01, Brand Foundation 02, Logo System 03, Colour System 04, Typography 05, Voice & Tone 06, Imagery & Motion 07, Grid & Spacing 08, Digital UI 09, Social Media 10, Applications
Brand
Guidelines

The complete identity

Brand
Identity
System.

Every standard, every rule, every decision that defines wygetarts. Held to an uncompromising measure.

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Brand
Foundation

What we believe, why we exist, and the values that govern every decision made under this name.

Origin

Built on conviction, not convention.

wygetarts began with a refusal, the refusal to separate strategy from beauty. Most agencies offer one at the expense of the other. We exist to demonstrate that the two are inseparable, and that the intersection is where the most important work happens.

Mission

We build positions, not campaigns.

Every brief arrives as a challenge: how do we make this impossible to ignore? Not through volume, or novelty, or trend, but through precision. The right thing in the right place with nothing wasted. That is the wygetarts standard.

01
Restraint

The discipline to remove. To say nothing when silence is more powerful than words. Restraint is not absence, it is the highest form of control.

02
Conviction

The refusal to hedge. A position held completely or not at all. We do not offer options, we offer answers.

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Precision

Exact intent. Not approximate. Not near-enough. Every detail is engineered, not hoped for. The margin for ambiguity is zero.

Manifesto

The wygetarts Manifesto

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Brand Position

Where wygetarts Stands

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Founding belief

Strategy without beauty is a memo.

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Colour
System

Built around a single point of conviction. One dominant red, two neutrals, and nothing superfluous.

Crimson
#C8102E
Primary accent. Maximum 15–20% of any composition.
Noir
#1A1A1A
Type and structure only.
White
#FFFFFF
Dominant ground.
Deep Crimson
#9E0B23
Garnet
#6B0719
Cream
#F2EDE6
Stone
#E8E0D5

Proportion Rule

Crimson: maximum 15–20% of any composition. White: dominant. Noir: type and structure only. The more a colour appears, the less authority it carries.

Accessibility

White on Crimson: WCAG AA (large text). White on Noir: AAA. Noir on White: AAA. Never compromise legibility for aesthetics.

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Typography

Three typefaces. Each has a purpose. None is interchangeable with another.

Display

Playfair Display

Bold / Bold Italic
Headlines · Wordmark · Hero Text

The Art of
Precision.

Editorial

Cormorant Garamond

Light Italic / Regular
Subheadings · Taglines · Captions

The thoughtful, quieter voice, for those who know how to listen.

Body

DM Sans

Light / Regular
Body Copy · UI Labels · Navigation

The workhorse, always in service of content, never competing with it. DM Sans carries information with quiet clarity at every size, every context, every breakpoint.
RoleSizeUsage
Display XL 96–160px wygetarts
Display L 56–80px The Brand Position
Editorial 22–36px An introduction to the work
Body 14–16px The detail that earns the trust of the reader, sentence by sentence.
Label 9–11px Section Label

Display

Playfair Display

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Editorial

Cormorant Garamond

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Body

DM Sans

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Voice &
Tone

wygetarts communicates with the quiet authority of a brand that has never needed to raise its voice.

Tone 01

Deliberate

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Tone 02

Precise

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Tone 03

Restrained

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Tone 04

Authoritative

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Do

What we write

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Never

What we avoid

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We write like this

  • ·Exact, specific language with evidence
  • ·Short sentences. Complete thoughts.
  • ·Positions stated without qualification
  • ·Silence where silence says more

We never write like this

  • ×"World-class" or "bespoke" without evidence
  • ×Rhetorical questions to open copy
  • ×Exclamation marks or emoji in brand text
  • ×"Innovative," "passionate," or "synergy"
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Imagery &
Motion

Every image must earn its place. If the image can be removed without losing meaning, it should be removed.

Principle 01

Environment

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Principle 02

Restraint

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Principle 03

Texture

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Permitted

Approved imagery

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Prohibited

What to avoid

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Motion

Animation rules

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Standard Transitions

400–600ms

Ease Out always. Cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1). No linear transitions in brand contexts.

Staggered Reveals

80–120ms

Per element in a sequence. Never decorative, every motion must serve a function.

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Grid &
Spacing

Structure is not constraint. It is the invisible architecture that makes restraint possible.

Desktop Grid

12 Columns · 80px Margins

16px gutters. Max content width 1280px at 1440px viewport.

Mobile Grid

4 Columns · 24px Margins

16px gutters. The grid adapts. The brand does not.

Spacing Scale, All measurements multiples of 4

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Digital
UI System

The interface is not separate from the brand. It is one of its most used expressions.

Buttons

Primary Outline Crimson Ghost

No border-radius. Square corners. Four variants.

Navigation

DM Sans 11px Uppercase

Active: crimson underline 1px, 8px below baseline.

Form Fields

1px borders · Crimson focus

Labels: uppercase 9px, 3px tracking. No border-radius.

Cards

No radius · No shadow

Depth through background contrast only.

Accessibility & Contrast

WCAG AA
White on Crimson

Large text only · 4.51:1 ratio

WCAG AAA
White on Noir

All sizes · 18.1:1 ratio

WCAG AAA
Noir on White

All sizes · 18.1:1 ratio

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Social
Media

The same standards. Compressed into a smaller frame. The brand does not simplify for the algorithm.

Permitted

Approved colour grounds only. Wordmark at correct sizes. DM Sans captions. Brand-consistent photography. Minimal copy, one idea per post.

Prohibited

No filters altering brand colours. No stock imagery. No decorative emoji. No off-brand gradients. No distortion of the wordmark at any size.

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Brand
Applications

The brand in the world. Physical, digital, environmental. Every surface held to the same standard.

Letterhead System

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wygetarts Agency
London, United Kingdom
hello@wygetarts.agency

15 September 2025

The Commissioners
Brand Strategy Review

To whom it may concern,

We believe that a brand is not what a company says it is. It is what remains when everything unnecessary has been removed. wygetarts exists to find that remainder and to make it impossible to ignore.

We do not build campaigns. We build positions. We do not write copy. We write conviction. We do not design logos. We design recognition.

The Founder
Founder · wygetarts

Stationery

Business Card & Envelope

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Merchandise

Brand Gear & Gifts

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Environmental

Signage & Office

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Vehicle

Fleet & Uniform

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Packaging

Gift Box & Print

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Co-Branding

Partnership Rules

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Co-Brand Format

wygetarts
Partner Brand

wygetarts left · same size or larger · 1px vertical rule separator

wygetarts
Partner Brand

Dark background · all co-brand rules apply equally

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Extended
Systems

Sonic branding, pattern systems, gradients, and iconography, the full vocabulary of wygetarts.

Sound 01

The Sound Mark

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Sound 02

Motion Sequence

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Rule

Into Silence Only

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Pattern 01

Icon Repeat

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Pattern 02

Fine Diagonal

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Icons

Iconography Rules

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