The seal, the palette, the voice — the instrument every asset is cut from.
The sun is the mark — a coordinate stamp, not a logo. It reads as a document that has been closed and authorised, never as a brand competing for attention.
Primary use: gold-on-ink. It may be pressed blind (tone-on-tone) on stationery, or struck once in wax-red for a single point of emphasis. It is never stretched, recoloured beyond these three, or set on a photograph.
Ink carries everything. Bone is the voice. Gold is the single hairline of authority — used sparingly, never as fill. Wax is struck once per surface, for the one thing that must be sealed.
Two typefaces, two jobs. The serif speaks; the mono measures. Body copy is set in EB Garamond for long-form legibility. Nothing else is admitted.
Correspondence never uses "I", and never names itself. It assigns, surveys, confirms. Authority is institutional, quiet, and absolute.
Stays are revealed in sealed memos, never displayed. Language evokes; it never sells. Every commitment reads as an experience, not an offer.
NO SERIAL "AND". THREE WORDS. IDENTICAL IN META, HERO, FOOTER, SEAL, CARD, AND SOCIAL.
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