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The visual system

Brand. Held quietly.

CircleNest is a calmer family network — private by invitation, kid-safe by design, with no ads, no streaks, and no public feed. The brand matches the product: quiet technology for family life. Editorial in voice, serif for warmth, one trust color, and no visual noise between people who already know each other.

01

The lockup

Mark + wordmark. The canonical pairing.

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Cream — primary
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Ink — inverse
02

The mark

A small bird held inside a nest, ringed in Nest Blue. Care, kept close.

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03

The wordmark

Fraunces, weight 500, tight tracking. 'Nest' always in Nest Blue.

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With trademark
CircleNestQuiet technology for family life
With tagline
04

The palette

Five colors. Nest Blue carries the trust — use it sparingly so it keeps its meaning.

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Nest Blue
--primary

The trust color. Reserved for the mark, links, and one primary action per view.

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Ink Navy
--foreground

Primary text. Editorial weight without shouting.

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Cream
--background

Canvas. Warmer than white — carries the feeling of a family space.

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Coral
--accent

Warmth accent. Only in illustration, never as an action button.

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Blue Mist
--primary-soft

Soft washes and chip backgrounds.

05

Typography

Fraunces for editorial voice. Inter for interface. Plus Jakarta for display headings when serif is too soft.

Held quietly, on purpose.
Fraunces · 500 · Display
Plan a pickup. Share a drawing. Keep a private note. Every surface is scoped to the people you named, and nothing else.
Inter · 400 · Body
06

Runtime badge

Quiet attribution for shared cards, screenshots, and moments that leave the app.

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07

Downloads

Hand-authored SVG. No raster fallbacks needed.

08

Voice

How we write, so the app feels like a note from a friend — not a product marketing to a user.

Do
Write plain, human sentences. Respect that parents are reading this between other things.
Don't
No engagement language: no streaks, no unlocks, no badges for showing up.
Do
Name the people. 'Your circle,' 'the families you trust,' 'the other parent.'
Don't
Avoid 'users,' 'members,' or 'community' in product copy — they flatten real relationships.
Do
When something concerns a kid, say so plainly and route it through the parent.
Don't
No urgency, guilt, or FOMO. Silence between families is allowed to stay silent.