Opsi, Tramm & ORBIT

One family design system for a logistics technology company and its two product brands

Brand architecture · Design system · Tokens · Iconography
Client
Opsi Systems, with Tramm TMS and ORBIT
Sector
Enterprise Transportation Technology
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
Category
Brand
Opsi Systems, Tramm and ORBIT side by side, each on its home ground with the shared eyebrow, heading and button
The brief

The problem

Opsi Systems sells two products, Tramm TMS and ORBIT, with three separate websites (opsisystems.com, tramm.global, orbit3.co) that had grown apart: different corners, buttons, spacing and voice. The products read as unrelated companies, and the parent brand got lost.

If three brands share one base and only differ in logo, ground and accent, every new page, deck or product screen stays on-brand without a designer in the loop.

The work

What I did

  • Brand architecture: Opsi as the parent, Tramm and ORBIT as product brands, tied together with a small "by opsi." endorsement instead of old text credits.
  • One shared base: the same type scale (Raleway, DM Mono for data), the family corner (a small top-left cut), one button rule, spacing and components for all three.
  • Six themes: each brand gets a home ground and its opposite (Opsi navy and white, Tramm turquoise and white, ORBIT white and deep blue), with every text pair at 4.5:1 or better.
  • The dot as the thread: the full stop from the Opsi wordmark starts every eyebrow in every brand.
  • Iconography and voice rules for new icons, imagery, patterns and copy across the family.
The story

How it came together

Results
Identity

The mark

Colour and type

Palette

Navy · #001626 · Opsi ground and family ink

Kinetic Orange · #FC4C02 · Opsi CTA, eyebrows and the dot

Electric Blue · #1600BA · Opsi wordmark on white

Tramm Turquoise 900 · #003F47 · Tramm ground

Tramm Turquoise · #3FE0D0 · Tramm accent

Tramm Mustard · #C7C214 · Tramm CTA

Light Blue · #19AFFF · the Tramm T and reversed ORBIT accent

Blue · #0080C7 · ORBIT marks and icons

Medium Blue · #00507A · ORBIT CTA

ORBIT 900 · #003352 · ORBIT reversed ground

Opsi family type specimen: Raleway Regular, SemiBold and ExtraBold for headings, body and UI; DM Mono for data, stats and labels

Raleway for everything, DM Mono only for data. Display 72px once per page, 48px section headings, 42px stats. Eyebrows 12px uppercase.

Principles

Rules anyone can follow

Swap artwork by ground

Every logo has a version for each ground; the theme picks the right one.

The family corner

A small top-left cut on buttons, tags and featured cards. A notch, never a swoop.

Accent discipline

The accent is for the CTA, eyebrows, the dot, links and one stat. Everything else is navy, white and greys.

Never change shape

Components re-colour themselves per brand but keep the same structure.

In use

The brand at work

Print

On paper

Social

In the feed

Website

The website

Next step

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