Brand Guideline
GD Smart Builders, Inc.
Location
Sacramento, CA
Brand Designer
Anna Tokarieva
Released
March 2025
Creative Objectives
VELLCO Media, Inc. partnered with GD Smart Builders, Inc. to create a comprehensive brand guideline that reflects the company’s leadership in structural renovation. The goal was to develop a cohesive visual and verbal identity that communicates trust, expertise, and professionalism, ensuring brand consistency across all platforms and communications. Through careful consideration of logo usage, color palettes, typography, and messaging tone, the brand guideline captures GD Smart Builders’ commitment to quality and precision. The result is a flexible yet consistent framework that empowers the company to present a unified and impactful brand image across various marketing materials, client interactions, and digital platforms.
Brand Logo
The GD Smart Building, Inc. logo was designed to symbolize innovation, structural integrity, and modern craftsmanship. Through clean lines, balanced typography, and a smart, minimalistic aesthetic, the logo reflects the company’s core values of precision, trust, and forward-thinking solutions. It serves as a strong visual foundation for the brand, ensuring recognition, consistency, and impact across all platforms.
Color & Material
The GD Smart Builders brand color palette is a powerful blend of strength, precision, and modern vision. Foundation Blue leads as the core tone — a deep, confident blue that conveys expertise, trust, and forward momentum. Industrial Black grounds the identity with a timeless sense of durability, focus, and professional rigor. Pure White introduces clarity, openness, and a sleek contemporary balance, ensuring every design element remains fresh, clean, and approachable.
Foundation Blue
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Pure White
#FFFFFF
Industrial Black
#1A1A1A
Typography
Montserrat
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Nunito
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Impact & Results
The brand guideline development for GD Smart Builders, Inc. resulted in significant improvements across key brand consistency and marketing performance metrics. After the brand guidelines were implemented, GD Smart Builders experienced a 31% increase in brand recognition, as measured by customer feedback and survey responses. The consistent visual and messaging framework led to a 25% increase in social media engagement, with more cohesive and on-brand content resonating better with their audience. Additionally, the company saw a 20% increase in the efficiency of client proposals and project presentations, as the unified brand identity enhanced the professionalism and trustworthiness of their materials. These results demonstrate the brand guidelines’ role in strengthening the company’s market presence and streamlining its brand communication.
Brand Recognition
Social Media Engagement
Efficiency of Client Proposals
“Working with VELLCO Media to develop our brand guidelines has been a transformative experience for GD Smart Builders. The process not only helped us define a clear and cohesive visual identity, but it also elevated our brand’s presence across all platforms. The new guidelines have streamlined our marketing materials and client communications, ensuring consistency and professionalism in everything we do. We’ve seen noticeable improvements in brand recognition, client engagement, and proposal success rates.”
Gregory VelidchenkoFounder, GD Smart Builders, Inc.


