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Numenhaus

Lagos, Nigeria15 April 2025

  • Brand Strategy
  • Visual Identity Design
  • Layout Design
  • Creative Direction

XAI design agencyBrand Designer and Content Creator

Numenhaus — project overview

Project Overview

We crafted a complete brand identity for Numenhaus, transforming it from an undefined idea into a fully realized visual and strategic ecosystem. The project focused on expressing the brand through its three defining attributes: Minimal, Luxurious, and Ethereal, and translating them into a cohesive design language.

Numenhaus / Film & motion

Process 01

Across discovery, concept development, and execution, we established a polished direction that combines architectural simplicity with atmospheric depth. This included defining the brand’s persona, visual style, typography system, colour palette, gradients, imagery tone, and signature patterns. We developed a stylescape, refined a new brand pattern, and created core brand assets such as business cards and social content foundations.

Process 02

We began by understanding Numenhaus’ intentions, values, and visual aspirations. Through discussion with the founders, we clarified their core ethos, including their emphasis on independence. From these conversations, we distilled the brand into three defining attributes, Minimal, Luxurious, and Ethereal . These became the guiding pillars for every decision that followed.

Process 03

Using the three attributes, we built the brand’s complete visual ecosystem. We established a typography system centered on Aristotelica Display Trial , supported by expressive fonts (Brittany and Tan Mon Cheri) to enhance the ethereal, atmospheric tone. We expanded the colour palette from the primary green #66783C , introduced immersive gradients, and created an ethereal flowing pattern to express the brand’s immersive, aurora-inspired feel. All elements were consolidated into a full brand guide , aligning typography, colour, imagery tone, pattern, motion cues, and design principles, which was approved as the brand’s final direction.

Process 04

With the system defined, we produced the first set of brand assets, beginning with the business card design , which incorporated the new gradient, pattern and visual language. We outlined directions for future applications such as website layouts, portfolio framing, and other touchpoints. A simple social media strategy was introduced, one post per week on Instagram and Twitter, focused on storytelling, behind-the-scenes content, and educating the audience about the brand’s process and visual identity.

The outcome

The result is a high-end, immersive identity that feels intentional, sophisticated, and emotionally resonant, a complete transformation that sets Numenhaus apart as a modern, premium design-forward brand.

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