Hand-blown glass pendants float beneath the original concrete waffle slab in Modea's garden-level lobby.

Avalon, a full-service real estate development and management company with over $1 billion of real estate experience across Hawaii, recruited us to refine the Brand Identity and create sales collateral for a project focused on continued revitalization of Downtown Honolulu: Modea. Formerly known as the Davies Pacific Center, this commercial-turned-residential space has the sophistication of New York, LA, Tokyo, and Seoul. Residents can enjoy not only the incredible natural surroundings the area provides, but experience Hawaii's art, culture, and Michelin-starred dining scene.


The team came to us to create a refined brand identity and comprehensive sales collateral for their commercial-to-residential conversion, reflecting the sophistication of cosmopolitan living while honoring the natural beauty and cultural richness of Hawaii.

From there, we needed to establish a visual language that could communicate urban luxury and tropical ease in equal measure. We then needed to extend that identity across every touchpoint — from website and newsletters to business cards and window clings — creating a cohesive sales ecosystem for prospective residents.

Project developed at Craft & Root.

Project Objective

  • Brand Repositioning
  • Brand Operations

Services

  • Visual Identity
  • Digital Experiences
  • Physical Brand Touchpoints

Project Outcomes

  • Established a Brand for Cultural Resonance
  • Created a Mechanism for Operations

First, we needed to define and codify a brand position that married urban sophistication with tropical ease, translating that duality into both words and visuals for a discerning residential audience.

We did so by creating an elevated identity system with refined typography, warm yet sophisticated color palettes, and structured layouts that extend across websites, newsletters, business cards, and window clings — every touchpoint designed to communicate luxury, culture, and the promise of having it all.

Modea's desktop homepage hero with the full navigation and the headline Downtown Living Reimagined over the tagline Be a part of the transformation of an icon and rebirth of a neighborhood, above a Register button.
A rendering of Modea's lobby lounge, with a cascade of hand-blown glass pendants beneath a wood slat ceiling, teal lounge chairs, planters of tropical greenery, and floor-to-ceiling glass opening to a garden terrace.
A Modea section on a black background opening with Bold. Vibrant. Sophisticated. and describing 354 high-rise studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom residences with ocean, mountain, and city views, beside an Explore the Building button.
A Modea section on a cream background titled Welcome To Modea, describing the Davies Pacific Center rebuilt from the inside out for the way you live, work, and play today, with the tower framed in an arch beside oversized BUILDING typography and numbered tabs for Building, Amenities, Residences, and Neighborhood.
A Modea The Area section overlaying a cream map of Downtown Honolulu with gold location pins, numbered carousel arrows, and an Aloha Tower photo captioned Hawaii Pacific University, 2 min away.
A Modea Our Mission section pairing oversized cream typography with text on Avalon's 24 years headquartered in Downtown Honolulu, beside a groundbreaking photo of the team holding shovels.
A Modea Gallery carousel beneath oversized cream type, showing the lobby reception with MODEA signage flanked by abstract artwork and an outdoor BBQ, with amenity tabs from fitness room to game room and the caption Friendly staff and expansive amenities.
A Modea contact section on a black background, with a Contact us for an appointment form beside the Sales Gallery address at Davies Pacific Center, 841 Bishop Street, Ground Floor Lobby Level, open daily 10am to 6pm.
A Modea social section titled Paradise Found with the tagline Explore Hawaiian Hideaway, showing four Instagram photos including Iolani Palace, the Hotel and River Street signs, a couple beneath a theater marquee, and the Hawaii Theatre neon sign, above a Follow Us button.
The Modea footer section featuring quick links like: Home, Building amenities, etc. A sign-up for the newsletter section, Terms and conditions, Privacy policy and Website signature.
A Modea Coming Soon webpage featuring a lush courtyard rendering of the tower, with a registration form inviting early interest in Hawaii's first office-to-residential conversion.
Three Modea mobile webpage screenshots on a dark background, showing the Downtown Living Reimagined homepage with abstract artwork, a 2 bedroom 2 bath residence at $800,000, and sales agent Michael Donlin's contact card with a Where to Find Us map of Downtown Honolulu.
A matte black business card with a debossed Modea wordmark, resting on a dark surface, showing the sales agent's name, license number, and Sales Gallery address at 841 Bishop Street.
A trifold brochure on top of a dark background depicting Modea's story: a 22-story icon reborn into 352 residences, where downtown Honolulu meets ocean, city, and mountain views.

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