Brand Guide · v1

Birch paper, spruce ink.

A quiet, nature-led identity: the colors of a Wisconsin treeline at dusk, a soft serif with a warm hand, and drawings that look like they came off a builder's bench.

For partners, printers and sign-makers. Source files live in src/assets/img. Please don't redraw the emblem.

01 — The emblem

A badger, inside a barrel.

The ring is the end of a barrel sauna, forty-six staves banded together. The badger looks out from the warm side. Use the emblem with the wordmark wherever there's room, and on its own as a stamp or favicon.

Badger SaunaMadison, Wisconsin
Primary lockup · ink on paper
Reversed · paper on spruce
App icon
App icon / favicon
  • 01
    Clear spaceKeep a margin of at least one badger-ear width (about 1/8 of the emblem) on every side.
  • 02
    Minimum size24 px on screen, 10 mm in print. Below that, use the app icon.
  • 03
    NeverRecolor the badger's stripes, add a drop shadow, rotate, outline or place it on a busy photograph.
02 — Color

The treeline at dusk.

Mostly paper and ink. Ember is the fire in the stove: use it sparingly, for one thing per view.

Birch Paper#F3EEE4Primary background
Spruce Ink#1C221EType, emblem
Night Spruce#1A201DDark sections, footer
Ember#B4673AAccent, sparingly
Sand#ECE6DAAlternate background
Moss#6E7A5ESecondary accent
Cedar#8E5432Hover, wood tone
Lake#5E747AMaps, water
03 — Typography

Soft serif, steady sans.

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Fraunces

Display and headings. Light weights (300–400), soft optical setting. Italic for the second half of a headline, the part you'd say more quietly.

Aa

Instrument Sans

Body copy, labels and buttons. Labels are set in small, widely tracked capitals. Technical notes use the system monospace.


Eyebrow label

Slow heat for long winters.

Lede paragraphs are relaxed and short, a sentence or two that you'd say out loud.

04 — Illustration

Drawn, not photographed.

Two modes: atmospheric landscapes at dusk, and precise line drawings in the manner of a builder's elevation. Photography, once we have it, should feel the same: low light, real weather, no models posing.

05 — Voice

Warm, plain, a little dry.

We sound like a good neighbor who happens to build saunas: confident without selling, specific without jargon. Short sentences. Midwestern understatement.

We say

"One trailer, one crew, one day."

Not

"Experience our seamless, white-glove luxury installation journey."

We say

"Leave when your body tells you to."

Not

"Unlock elite recovery with science-backed thermal therapy."