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Concept study · Design-build - Mendocino, CA

Marrow Build

Board-formed concrete on a clifftop, sold on a site that ran the photos through an upscaler.

Marrow Build is an illustrative firm - a concept redesign built to show the approach, not a past client. Your project would be your own work, start to finish.

At a glance

The same firm. One of these is losing them the work.

Current site Koster redesign
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As we found it

Their website, in full - and everything working against them.

marrowbuild.com
  1. 1

    Six typefaces on one screen

    The kicker, the headline, the sub, and the buttons use six different fonts. None of them is theirs.

  2. 2

    Reviews with no name

    “Happy Homeowner, Mendocino.” No name, no project, no way to tell it isn’t invented.

  3. 3

    Photos run through an upscaler

    Every image was pushed through an AI upscaler. Edges smear; the concrete reads like plastic.

What changed

Three decisions, and nothing more than needed.

  1. 01

    The original photography, at full resolution. The upscaler is gone.

  2. 02

    One typeface, set with care. The material does the talking.

  3. 03

    Real reviews - named, dated, and tied to the project they praise.

The redesign

The same firm, built to look like the work.

marrowbuild.com