Michael Pitzer (Art & Design)

Montaña Vista Estates

Branding & Local Marketing

The assignment for Montaña Vista Estates, was to develop the entire brand standards and marketing for this 7-acre, 19 custom home sites development offering Downtown Phoenix and local mountain views.

As part of the branding assignment, I conducted competitive branding & marketing research of other local higher end developments. This lead me to create the beautiful, 3-dimensional logo of using a Giant Silver Dollar Cactus into a stone block. Below the chosen logo are some of the explorations I presented to Brad Reynolds and Joe Campbell of Quantum Development.

  • Quantum Development
  • Montaña Vista Estates
  • Michael Pitzer (Art & Design)
  • Michael Pitzer
  • Michael Pitzer
  • Michael Pitzer
  • 2006 - 2008
Montaña Vista Estates logo
Montaña Vista Estates floor logo development 1
Montaña Vista Estates floor logo development 2
As the project progressed, Brad and Joe had me develop an updated color palette for the Montaña Vista development. The hope was to push the use of desert colors schemes and accent colors beyond the traditional color palettes in vogue in the Phoenix new home market at that time. Along with the color assignment, I was also asked to create a naming approach for the Montaña Vista Estates models.

Montaña Vista Estates floor plans and elevation 1
Montaña Vista Estates floor plans and elevation 2
Montaña Vista Estates floor plans and elevation 3
The positioning line I created for Montaña Vista was "Minutes Away. Worlds Apart." This was based on the fact that the development was about 10 minutes from Downtown Phoenix, but Quantum Development was also taking a non-traditional approach to their gated community, unlike other local developers.

Montaña Vista Estates outdoor
My website design featured highly tuned SEO meta descriptions along with maximized html for increased search and Google rankings.

Montaña Vista Estates website
Entry gate designs created by Michael Pitzer for the Montaña Vista Estates project. The lower left was the chosen design which was then produced by local artisans.

Montaña Vista Estates gate designs