NICE IRIS · 002 Brand Guidelines · Volume One Designed by KREATIKA
NICE IRISVOL. I · 2026
Brand Guidelines
First Edition
Internal Document
Confidential
NICE IRIS aperture mark

The brand book Uncover
your original.

A field manual for our visual language — the logo, color, typography, and voice that carry the practice across every surface where someone meets us.

N·I

A medical practice
for iris recoloration

Volume One Issued April 2026
Pages I — XXXII
Index
  1. 01A statement of intentPG · 04
  2. 02The aperture logoPG · 06
  3. 03The mark, standalonePG · 10
  4. 04Construction on the radial gridPG · 12
  5. 05Clearspace & minimumsPG · 14
  6. 06Misuse — what not to doPG · 16
  7. 07A spectrum of bluesPG · 18
  8. 08Typography in three voicesPG · 22
  9. 09A measured tone of voicePG · 26
  10. 10Application — across surfacesPG · 28
01

A statement
of intent.

Before we touch a logo, a color, a single letter — we begin with the why. The brand is not a wrapper. It is the set of decisions that allow a clinical practice to feel as considered as the work itself.

We are not changing eyes. We are revealing the iris that was always meant to look out at the world. Every surface, every word, every vector should honor that quiet, precise act of revelation.
Practice estd.
2026
Discipline
Medical iris recoloration
Posture
Clinical precision, quiet luxury
Voice
Editorial, measured, never decorative
Audience
The thoughtful, the considered
Tagline
Uncover your original.
02

The aperture
logo.

A radial composition of fine vector strokes — luminous inner tones radiating to deep outer rings — set beside a wordmark in which IRIS is the focus and NICE its quiet preface. Both letters share the same cap-height; only the stroke separates them.

Primary lockup
Variations
002 · Greyscale · Single ink A2 NICE IRIS greyscale logo
003 · Knockout · Dark ground A3 NICE IRIS white logo on dark
004 · Iris ground A4 NICE IRIS on iris blue
005 · Wordmark · Type-only A5 NICE IRIS wordmark-only lockup
03

The mark,
standalone.

When the wordmark cannot be used — small scales, social avatars, watermarks, embossed or foil-stamped applications — the radial mark stands on its own. Always reproduce in full color, single-color black, or the bone knockout. Never recolor outside the approved palette.

M·01
M·02
M·03
M·04
04

Built on a
radial grid.

Sixty-four spokes — thirty-two inner, thirty-two outer — at exact eleven-and-a-quarter-degree intervals. The geometry is fixed. The variation comes from stroke weight and color.

R 52 R 28 R 14 11.25°

Specifications · MARK

Spokes (inner)32 × 11.25°
Spokes (outer)32 × 11.25°
Stroke width3.4 units
Pupil radius14 units
Inner ring14 — 33 units
Outer ring30 — 52 units
Construction grid120 × 120 units

Specifications · WORDMARK

TypefaceSchibsted Grotesk
NICE — size36 pt · 56% of IRIS
NICE — weight300 · Light
NICE — colorSlate · #4A5560
NICE — tracking+0.04 em
IRIS — size64 pt · the anchor
IRIS — weight700 · Bold
IRIS — colorInk · #0B1620
IRIS — tracking−0.03 em
Stack gap10 px · NICE → IRIS
Tagline · faceGeist Mono · UPPER
Tagline · size9.5 pt
Tagline · tracking+0.22 em
Tagline · alignmentflush to IRIS baseline
05

Give it room
to breathe.

Clearspace equal to the cap-height of the letter "N" on every side. Below the minimums, switch to the mark alone — never compromise legibility of the wordmark.

CLEARSPACE × CAP-N
Clearspace example
Lockup · 200 pxDigital minimum
Lockup · 32 mmPrint minimum
Mark · 24 pxAvatar / favicon
06

Things not
to do.

The mark is engineered for precision. Recoloring, distorting, or rearranging it weakens the brand and undermines the clinical credibility of the practice.

× Do not stretch or distort.
× Do not place on clashing colors.
× Do not recolor outside the palette.
× NICE IRIS Do not substitute typefaces.
× Do not lower opacity over imagery.
× Do not rotate the lockup.
07

A spectrum
of blues.

Every shade is anchored in the iris itself — luminous sky at the pupil's edge, deep navy at the outer rim. Bone neutrals provide editorial structure. Burnished gold appears once, never more.

Primary & Accent
PRIMARY · 01
Iris Deep
#0B1F3A · RGB 11 31 58
CMYK 96 75 42 48 · Pantone 2767 C
ACCENT · 01
Burnished
#C9A961
PAPER · 01
Bone
#F5F1EA
Iris Spectrum
01
Iris Deep
#0B1F3A
02
Iris Blue
#2B4A6B
03
Iris Mid
#5A7A99
04
Iris Sky
#5BC6F0
05
Iris Pale
#B8CDDD
06
Iris Mist
#E8EEF3
Neutrals
N·01
Ink
#0B1620
N·02
Slate
#4A5560
N·03
Mute
#7A8590
N·04
Line
#D8DEE4
N·05
Bone
#F5F1EA
N·06
Paper
#FAF8F3
Usage Ratio · Editorial Surface
60
18
14
6
2
Bone · 60%Surface
Ink · 18%Type, hairlines
Iris Deep · 14%Brand moments
Mute + Gold · 8%Captions, single accents
08

Typography
in three voices.

Schibsted Grotesk speaks for the practice — geometric, modern, with subtle character in its terminals. Fraunces appears once per surface, italic, never more. Geist Mono handles data, captions, and the technical voice.

Display · 128 / 96Schibsted Grotesk
Light 300
Tracking −0.04em
Uncover
your original.
Headline · 56 / 60Schibsted Grotesk
Semibold 600
Tracking −0.025em
Medical iris recoloration,
refined to a craft.
Subhead · 36 / 40Schibsted Grotesk
Regular 400
Tracking −0.02em
A consultation begins with listening — to your reasons, to your history, to the iris you remember.
Eyebrow · 11Geist Mono
Regular 400
Tracking +0.32em
A medical practice — MMXXVI
Body · 17 / 28Schibsted Grotesk
Light 300
Measure 56 ch

Our practice combines clinical precision with editorial restraint. Every consultation, every procedure, every printed material is designed to honor the originality of your eyes — and the trust you place in our care. This is the work.

Mono · 13 / 21Geist Mono
Regular 400
For specs, captions, data
PROCEDURE         IRIS RECOLORATION
DURATION          12 ± 2 MIN / EYE
ANESTHESIA        TOPICAL
RECOVERY          24 — 48 H
PIGMENT           BIO-COMPATIBLE
Schibsted Grotesk · Weight Ladder
300Light
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ   0123456789
400Regular
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ   0123456789
500Medium
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ   0123456789
600Semibold
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ   0123456789
700Bold
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ   0123456789
09

A measured
tone of voice.

We speak the way a careful surgeon writes a note — direct, precise, never decorative. Confidence without volume. Warmth without indulgence.

+   We say it like this

01An iris is a fingerprint. We treat it as one.
02Twelve minutes per eye. Topical anesthesia. No incisions.
03Your originality is not a starting point. It is the work.
04Every consultation begins with listening.
05We are a small practice. That is on purpose.

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"We do not promise transformation. We promise care, precision, and a result that looks as if it was always meant to be there."
— Editorial direction · 2026
10

Application
across surfaces.

The system holds together because every surface follows the same rules — generous bone ground, hairline rules, single moments of iris deep, and a wordmark that reads instantly across formats.

10·1 · LETTERHEAD
NICE IRIS GMBH
www.nice-iris.de
contact@nice-iris.de
+49 (0) 000 000 000
10·2 · BUSINESS CARD
N·I · 01
Dr. Helene Vahlberg
Director · Practitioner
VOL · I
nice-iris.de
By appointment
10·3 · ENTRY SIGNAGE
BY APPOINTMENT
TUE — FRI · 09:00 — 18:00
SAT · 10:00 — 14:00
WWW.NICE-IRIS.DE
10·4 · DIGITAL HOME
A MEDICAL PRACTICE
Uncover
your original.
Iris recoloration, performed by a small practice with measured precision and unhurried care.

— colophon —

Set in Schibsted Grotesk and Fraunces, with technical detail in Geist Mono. Drawn on a 12-column grid. Printed in bone & iris deep. Designed for NICE IRIS — a medical practice for iris recoloration. All design, copy and the aperture mark herein are the intellectual property of Maximilian A. Grimm.

Designed byKREATIKA · Nürnberg
Maximilian A. Grimm
grimm@kreatika.de
Volume OneFirst edition · Confidential
Issued April 2026
PagesI — XXXII · MMXXVI
© 2026 Maximilian A. Grimm