Brand and design for the new Main Street

New York

Main Street, made.

Case study
Mainmade
Document
Brand System

Primary identity

One wordmark. One stamp.

Made.
Full stop. Replaces the period on hero headlines. 0.14em tall, 0.045em after the last letter, never under 12px on a phone.
The handover
Signpost. Leads a one-line label above an inner page’s headline, at the label’s cap height.
Lockup. Beside the wordmark, at the settled ratio.
Solo. Favicon, avatar and the business card back. The only times it stands alone.

Typography

One family, three weights.

Hero · Medium

Main Street, made.

Product name · Medium

Brand Playbook

Body · Regular

We read your business closely, then give you the words and the look to show what makes it different.

Color

Black ink, night fields, a brick stamp.

Black

All type. Buttons and rules.

#111111

Paper

The ground.

#F4F4F1

Night

A field. Never type.

#14164A

Verdigris

The hero field.

#14A38B

Bulb

The second field.

#FFC72C

Cobalt

Signal: links and the mark-up.

#2A2EC4

Brick

The stamp. Nothing else.

#C9401F

The mark-up

We mark what matters.

From Always Secure’s answers

That it's a bit old school. Definitely not a modern company

Note 1: What a stranger sees first.

Ralph, owner

What the read said

A stranger sees something that feels, in your own words, “a bit old school” and “definitely not a modern company.”

Three marks. Underline, circle, numbered note. Nothing else.

Cobalt only. The signal color. On paper, white or concrete.

Three at most. Per surface. A page marked everywhere says nothing.

Real words. Only on lines from an actual read, page or review. Never decoration.

Imagery

Working life, shot straight on.

Applications

The system stays itself as the surface changes.

Website

mainmade.co, live.