Lisbon2026
Vol. 01· Visual System· April 2026

The
Lisbon
System.

A type-forward visual language for the keynote — built where editorial rigor meets the confidence of a company about to define a category. Cobalt, cream, and exactly one saffron.

§ 01
Foundations
§ 02
Type
§ 03
Color
§ 04
Treatments

A document, not a deck.

The keynote should read like considered editorial — not product chrome. Long measure, generous leading, monospaced metadata, hairline rules, and exactly one accent color carry the weight.

Principle 01
Type does the work.
Hierarchy comes from size, weight, and family — not boxes, shadows, or color. Italic serif carries emotion; upright sans carries reason; mono carries metadata.
Principle 02
One accent, used sparingly.
Saffron marks meaning — pull quotes, key words, primary chart series, the hero underline. Never decoration. Terracotta is reserved for two iconic slides (Olá, Saudade) and nowhere else.
Principle 03
Numbers are evidence.
Tabular figures, mono captions, visible deltas, FIG.-numbered callouts. Every value cites itself. Pixel Sixtyfour appears only on “score” moments — never body copy.
§ 01  ·  Foundations Pg. 06

Four families, one voice.

A variable serif for display, a humanist sans for body, a precise mono for metadata and captions, and a pixel font reserved for score moments. Everything else is a distraction.

Display · Editorial
Serrif VF
  • · Variable 100–900
  • · Italic axis
  • · −0.03em tracking
The growth platform for AI search.
Body · Interface
Saans
  • · Regular 400 · Medium 500 · Bold 700
  • · −0.005em tracking
  • · 62ch max line
We design for the person who already knows what they’re looking at — and the one who doesn’t.
Metadata · Captions · Labels
Saans Mono
  • · Medium 500
  • · +0.14em tracking
  • · All caps only
Fig. 02 · Net-new enterprise · QoQ +38.2%
Score · Ornamental
Sixtyfour
  • · Pixel variable
  • · 0.02em tracking
  • · Number moments only
150 · 05 · 01
Display
128 / 118
serif
Index of intent
Headline
56 / 59
serif
Index of intent
Title
32 / 37
serif
Index of intent
Subhead
22 / 29
sans
Index of intent
Lede
19 / 29
sans
Index of intent
Body
16 / 26
sans
Index of intent
Caption
12 / 17
mono
Index of intent
§ 02  ·  Type Pg. 12

Cobalt, cream, one saffron.

The system is anchored on cobalt. Lavender and cream carry the canvas. Saffron earns its place — hero underline, accent italic, pull quote rule, figure highlight. Terracotta is held back for two iconic slides only.

Anchors
Cobalt
#1B1DB5
Ink · Hero
Cobalt Dark
#14169A
Depth
Lavender
#EAEAF5
Paper · Canvas
Paper
#FAF8F6
Warm Canvas
The accent — used once per slide, never twice
Saffron
#F5B841
Editorial Accent
Saffron Wash
#FDF3D9
Hero Wash
Saffron Tint
#FAE4AA
Highlight Mark
Saffron Deep
#E09A1B
Accent Type
Reserved — iconic slides only
Terracotta
#D9563C
Olá · Saudade · Vamos
Cream
#F6EFDC
Olá canvas
Near Black
#0D0D0D
No Laptops
Saffron → Terracotta
Gradient
Vamos closer
§ 03  ·  Color Pg. 18

Seven treatments. Use them sparingly.

Slides exist to prompt the talk track, not to be read. Big sans-bold type does the work. Saffron color earns the accent — one word per slide, no more. Italic serif is reserved for the four iconic moments only (cover, Olá, Saudade, Vamos).

Numbered label
§ 04.1 · Chip + kicker
03 The Last Act
Big sans-bold headline
§ 04.2 · The default move on every slide
Three bets that landed.
Saffron accent word
§ 04.3 · One word per headline · color, not italic
We weren’t opinionated enough.
Pull quote
§ 04.4 · Sans bold · saffron rule · for big quotes

The gap between fine and great is the whole ballgame.

— Jamin Ball · Clouded Judgement · Apr 2026

Mark highlight
§ 04.5 · Inline saffron tint on key phrase · sparingly

The thing that makes us un-cloneable is the closed loop — every run teaches the next, every customer leaves a richer fingerprint, every cycle compounds.

Saffron strikethrough
§ 04.6 · For the “old moat is dead” pattern
Per-seat pricing
Stat display
§ 04.7 · Pixel Sixtyfour · score moments only
150
AirOppers
05
Days
01
Team
§ 04  ·  Treatments Pg. 24

Hairline, never rounded.

Everything in the system has radius zero. Cards are single-rule rectangles. On hover, the border goes cobalt and the card lifts. No shadows at rest, ever.

Bet 01
The data bet.
We bet the data layer would matter more than the dashboard — and 360 is the deepest longitudinal AI-search dataset on the market. 2B+ responses.
Bet 02
The enterprise bet.
We bet enterprise would pay for depth, not dashboards — and we brought in the top-100 brands who’d rather own the outcome than watch a scorecard.
Bet 03
The platform bet.
We bet “just add AI” wasn’t a product — and we shipped Workflows, MCP, and the closed loop while the rest of the market shipped blog-post generators.
§ 05  ·  Cards Pg. 30

Type fills the canvas. Chrome stays out of the way.

Every slide is one big idea in big sans-bold type. The only chrome is a small italic wordmark in the top-left and a slide number in the bottom-right. No act ribbons. No folios. No figure captions. The audience reads the room, not the deck.

Lisbon2026
03

Why we’re all in the same room.

Mark the year. Pick the next. Build the relationships that make the rest of it work.

Four reserved distinctive moments
Distinctive 01 · Cover
Lisbon wordmark hero.
Full-bleed lavender with the calligraphic Lisbon 2026 wordmark centered. No body copy. The poster moment.
Distinctive 02 · Olá
Terracotta on cream.
Giant italic Olá. with the welcome line. The human hello. Terracotta is used here and nowhere else in Act I.
Distinctive 03 · No Laptops
Black with a strike.
Near-black canvas. Sans-bold NO LAPTOPS at 280pt. Terracotta strike-through. Deadpan. One sharp joke.
Distinctive 04 · Vamos
Saffron gradient closer.
Saffron → terracotta gradient. Cobalt italic Vamos. at 420pt. Let’s go. The walk-off.
§ 06  ·  Composition Pg. 34

The Lisbon 2026 wordmark.

Calligraphic italic serif for “Lisbon,” script “airops” tucked above, pixel Sixtyfour year. Always cobalt ink. Paired with lavender or cream — never with saffron directly.

Lisbon 2026 hero wordmark
Cover · Hero Min. 640px wide
Lisbon 2026 small wordmark Lisbon 2026 small wordmark
Chrome · Every slide 24–36px tall
§ 07  ·  Mark Pg. 40