Studio Ardium™ Brand Book
Edition 2025
( VISUAL IDENTITY GUIDELINES )

Brand
Book

Exploring depth beyond the visible — abstract minimalism in the art of contrast.

Brand & Digital Design Studio 01 — Identity System
01 — The Wordmark Studio Ardium™ / Brand Book

Studio Ardium

The wordmark is set in Archivo SemiBold with tight tracking. It is always written in full — never abbreviated — and pairs with the asterisk mark for signatures and sign-offs. Maintain clear space equal to the cap-height of the “S” on every side.

Studio Ardium POSITIVE / LIGHT
Studio Ardium REVERSED / DARK
The Mark

The asterisk is the studio’s shorthand — a fixed point of focus, used as a full-stop, a signature and a moment of accent. Primary in Cobalt; Signal orange when contrast is needed.

02 — Typography Three voices, one system
Archivo
DISPLAY & INTERFACE
Weights 400 — 900
RegularMediumSemiBoldBoldExtraBoldBlack
Instrument
EDITORIAL ACCENT
Italic only

Used sparingly for a single emphasised word — a counterpoint of warmth against the grotesque.

JetBrains Mono
LABELS & METADATA
Uppercase, tracked
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03 — Colour Monochrome, two accents

A black-and-white foundation, held in tension by a single decisive cobalt and a rare flash of signal.

Ink#0A0A0A
TEXT · INVERTED SURFACES
Cobalt#1E32FF
PRIMARY · LINKS · THE MARK
Signal#FF4A1C
SECONDARY · RARE EMPHASIS
Paper#FFFFFF
PRIMARY SURFACE
Grey#9A9A9A
METADATA · CAPTIONS
Bone#F4F4F2
SECONDARY SURFACE
04 — Imagery & Voice Black, white, abstract

Imagery is monochrome and abstract — motion blur, contrast and negative space over literal depiction. Photography is desaturated to grayscale and treated with subtle grain so every surface shares one texture.

Voice — Tagline

Exploring depth beyond the visible. Abstract minimalism in the art of contrast.

Studio
Ardium
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