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BrandsArchitecture / Interiors

Studio Lumen

A portfolio that lets the work speak — and gets serious inquiries instead of noise.

Editorial portfolio site + considered project storytelling + tuned for high-intent project inquiries.

studiolumen.co
Studio Lumen
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Selected Works

Quiet light. Considered space.

An architecture and interiors studio working across residential and hospitality.

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Halcyon Residence
Big Sur, CA
Northpoint Hotel
Portland, OR
Maple & Vine
Austin, TX
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Selected Works

Quiet light. Considered space.

An architecture and interiors studio working across residential and hospitality.

View ProjectsLearn More
Halcyon Residence
Big Sur, CA
Northpoint Hotel
Portland, OR
Maple & Vine
Austin, TX
— Overview

The brief, in plain English.

Studio Lumen was getting hundreds of inquiries — almost none of them right-fit. The portfolio site was beautiful, but it was attracting people who couldn't afford the work. The studio needed fewer leads, but the right ones.

Industry
Architecture / Interiors
Category
Brands
Domain
studiolumen.co
Services
4 delivered
— Goals

What we set out to do.

  • Goal / 01

    Build a portfolio that signals the price tier without naming a number.

  • Goal / 02

    Filter inquiries to right-fit prospects only.

  • Goal / 03

    Make every project page feel like a published essay.

— Challenges

What was in the way.

/ 01

Indistinct inquiry form attracting unrelated requests.

/ 02

Project case studies that read like captions, not stories.

/ 03

No SEO structure — couldn't be found by prospects searching for the studio's exact aesthetic.

— Design Process

How we built it.

Phase / 01

Audit

Reviewed 18 months of inbox and identified the three project archetypes worth pursuing.

Phase / 02

Editorial

Long-form case studies — process, drawings, photography, materials, time.

Phase / 03

CMS

Custom Sanity setup so the studio can publish project essays without engineering.

Phase / 04

SEO

Built around the niche search behavior of right-fit clients.

— Mobile Responsiveness

Designed for the thumb, not the cursor.

Long-form essays adapted to mobile reading rhythm. Photography uses art-directed crops on small screens — no automatic squashing. Inquiry form is a single screen.

1.2s
Mobile LCP
98
Lighthouse
73%
Mobile Traffic
studiolumen.co
Studio Lumen
Get Started
Selected Works

Quiet light. Considered space.

An architecture and interiors studio working across residential and hospitality.

View ProjectsLearn More
Halcyon Residence
Big Sur, CA
Northpoint Hotel
Portland, OR
Maple & Vine
Austin, TX
Trusted by
VogueForbesArchitectural DigestLocal Press
— Conversion Strategy

Every decision tied to a number.

/ 01

Inquiry form asks for project scope, budget band, and timeline before contact info.

/ 02

Case study pages structured to filter casual readers from serious prospects.

/ 03

Direct outreach handles by senior partners, not associates.

/ 04

No paid traffic — SEO + referral compound the right inquiries.

— Results

The numbers, 90 days in.

Result / 01
0
Right-Fit Inquiries / Mo
Result / 02
+0%
Avg. Session Duration
Result / 03
0%
Inquiry-to-Discovery
Result / 04
0
Junk Inquiries
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