactile identity, at its smallest scale.
Presence, without excess.

The mark scales from a business card to the spaces people move through.

Out of home · One image. One promise.
Out of home · One image. One promise.
Environmental identity · The brand becomes part of the architecture.
Environmental identity · The brand becomes part of the architecture.

The art of
the lasting home.

Natural light, golden or blue hour. Restraint and negative space. Materiality — stone, oak, brass, linen, marble. One muted grade across every image.

  1. Craft

    Materials, detail and finish are the hero.

  2. Permanence

    Built to outlast trends.

  3. Discretion

    Confidence without shouting.

  4. Belonging

    A home, not a property.

Scroll through the world

CraftPermanenceDiscretionBelonging

From a stone
to a system.

A shared design system

Typography, colour, imagery, and rules that carry across the brand book, stationery, signage, and gifting.

A mark with one job

Five lockup roles, one sparkle, clear space equal to the height of the “S”.

A world that stays calm

Magazine-grade, not billboard-grade. Sapphire wins by being the calm one in the room.

Project credits

Identity and brand guidelines by KURO KOKORO for Sapphire Homes.

The complete brand book

Keep turning.

A closer look at the thinking, the system
and every detail that holds it together.

Sapphire Homes — Brand BookBrand guidelines · 52 pages
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