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Kedalion

A brand for tokenized gold, built for a market that runs on trust.

A laptop on a rough stone plinth showing the Kedalion site: 'Own in-ground gold before it's mined', with a glowing gold seam
Client
Kedalion
Category
Real-world assets · Tokenized commodities
Scope
Brand sprint, identity, website, launch creative
Backed by
43-101 regulated in-ground resources

01 · Challenge

Kedalion turns verified in-ground gold and silver into tradeable tokens, in a market where investors have to trust both the metal and the technology. Its brand had to feel as real as the resource.

02 · Approach

In one brand sprint we made a monogram cut like rough stone, chose editorial serif type, ran a single seam of gold through a monochrome system, and built the website and launch creative.

03 · Outcome

A system built for trust: a website that takes investors from headline to waitlist, guidelines that keep the story consistent, and launch creative from social posts to underground billboards.

01The challenge

Gold is the oldest store of value. Tokenizing it still has to feel safe.

Access before the mining begins

Kedalion turns verified in-ground gold and silver into liquid, tradeable tokens, giving investors access to resources regulated under the 43-101 standard before mining begins. Two things have to be believed at once: that the metal is real, and that the technology around it is sound.

Real-world asset brands tend to fail in one direction or the other. Some look like crypto and lose the weight of the metal. Others look like old mining finance and lose the new idea. The brief was to hold both, in a single brand sprint.

02Strategy

Brand idea

Own untapped metals like never before.

Aerial view of a winding mountain road with five line icons and the line 'Own untapped metals like never before'

03Identity

A monogram cut like a rough stone

The mark is a monogram faceted like a rough stone: solid, raw and unpolished on purpose. It sits in a monochrome system with editorial serif type and a single seam of gold, the only colour in the world. Restraint is what makes the gold read as precious.

The Kedalion wordmark and monogram in white on black
The Kedalion monogram in white against dark rock
A faceted stone drawn in line with a vertical band of gold
A fine-line globe with two bright points
Four coin outlines carrying the Kedalion monogram
A large serif 'Aa' set sideways, with the typeface name Galaxie Copernicus
The brand guideline overview: colour swatches, type, imagery and layout boards in black and gold

04Website

From headline to waitlist

The website tells one story in order: what is being tokenized, why it can be trusted and how to join. A glowing seam of gold runs through the dark pages as a sign of the resource itself, and it leads the eye to the next step.

A phone on dark leather showing the Kedalion homepage with a gold glow
A station platform billboard reading 'Own untapped metals like never before'
Three Kedalion pages side by side: dark stone, a light page and a market view

05Launch

Launch creative, from the feed to underground

The same system runs through launch: social posts, posters, apparel and a film, from the feed to underground billboards, so investors meet one consistent idea everywhere.

A person in a white Kedalion T-shirt seen from the front
Three posters in a steel-framed wall: dark pages and a white coin page

06Impact & proof

100%
Regulatory compliant tokenized gold standard
1 sprint
Brand identity & launch website built and shipped
50+
Physical & digital launch campaign placements

Metrics published by Kedalion across public launch as of 2025.

Brand

  • Monogram and wordmark
  • Editorial type
  • Gold seam colour system
  • Brand guidelines

Website

  • Site from headline to waitlist

Launch

  • Social posts
  • Posters and underground billboards
  • Apparel
  • Launch film
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