Design Library

The Walden Media Group system for brand, interface and experience. Every color, typeface, icon, component and motion rule on our website, documented in one place.
Version
1.0
Updated
October 2026
Owner
WMG® Brand Team
Platform
Digital
02 Color

Black, white and one signal red

A restrained palette that lets the work lead. Red is used sparingly so that when it appears, it means something.

Canvas
#000000
WMG® Black

The foundation of every page. Backgrounds, sections and large surfaces.

HEX
#000000
RGB
0 0 0
CMYK
60 40 40 100
Pantone
Black 6 C
Token
color dark
Type and line
#FFFFFF
WMG® White

Primary text, logo, icons and hairline structure on black.

HEX
#FFFFFF
RGB
255 255 255
CMYK
0 0 0 0
Pantone
Paper white, no ink
Token
color white
Signal
#FF2800
WMG® Red

The brand accent. Primary actions, the light path, highlights and moments that need attention.

HEX
#FF2800
RGB
255 40 0
CMYK
0 84 100 0
Pantone
Bright Red C
Token
color brand
Display P3
1 0.157 0
Hover state
#EC2500
WMG® Red Hover

Pressed and hover state for red buttons. Never used as a standalone color.

HEX
#EC2500
RGB
236 37 0
CMYK
0 84 100 7
Pantone
2028 C
Display P3
0.925 0.145 0
Proportion
Approximate share of any layout
Black 70
White 20
Red 10

Black carries the page. White carries the message. Red carries the action. If a layout feels loud, remove red before adding anything else.

On screen, WMG® Red renders in Display P3 so it matches Photoshop at full saturation on wide gamut displays; other screens fall back to #FF2800. Set Photoshop and Figma documents to Display P3 when designing for web. Pantone references are the nearest Solid Coated matches by Delta E 2000. Always proof against a physical Pantone guide before print production.

Interface tokens
Transparency and system states
Name
Value
Webflow variable
Use
White 50
#FFFFFF80
color white muted text
Secondary text, captions, metadata
White 25
#FFFFFF40
color white border
Hairlines, dividers, input borders
White 15
#FFFFFF26
color white 15
Subtle fills, frosted buttons
Black 50
#00000080
color dark caption bg
Caption backgrounds over imagery
Black 15
#00000026
color dark 15
Soft overlays on light surfaces
Success
#A9EE81
forms success bg
Form success messages only
Error
#F5AAAA
forms error bg
Form error messages only
Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 contrast
Aa
White on Black
21.0 : 1
AAA all text
Aa
Red on Black
5.56 : 1
AA all text
Aa
White on Red
3.78 : 1
AA large text only
Aa
White 50 on Black
5.32 : 1
AA all text

White text on WMG® Red passes only at large sizes, 24px regular or 19px bold and above. Keep button labels and body copy on red at that size or switch to black backgrounds.

03 Typography

Two families, one voice

BDO Grotesk does the talking. DM Mono labels, tags and annotates. Together they read as precise, modern and engineered.

Primary typeface
Variable 300 to 900
Aa
BDO Grotesk
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 & @ # % + = ® ©
Used for
Headings, body copy, navigation, buttons
Default weight
350 text, 400 interface
Fallback
Arial, sans serif
Secondary typeface
Uppercase
Aa
DM Mono
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
Used for
Labels, badges, eyebrows, metadata, stats
Default weight
500
Fallback
Trebuchet MS
BDO Grotesk weights
Variable axis wght
Ag
Light
300
Ag
Text
350
Ag
Interface
400
Ag
Medium
500
Ag
Bold
700
Ag
Black
900

The site sets text at 350 through the variable weight axis, which reads lighter and more refined than a standard regular. Buttons and navigation step up to 400 for legibility at small sizes.

Type scale
Base 15px, ratio 1.26
Style
Live sample
Desktop px
Mobile px
Use
H1
Heading 1
60 / 72
39.8 / 47.8
Page titles
H2
Growth, engineered
47.6 / 59.5
33.4 / 41.8
Section titles
H3
Brand and media
37.8 / 49.1
28.1 / 36.5
Statements and quotes
H4
Category leading brands
30 / 40.5
23.6 / 31.8
Card titles
H5
We audit, develop and deploy
23.8 / 32.1
19.8 / 26.8
Hero subheads, item titles
Lead
Audiences matter. We find the right ones.
18.9 / 28.4
16.7 / 25
Intros and lead paragraphs
Body
We create ideas that win people's attention.
15 / 22.5
14 / 21
Running text
Small
© Copyright Walden Media Group. 2026
11.9 / 17.9
11.8 / 17.6
Footnotes, legal
Badge
We are Walden Media Group
11.9 / 17.9
11.8 / 17.6
Labels and eyebrows, DM Mono

Sizes come from two Webflow variables: a 15px base unit and a 1.26 scale factor on desktop and tablet. Below 768px the factor drops to 1.19, and below 480px the base drops to 14px. Line heights run from 1.2 on H1 to 1.5 on body copy.

04 Iconography

Drawn on a dot grid

Service icons are built from dots on a fixed grid, echoing the precision of circuitry and data. Interface icons stay quiet and functional.

24px
Canvas
11 x 11
Dot grid
2.25px
Dot pitch
0.75px
Dot radius
#FFFFFF
Fill
Service icon library
28 icons
Innovation Spark icon
Technologies + AI
Innovation Spark
i-ai-sparkle.svg
Contrast Mark icon
Brand
Contrast Mark
i-180-degree.svg
Impact Icon
Advertising
Impact Icon
i-motion-sensor.svg
Creative Wave icon
Media
Creative Wave
i-resistor-symbol.svg
Chip icon
New
Chip
i-ai-chip.svg
Neural icon
New
Neural
i-ai-neural.svg
Gem icon
New
Gem
i-brand-gem.svg
Mark icon
New
Mark
i-brand-mark.svg
Megaphone icon
New
Megaphone
i-ad-megaphone.svg
Target icon
New
Target
i-ad-target.svg
Play icon
New
Play
i-media-play.svg
Screen icon
New
Screen
i-media-screen.svg
Network Cable icon
Network Cable
i-network-cable.svg
Connected No Data icon
Connected No Data
i-connected-no-data.svg
NAS icon
NAS
i-nas.svg
Old Computer icon
Old Computer
i-old-computer.svg
Ground Symbol icon
Ground Symbol
i-ground-symbol.svg
Stack icon
Stack
i-stack.svg
Network Card icon
Network Card
i-network-card.svg
Radar icon
Radar
i-radar.svg
Capacitor Symbol icon
Capacitor Symbol
i-capacitor-symbol.svg
Electronics icon
Electronics
i-electronics.svg
Fuse Symbol icon
Fuse Symbol
i-fuse-symbol.svg
Junction icon
Junction
i-junction.svg
Dam icon
Dam
i-dam.svg
Integrated Circuit icon
Integrated Circuit
i-integrated-circuit.svg
Capacitor icon
Capacitor
i-capacitor.svg
Outgoing Data icon
Outgoing Data
i-outgoing-data.svg

Red tags mark the icons live under the home page hero. Display service icons at 24px or exact multiples such as 48px so dots stay crisp. Never mix dot icons with line icons in the same group.

Interface icons
Line and solid, 14 to 24px
Arrow Up Right icon
Buttons
Arrow Up Right
interface-icon-arrow-up-right-white.svg
Arrow Right icon
Links
Arrow Right
interface-arrow-right-small-white.svg
Arrow Right Large icon
Links
Arrow Right Large
interface-arrow-right-small-white-large.svg
Check icon
Lists, forms
Check
interface-icon-check.svg
Close icon
Menus, modals
Close
interface-icon-cross.svg
Menu icon
Navigation
Menu
interface-icon-menu.svg
Play icon
Video
Play
interface-icon-play.svg
Plus icon
Accordions
Plus
icon-plus.svg
Minus icon
Accordions
Minus
icon-minus.svg
Caret Down icon
Dropdowns
Caret Down
icon-caret-down.svg
Caret Left icon
Sliders
Caret Left
icon-caret-left.svg
Grid Pattern icon
Motif
Grid Pattern
grid-pattern.svg
05 Layout and Spacing

A 12 column system on a 24px rhythm

Every measure on the site is a multiple of one 24px unit. Consistent spacing is what makes a sparse black page feel intentional.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
12
Columns
24px
Gutter
36px
Page margin
68px
Navigation height
Spacing scale
Base unit 24px
gap 0.125x
3px
gap 0.25x
6px
gap 0.5x
12px
gap 0.75x
18px
gap 1x
24px
gap 1.5x
36px
gap 2x
48px
gap 3x
72px
gap 4x
96px
gap 6x
144px
gap 7x
168px

Section padding uses its own 96px base: 48px for tight sections, 96px standard and 192px for statement moments.

Corner radius
Sharp by default
0px
Inputs, images, sections
4px
Buttons, cards, chips
8px
Dropdowns and menus
06 Motion

Reveal, never perform

Motion exists to guide the eye and confirm an action. It is quick to start, slow to settle and always respects reduced motion settings.

Signature
The light path

A red light travels the hairlines of the client grid row by row at 1500px per second and replays whenever the grid returns to view.

Easing
cubic-bezier(.22, 1, .36, 1)
Hover
0.6s
Glow
0.7s
Reveal
1.3s
Stagger per column
90ms
Hero card delay
After intro
Patterns
What moves
Client logos
Fade, blur 8px, rise 18px
Work and team images
Fade with zoom settle
Logo hover
Scale 1.045, glow
Red buttons
Darken to #EC2500
Reduced motion
All effects off
07 Components

Built once, used everywhere

Buttons, links and form fields are Webflow components. Edit the component, never a single instance, so every page stays in sync.

96 x 240px
Button size
4px
Button radius
24px
Button blur
48px
Input height
form inputs
caret down
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08 Voice

Direct, confident, human

We write the way a trusted senior partner talks. Clear claims, plain words and no filler.

Lead with the outcome

Say what changes for the client first. Process comes second.

Write it plainly

Short sentences. Common words. No jargon unless the audience uses it daily.

Keep it clean

No hyphens or em dashes in copy. No filler phrases. Always write WMG® with the registered mark.

Do
Audiences matter. We find the right ones and reach them at the moment they are ready to act.
Avoid
Heads up: our best in class, full funnel solutions leverage synergies to drive results.
Questions about the system
growth@waldenmediagroup.com
Walden Media Group Design Library 1.0