Brand and design for the new Main Street

New York

Known before you ask.

The seal, the name, the type, the colors, the circuit, the photographs and the applications, all carrying Known by Name.

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Always Secure
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Brand System

Primary identity

The Working Seal and the name.

Always Secure Working Seal
Always Secure full-name lockup on navy

Working Seal. The compact mark leads when the name is already clear.

Full-name lockup. The seal and name stay together when the business needs to be introduced.

Reversal. On navy, the letterforms turn to Paper. The red ring stays red.

Typography

Strong enough to lead. Plain enough to read.

Headline / VVDS Fifties SExp

A person who knows your building picks up.

always secure
alarm protection

Body / IBM Plex Sans

Before anything gets quoted, someone comes and looks at the building. You get a scope in plain language and a number specific to your property.

Installed · monitored · inspected

Color

Four colors, with one clear signal.

Panel Navy

Primary ink and ground

#1B2A44

Proposal Paper

Primary warm ground

#F6F1E7

Pull-Station Red

One deliberate accent

#AF1E2D

Cinderblock

Rules and metadata

#8A8378

Circuit device

One continuous line, cropped for the surface.

Two Ways Round circuit device

Two Ways Round

For small surfaces, read up close. It leaves room for the message.

The Long Circuit graphic device

The Long Circuit

For vans, signs and larger fields, read from a distance. One bend and more open ground.

Imagery

Show the work, not a performance of the work.

Fire alarm bell on a wall
Security cameras on a brick exterior
Installed alarm panels
Installation under a work light
Camera monitoring grid
Pull station beside electrical panels

Applications

The system stays itself as the surface changes.

Always Secure vehicle identity concept
Always Secure yard sign concept
Always Secure business card concept
Always Secure letterhead concept
Always Secure exterior wall sign concept

Concept mockups: the van, the yard sign, the card, the letterhead, the wall sign.

Website concept

A website concept.

Always Secure desktop website concept

A concept, not a launched site: a known person, a clear next step, the work customers need handled.

The guidelines show how to use all of it.