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Unearthing a new brand identity for MTLA

Mark Bloom, also known as Mash Creative, was recently commissioned by Paul Hutchison at Hype Type Studio to collaborate on the brand identity design, book and website for Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture.

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MTLA brand identity stationery displayed at an angle, featuring white letterheads and business cards with turquoise accents and geometric dot patterns on grey and green backgrounds

MTLA is a full-service landscape architectural firm based in Los Angeles, California. Passionate about how the landscape evolves with time and use, they design exterior spaces that unveil a sense of beauty, accessibility, environmental responsibility and usability.

Nine pages from the MTLA brand identity guidelines showing logo lockups, typography, colour palette, grid systems and photography examples on a grey background
Brand identity system for Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture featuring letterhead and business documents with turquoise and white branding elements
Dark grey cover of Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture's 2013-2014 Residential & Commercial Portfolio with white typography and turquoise MTLA initials in lower left corner
Bright turquoise double-page spread from MTLA's brand identity book with text describing their landscape architecture services and philosophy
Branding book spread for MTLA featuring photographs of contemporary residential streets with modern buildings, landscaping and pedestrian pathways
Open book spread showing a vibrant turquoise swimming pool lined with orange seating areas between modern buildings in an urban landscape
Spread from a design book showing left-hand page with interior retail space featuring plants and lighting, and right-hand page displaying three photographs of outdoor architectural spaces with descriptive text
Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture website displayed on an iMac, showing Manhattan Beach Residence project with a grid of architectural photography and green floor plan overlay
Website pages for Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture showing a luxury swimming pool surrounded by trees above a grid of project photography samples in turquoise and charcoal
Two tablets displaying MTLA's website design, showing portfolio grids on the left and a landscaped pool garden on the right
Three mobile phone screens displaying responsive website pages for Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture, featuring photography, project details and contact information with turquoise accent colour
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