Design exploration
The Layered Authority concept: 48pt black cotton / white cotton duplex · deep emboss (black face, no ink)
The Layered Authority
The recipe
- Product & size
- The Layered Authority
- Paper
- 48pt black cotton / white cotton duplex
- Print & finishes
- deep emboss (black face, no ink), flat gold foil (type), painted gold edges, debossed wreath (white back)
- Edges
- painted gold edges
Studio note
The emblem impresses deep without foil, creating shadow-relief that reads in black-on-black luxury. Type floats in gold foil. Edges paint gold. The back flips the hierarchy: white core shows at edges and reveals a minimalist white debossed version of the wreath. It's braver, more architectural, and still entirely your brand.