The Bonsai brand
A bonsai is a big tree kept small enough to live in a pot. Bonsai keeps many large models on one PC and only grows the one you need.
The look is a two-ink risograph print. A blue key plate carries the type and the tree’s structure. A fluorescent pink second plate carries the foliage and sits slightly off register, so the inks overprint into purple where they meet. Everything else is plain paper.
This identity belongs to the Bonsai project. It is not a template and is not offered for reuse.
Marks
- LockupHeaders, this site, the README.Download SVG
- Halftone treeThe mark at 48px and up.Download SVG
- Solid treeBelow 48px: favicons, tabs, the tray.Download SVG
- WordmarkWhen the tree is already nearby.Download SVG
- App iconThe solid tree on paper.Download SVG
- One inkOne-colour print, stamps, embossing.Download SVG
- On darkAqua key ink; the inks add instead of multiply.Download SVG
- Keep clear space around a mark equal to the height of the pot.
- The pink plate always sits down and to the right of the blue one: about 3px on screen, about 1% of the mark’s width in print.
- On light backgrounds the inks multiply. On dark backgrounds they add, and the key ink turns aqua.
- Don’t recolour, outline, rotate or shadow the marks, or set them on photos.
Colour
- Paper
#eef0ec#111318 darkPage background - Sheet
#f8f9f6#1d2029 darkRaised surfaces - Key ink
#2f4fa0#5ec8e5 darkType, line art, solid buttons - Riso pink
#ff48b0#ff48b0 darkSecond plate: foliage and highlights. Never small text - Navy
#1d2c5e#eef0ec darkBody text - Yellow
#ffe800#ffe800 darkRare highlights only
Type
Bodoni Moda
Display: headlines, model names and the wordmark (italic, optical size 96, weight 500).
Albert Sans
Everything people read and click: body text, buttons, labels.
Geist Mono
Code, commands, ports and numbers in tables.
All three are open fonts under the SIL Open Font License.
Voice
Bonsai talks like a careful colleague: plain words, short sentences, and it says exactly what happens.
| Write | Not |
|---|---|
| Loads a model when an app asks for it | Seamlessly orchestrates your AI workloads |
| Couldn’t read the model file: no such file | Oops! Something went wrong |
| Unload all | Free up resources |
| Fits: 21.3 GB of 24 GB | Blazing-fast performance |
No print-shop puns in product copy. The print look is visual only.
Motion
The signature move is the pink plate drifting into register once, when the tree first appears. Interface motion answers what someone did: a model loading, a drawer opening, a row arriving. Motion is on by default and the manager has a switch to turn it off.