DDL Knowledge Vault
Brand Kit

Version: v1.0
Date: 2026-03-14
Operator: Dave Kitchens
Studio: Dropdown Logistics
Standard: STD-VAULT-002
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT DROPDOWN LOGISTICS
01 — Logo System
The Stamp Seal
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT DROPDOWN LOGISTICS
On Navy · Primary
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT DROPDOWN LOGISTICS
On Card · UI Surface
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT DROPDOWN LOGISTICS
On Teal · Accent
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT DROPDOWN LOGISTICS
On Cream · Light Surface
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT DROPDOWN LOGISTICS
On Dark · Max Contrast
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT DROPDOWN LOGISTICS
AVOID
On White · Avoid
02 — Wordmark Lockup
Horizontal + Stacked
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT
Knowledge Vault
Dropdown Logistics
Horizontal · Dark
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT
Knowledge Vault
Dropdown Logistics
Horizontal · Light
03 — Scale Performance
Favicon & Icon Sizes
KV KNOWLEDGE VAULT
128px
KV K VAULT
64px
KV
48px
KV
32px · favicon
KV
16px
KV monogram is the
reduction mark.
Full seal at 48px+.
Monogram only at 32px.
04 — Color System
Knowledge Vault Palette
Vault Teal
#2C7A7B
KV Primary
Navy
#0D1B2A
DDL Base
Card
#10202F
Surface
Cream
#F5F1EB
Primary Text
Steel
#6B7B8D
Secondary Text
TEAL RAMP
E8F5F5
9FD4D5
3A9A9B
2C7A7B
1D5455
DDL WING SYSTEM CONTEXT
DDL #B23531
D&A #C49A3C
DexVerse #8A6CC9
Dossiers #4A9E6B
Products #6B9DC2
K Vault #2C7A7B ←
05 — Typography
Type System (Inherited from CottageHumble)
Space Grotesk — Display / Headings / UI
Knowledge Vault
Chaos → Structured
700 Display · 600 Heading · 500 Label · 400 Body
Source Serif 4 — Body / Prose / Memoir
The Vault is not a filing cabinet. It is the institutional memory of a governed studio — every decision, every artifact, every deliberation, given a canonical home and a clear path into the retrieval pipeline. The corpus remembers. The templates give it shape.
JetBrains Mono — Data / Code / Metadata
STD-VAULT-002 · v1.0 · 2026-03-14
dex_canon: 226,123 chunks
ddl_archive: 271,627 chunks
Total corpus: 497,750 chunks
Collection: KNOWLEDGE_VAULT · Class: CANON
06 — Context Applications
How the Mark Appears in Use
STD-VAULT-002
KV
Document watermark · STD- artifacts
KV K Vault
Sidebar nav · UI application
KV CANON
KV ARCHIVE
Ingestion class badges · Canon / Archive
07 — Usage Rules
Do / Don't
Do
  • Use the full seal at 48px and above
  • Use KV monogram-only at 32px and below
  • Use on navy, card, dark, cream, or teal backgrounds
  • Maintain the teal ring and cream/navy monogram contrast
  • Use the wordmark lockup for UI sidebars and headers
  • Use the canon/archive badge variants in the ingestion pipeline
  • Pair with Space Grotesk for all display and UI text
  • Use the steel (#6B7B8D) for all secondary metadata
Don't
  • Place on white backgrounds (CottageHumble: no white)
  • Use Inter, Roboto, or system fonts anywhere
  • Change the teal from #2C7A7B without ratification
  • Stretch or distort the seal proportions
  • Use the vault teal for DDL, D&A, DexVerse, or Dossier contexts
  • Add drop shadows, glows, or gradient overlays to the mark
  • Use the full seal below 48px — use the reduction mark instead
  • Place the mark on busy backgrounds without contrast clearance
DDL Knowledge Vault Brand Kit · v1.0
Date: 2026-03-14 · Operator: Dave Kitchens
Standard: STD-VAULT-002 · Teal: #2C7A7B
Dropdown Logistics — Chaos → Structured → Automated
The corpus has a front door now.