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BRANDO BRAND GUIDELINES — COMPLETE INDEX (CHAPTERS 1–28)

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1. Brand Essence

Defines:

  • brand purpose
  • brand idea
  • brand promise
  • narrative foundation
  • personality & tone
  • core identity principles

2. Vision, Mission & Values

Defines:

  • long-term vision
  • operational mission
  • brand values
  • strategic worldview
  • guiding beliefs

3. Typography System

Defines:

  • Inter & Plex Mono usage
  • type scale
  • hierarchy
  • weights & tracking
  • accessibility rules

4. Color System

Defines:

  • primary aurora palette
  • neutrals
  • gradients
  • usage ratios
  • background standards

5. Logo & Visual Tokens

Defines:

  • logo construction
  • symbol system
  • clear-space rules
  • do/don’t usage
  • visual token architecture

6. Imagery & Art Direction

Defines:

  • aurora imagery
  • architectural photography
  • semantic diagrams
  • composition rules
  • prohibited imagery

7. Layout, Grid & Spacing

Defines:

  • 12-column & 8-column grids
  • spacing scale
  • alignment rules
  • responsive structure
  • page-level patterns

8. Iconography & Component System

Defines:

  • icon grid
  • stroke rules
  • UI component library
  • component spacing
  • interaction states

9. Brand Motion System

Defines:

  • timing curves
  • easing profiles
  • node & edge behaviors
  • atmospheric motion rules
  • prohibited animation patterns

10. Brand Applications

Defines:

  • website structure
  • product UI patterns
  • documentation layout
  • slide systems
  • social templates

11. Governance & Brand Stewardship

Defines:

  • brand ownership model
  • approval workflows
  • contributor roles
  • asset permissions
  • governance audits

12. Brand Architecture

Defines:

  • master brand
  • sub-brands
  • modules & features
  • naming rules
  • inheritance logic

13. Semantic Narrative Framework

Defines:

  • narrative hierarchy
  • category/value/product levels
  • canonical sentence patterns
  • approved vocabulary
  • semantic story logic

14. Content Guidelines (Advanced Writing Rules)

Defines:

  • Brando tone
  • lexical rules
  • sentence constraints
  • structural templates
  • prompt governance

15. Prompt Library

Defines:

  • master prompts
  • rewrite prompts
  • UI prompts
  • documentation prompts
  • thought-leadership prompts

16. Asset Library & Download Rules

Defines:

  • asset groups
  • file formats
  • naming conventions
  • version control
  • restricted vs approved assets

17. Implementation Playbooks

Defines:

  • web execution rules
  • product UI standards
  • documentation implementation
  • AI runtime rules
  • platform-specific constraints

18. Multi-Brand & Partner Governance

Defines:

  • brand inheritance
  • sub-brand separation
  • co-branding rules
  • partner permissions
  • multi-brand AI boundaries

19. AI Agents & Autonomous Systems Governance

Defines:

  • agent activation sequence
  • allowed vs prohibited actions
  • policy-bound decision-making
  • memory governance
  • multi-agent coordination

20. AI Safety, Risk & Compliance Framework

Defines:

  • safety layers
  • risk classifications
  • refusal patterns
  • regulated content rules
  • compliance enforcement

21. Regulatory Compliance Standards

Defines:

  • advertising guidelines
  • legal claim boundaries
  • sector-specific compliance
  • regional rule variations
  • machine-actionable legal policies

22. Data Governance & Privacy Framework

Defines:

  • data boundaries
  • PII restrictions
  • agent memory limits
  • retention rules
  • privacy-compliant AI behaviors

23. Localization & Internationalization Rules

Defines:

  • region-specific tone
  • regulated claim differences
  • multilingual semantic mapping
  • cultural neutrality
  • localized context nodes

24. Brand Evolution & Versioning Governance

Defines:

  • version control system
  • schema evolution
  • token expansion rules
  • visual system updates
  • backward compatibility

25. Training & Onboarding Playbooks

Defines:

  • designer onboarding
  • writer training
  • engineer guidance
  • agency certification
  • competency checklists

26. Crisis Governance & Incident Response

Defines:

  • crisis tone rules
  • emergency messaging
  • AI crisis behavior
  • escalation structure
  • semantic crisis overrides

27. Multi-Modal Governance (Image, Audio, Video, 3D)

Defines:

  • image generation rules
  • audio/voice rules
  • video/motion rules
  • 3D identity constraints
  • cross-modal semantic consistency

28. Human–AI Collaboration Framework

Defines:

  • human approval points
  • hybrid creative workflows
  • human override rules
  • governance escalation
  • co-creation protocols
  • AI acceleration boundaries
  • human accountability rules
  • machine vs human roles in brand generation