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App · 2026

Maya

The full brand and the UX and UI for an app. Not launched yet, so this is what I can show for now.

Brand UX & UI Design system
Maya app icon and interface, brand and UX design by Ilona Jamilla
The identity Brand system · 2026

Soft and flowing, with a rounded m and a full stop that signals presence and closure.

Clear space

The wordmark needs room to breathe. The "m." height is the unit. Keep at least that much space on all four sides.

m. = 1 unit
The symbol

A single flowing "m." drawn from the wordmark. It carries the brand at small sizes: app icon, avatar, loading state.

#754147
#C8ADA5
#F8F3F0
The palette

Matte, powdery and warm, with no cold tones. Marsala leads, the mid-tones support, and the two lightest shades carry most backgrounds.

Marsala#4C252A
Mauve Brown#754147
Dusty Mauve#956B6F
Cocoa Taupe#8C766F
Powder Rose#C8ADA5
Warm Bone#EADDD8
Soft Ivory#F8F3F0
The type

One serif with a voice, one sans that stays out of the way.

DM Serif Display Headings · Regular

High contrast between thick and thin strokes, with soft, slightly rounded terminals. It reads as considered rather than clinical, the same warmth the wordmark has, at heading size.

48 / 40 / 32 Tight leading
Plus Jakarta Sans Body · Light & Bold

An open, humanist geometric with tall x-height and generous counters. Light carries long passages calmly on a phone. Bold does the work of buttons and labels without shouting.

17 / 15 / 13 1.85 line height
Why they work

The pairing splits the job cleanly: the serif gives the brand a face, the sans gives it a voice. Their shared roundness and near-matching x-heights let them sit on the same screen without friction, while the contrast in stroke weight makes hierarchy obvious at a glance.

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