Edition One MMXXVI
Brand Guidelines

LACY MAXWELL.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lacy Maxwell Experiential
Experiential Marketing Studio A living document, not a static PDF
IThe Brand FPO

We build the moments brands are remembered for.

Lacy Maxwell Experiential began with one stubborn idea, that the most powerful marketing isn’t seen, it’s felt. From a small crew chasing bigger-than-budget ideas, we’ve grown into a full-service experiential studio staging brand moments across three continents.

We are not an agency that happens to run events. We are storytellers who happen to work in the physical world, turning a vision into a room people walk into, remember, and can’t stop talking about.

Founded MMXVI · Three continents · One obsession

IIMission, Vision & Values FPO
Mission

To create human experiences that affect positive change, ignite insight, and inspire genuine connection between people and brands.

Vision

A world where every brand earns its place in memory, not by interrupting life, but by making it richer.

Our Values
01

Wonder

We chase the moment that makes someone stop and ask, “how did they do that?”

02

Craft

Built by hand where it matters. Nothing generic leaves the shop floor.

03

Execution

Epic ideas mean nothing without perfect delivery. We sweat the load-in.

04

Boldness

No question too hard, no project too small. We say yes, then figure it out.

05

Partnership

We move as one team with our clients. Their win is the only win.

IIIPositioning & Messaging FPO
Positioning Statement

For brands who refuse to be forgotten, LACY MAXWELL is the experiential studio that turns products and ideas into moments people live inside. Unlike agencies that rent attention, we design the experiences, and the emotion, that earn it.

Pillar 01

Emotion over impressions

We measure success in feeling, not just footfall. The memory is the metric.

Pillar 02

Built, not booked

Every activation is designed and fabricated from the ground up. No templates.

Pillar 03

Flawless on the day

Big vision, obsessive logistics. We make the impossible look effortless.

Boilerplate

LACY MAXWELL is a full-service experiential marketing studio. Through live events, brand activations, and immersive environments, LACY MAXWELL connects brands and audiences in ways that matter, staging unforgettable moments across three continents.

One-liner

“The moments brands are remembered for.”

Tagline

It always seems impossible until it's done.

IVVoice & Tone FPO

Bold, but never loud for its own sake.

Confident

We’ve done the impossible before. We write like we’ll do it again.

Human

We talk to people, not demographics. Warmth over jargon.

Vivid

We paint the moment. Show the goosebumps, don’t just claim them.

Fearless

We say yes to the big idea and mean it. No hedging.

We say

“Let’s build something they’ll never forget.”

“No question too hard. No project too small.”

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

We don't say

“Leverage our synergistic activation solutions.”

“We deliver best-in-class brand experiences.”

“Let’s circle back on the deliverables.”

VIColor FPO
Core Palette
Ink
HEX #121212
RGB 18 18 18
CMYK 0 0 0 93
Paper
HEX #F5F4F2
RGB 245 244 242
CMYK 0 0 1 4
Accent
HEX #207AD9
RGB 32 122 217
CMYK 85 44 0 15
Secondary
HEX #6E6E6E
RGB 110 110 110
CMYK 0 0 0 57
Tertiary
HEX #B4B4B4
RGB 180 180 180
CMYK 0 0 0 29
Neutrals & Tints
Ratio

60 Paper · 30 Ink · 10 Accent. The accent is a seasoning, never the meal.

Color Psychology
Ink

Near-black authority. It signals confidence, focus, and premium restraint, the weight behind a Lacy Maxwell name on the wall. Used for type and structure, it lets everything else breathe.

Paper

Warm, gallery-white calm. It reads as openness and craft, the empty room before the doors open. Space is the luxury; paper gives the work room to land.

Accent

Charged, electric blue. It reads as trust and competence, and primes the open, imaginative thinking big ideas need: clear sky before the show, current in the room. Used sparingly, it makes every promise feel kept.

Secondary

Neutral stone gray, the steady, grounding voice. It carries supporting copy and captions without competing, lending maturity and balance to the boldness around it.

Tertiary

Soft panel tint, quiet sectioning and rhythm. It divides the page without drawing a hard line, creating pace and hierarchy the way lighting shapes a room.

VIITypography FPO
Display
Oswald
Set in your display face
Aa Bb Cc
Text
Open Sans
Body · 300 / 400 / italic / 500
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee
Detail
Space Mono
Labels · captions · specs
Aa Bb Cc 012
Why These Faces
Oswald

A condensed, gothic-inspired sans, a modern reworking of the early-20th-century Alternate Gothic newspaper faces, redrawn for the screen. Its tall, narrow letterforms and defined edges command attention like a name on a marquee, the exact presence a Lacy Maxwell moment is engineered to create.

Open Sans

A humanist sans with open forms, a generous x-height, and a neutral-yet-friendly voice. Built for effortless legibility across print, web, and mobile, it keeps our storytelling clear and human, the warmth that balances Oswald's boldness.

Type Scale
Display72 / 0.9
Heading40 / 1.05
Subhead24 / 1.3
Body copy17 / 1.6
Label12 / 0.18em
In Use

We pair a confident display face with clean, readable text, headlines set to land like a name on a marquee. Emphasis comes from scale and weight, not decoration. Monospace carries the details, dates, credentials, and specs, precise and unmistakably ours.

VIIIPhotography & Imagery FPO

Cinematic. Charged. A little surreal.

Our brand imagery is stylized and abstract, dramatic light, saturated color, and a charged sense of motion that stands in for feeling itself. We shoot the emotion of an experience, not a literal document of it. High contrast, a little cinematic, unmistakably ours.

IXIconography FPO

One weight, one radius. Icons are drawn on a 24px grid with a 1.5px stroke, round caps, and generous negative space, wayfinding and shorthand, never decoration.

XILayout & Grid FPO
12-Column, Wide Margins

Twelve columns, an 8px baseline, and margins wide enough to breathe. White space is content.

Editorial Spread

Asymmetric spreads: text set left, image anchored right. Let the fold breathe.

XIIMotion FPO

Considered. Never flashy.

Motion moves like a well-run show, confident, weighted, and always with intent. One easing curve, two durations: energy without chaos.

Ease
cubic-bezier(.22, 1, .36, 1)
Duration

UI transitions, 220ms

Page & hero, 480ms

Feel
Fade & rise · no bounce
XIIIDo & Don't FPO
◦ Do
Lead with the emotion, then the logo.
Design every touchpoint for the room it lives in.
Keep the accent to roughly 10% of any layout.
Photograph in real, available light.
Say yes to the bold idea, then deliver it.
✕ Don't
Fill every margin because it's empty.
Stack bold, italic, and color at once.
Flood a layout in accent color.
Use stiff, staged stock photography.
Shout with exclamation marks.
XVStewardship & Contact FPO

The brand is a living system, keep it running.

Brand Steward

Brand & Experience Studio
Approves any use outside these pages.

Asset Library

Logos, fonts & templates
brand.lacymaxwell.com

Questions

info@lacymaxwell.com
We answer within two days.