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(01) — Overview

Minimalist, Creative & Bold.

(Wabi) Studio® is a creative studio specialized in branding, creative direction, illustration & merch design, based in Guadalajara, Mexico.

This reference defines how the studio looks, moves and speaks across web, social, print and merch. Every value on this page comes from one token file, which also generates the CSS, the exports and DESIGN.md.

IDWB-DS / 1.0.0 DisciplinesBranding / Creative direction / Illustration / Merch / TypeHelvetica Now Display / Funnel Sans / IBM Plex Mono / ColorBlack / White / Grey / Orange #ff5807 / Grid12 columns / 24px gutter / 4px base / GDL14.10.26

Logo files

Wordmark
logo-wordmark.svg / on Paper
Wordmark inverted
logo-wordmark.svg / inverted on Black
Mark
logo-mark.svg / icon, on Orange
Short logo
logo-b.svg / on Grey

Icon

logo-mark.svg is the studio icon: favicon, app icon, social avatar, merch tags and sign-offs. Black on light and orange grounds, white on black.

Icon on orange avatar
Icon on black avatar
Icon app tile
48
32
16

Clear space

Keep the orange squares free of other type, edges and images. For the wordmark and short logo, x is half the logo height. For the icon, x is a quarter of its width.

Wordmark clear space
Wordmark / logo-b / x = 0.5 × H
Icon clear space
Icon / logo-mark / x = 0.25 × W

Minimum size

Wordmark at minimum size
Wordmark96px screen / 30mm print
Short logo at minimum size
Short logo56px screen / 18mm print
Icon at minimum size
Icon20px screen / 8mm print / 16px favicon only

Don't

Stretch or squash
Rotate
Low contrast or tinted
Busy or dark photo
(02) — Principles

Four rules for every surface.

01
Say it once, say it big.

One statement per surface, set in uppercase display at the largest size the layout holds. Everything else steps down to small text. Nothing in between.

02
Three neutrals, one orange.

Black, white and grey carry most of every surface. Orange is a full field or a single signal. It is never tinted, faded or mixed.

03
Structure is the decoration.

Rules, indices, parentheses and staggered lines do the work ornament does elsewhere. No gradients, no drop-shadow cards, no stock icons.

04
Leave room for the hand.

Motion blur, grain, ink spread and illustration keep the grid from feeling clinical. Every project gets one imperfect element on purpose.

(03) — Color

Black, white, grey. Then orange.

Text on orange is always black. Orange #ff5807 is the accent everywhere, including text. Orange Deep is a contrast fallback for orange text under 16px on light grounds only. Click any swatch to copy its hex.

Brand

Usage ratio

55% White / Paper30% Black10% Grey5% Orange

Neutral ramp

Semantic roles

Role / VariableLightDark
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Contrast pairs

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(04) — Typography

Heavy on top. Quiet underneath.

Helvetica Now Display carries statements in uppercase. Funnel Sans carries everything people read. IBM Plex Mono labels data, indices and metadata.

Aa
Helvetica Now DisplayDisplay / 700, 800 / uppercase statements and headings. Self-hosted, weights 300 to 900.
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Funnel SansText / 400, 600 / body, UI labels, buttons, captions.
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IBM Plex MonoData / 400 / uppercase indices, spec sheets, dates DD.MM.YY.

Scale

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(05) — Spacing

Four pixels, then room.

A 4px base with large jumps at the top so whitespace reads as a decision. Sections sit 96px apart; components use steps 1 to 6.

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Layout grid

12 columnsGutter 24pxMax width 1440pxMargin 48 / 32 / 16px
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(06) — Shape

Square fields. Round actions.

Surfaces, images and inputs keep hard corners. Anything you can press is a pill or a circle. The system is flat; depth comes from color and rules.

radius-none / 0pxCards, images, inputs, panels.
radius-xs / 4pxCheckboxes only.
radius-pill / 999pxButtons, tags, switches.
radius-circle / 50%Letter badges, icon buttons, the mark.

Strokes and elevation

Level 0 / FlatThe default. Separation by color field.
Level 1 / Rule, stroke-11px hairline for dividers, cards, inputs.
stroke-2 / 2pxOutline buttons, active indicators.
Level 2 / OverlayMenus, popovers, dialogs. Nothing else.
(07) — Motion

Fast in. Smear for the big moments.

Interface motion is short and decisive. The smear, taken from the studio's motion-blur portraits, is reserved for hero type and imagery. Reduced-motion settings remove both.

Smear / 640ms / ease-snap / blur 12px to 0, x 24px to 0
Say it big.
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(08) — Components

Built from rules and pills.

Each family is shown in a fixed Light and a fixed Dark panel. The panels ignore the page toggle.

Icons

24px grid, 2px stroke, square ends, sharp joins, no fills. Stroke stays 2px at 16, 20, 24 and 32px. Click an icon to copy its SVG. Files live in assets/icons.

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16 20 24 32 Descargar

Buttons

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View case study

Tags

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Branding Illustration Merch New drop (01)
A B C
In production In review Delivered On hold

Inputs

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Cards

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Project cover 4:5
(03)2026
Tierra Roja
Branding, packaging
(04) Service
Merch design.
Tees, totes, pins and packaging, from first sketch to production run.
Apparel Print

Data

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No.ClientStatusYear
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IDWB-0317 ClientTierra Roja / Oaxaca, MX ScopeIdentity / Label / Merch / Due28.11.26
DiscoverDefineDesignDeliver

Navigation

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(Wabi) Studio
Work Studio Shop Contact
Work/Branding/Tierra Roja
03 / 12
(09) — Patterns

The studio, assembled.

Four screens from wabistudio.com.mx built only from the tokens and components above. P3 and P4 are written in Spanish for Mexican clients.

P1 / Studio homepageLight / orange hero / work index
(Wabi) Studio
WorkStudioShop
Branding,Creative direction,Illustration &Merch.

Independent studio in Guadalajara, Mexico. Brands, campaigns and merch for people who make things, since 2015.

Selected work (2024–2026)05 of 31
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@wabi.studiomx All Rights Reservedwabistudio.com.mx(Wabi) Studio® ©2026
P2 / Case studyDark / spec sheet / image sequence
Work/Branding/Barrio Records
Wabi mark
Barrio
Records.
ClientBarrio Records / Guadalajara ScopeIdentity / Vinyl sleeves / Merch / TeamD. Corona / A. Lugo Released08.11.25

An independent label pressing local cumbia and post-punk needed one system loose enough for both.

We drew a single condensed wordmark, a sleeve grid with room for each artist's own illustration, and a run of 300 screen-printed tees for the launch night at Foro Independencia.

Hero / vinyl sleeve set, top-down / Style 07
Motion smear portrait reference
(02) Merch 300 tees. One night.
Detail / sleeve back / Style 09
Next (04)Lucha Fina
P3 / Project inquiryLight / ES / service chips are interactive
Cuéntanos qué estás haciendo.
¿Qué necesitas?
Lo que sigue
(01)Te respondemos en menos de dos días hábiles.
(02)Una llamada de 30 minutos para entender lo que estás construyendo.
(03)Una propuesta por escrito con alcance, tiempos y costo en MXN o USD.
O escríbenos directo hola@wabistudio.com.mx @wabi.studiomx
P4 / Merch dropGrey field / ES / sizes are interactive
A B
Producto / playera flat lay, frente (A) y espalda (B) / iluminación Style 07
Drop 07 / Hecho a manoQuedan 84 de 120
Playera asterisco.
$650 MXN

Playera de algodón grueso, serigrafiada a mano en Guadalajara. Asterisco al frente, (Wabi) Studio® en la espalda.

Talla
Tela100% algodón / 240 g CorteBoxy / hombro caído ImpresiónBase agua / 2 tintas / Envío3–5 días hábiles / MX
(10) — Imagery

Thirteen locked styles.

One style per reference image. Each prompt is a subject sentence plus a fixed style block. Change the subject; never edit the style block.

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(11) — Token exports

One source, four formats.

All four are generated from tokens.json, the same file that feeds this page and DESIGN.md. The CSS tab shows tokens/tokens.css as shipped.

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(12) — Voice & tone

Short. Sure. A little playful.

The studio talks like a designer at the end of a good crit: clear about what works, generous with the reasons, never selling.

Direct

Verbs first, one idea per line. Name the deliverable, the date and the price.

Confident

State what the studio does. No hedging, no superlatives, no "passionate".

Human

"We" for the studio, "I" when Daniel signs. Spanish words stay in Spanish. Dry humor is allowed in captions.

Mechanics

Name(Wabi) Studio® in headers and frames; Wabi Studio in running text. HeadlinesUppercase, end with a period. Lists use commas and a final ampersand. BodySentence case. Under 25 words per sentence. IndicesTwo digits in parentheses: (01), (02). DatesDD.MM.YY in mono: 14.10.26. NeverEmoji, exclamation marks, "solutions", "elevate", "unleash".

Language

Spanish (Mexico) comes first. Most clients, proposals and local posts are in Spanish; English is for the international portfolio.

EspañolClients, proposals, invoices, email, Instagram and local events. EnglishPortfolio site, Behance, international clients and press. Tú / usted"Tú" on web and social. "Usted" only in formal proposals for corporate or government clients. AcentosUppercase keeps accents: DIRECCIÓN, ILUSTRACIÓN, DISEÑO. Términosbranding, merch, brief and mockup stay as used in Mexico, in roman, no italics. Números$12,500.00 MXN. Dates 14.10.26. Questions keep ¿…? MezclaOne language per sentence. Bilingual frames and packaging stack ES above EN.

Write it like this

ContextDo / ES + ENDon't
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@wabi.studiomx All Rights Reservedwabistudio.com.mx(Wabi) Studio® ©2026
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