Event Identity · Direction B
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Event Identity Document · La Maison de Fêtes

Match Point Maximalia

Emma's
Tennis
Party

Occasion Garden Tennis Party
Date Saturday, 18 July 2026
Venue Rose Court Estate · Bel-Air
Suite Six Pieces · Full

§ 01 — The Event

Emma

Host Emma
Occasion Garden Tennis Party
Date & Time Saturday, 18 July 2026 2:00 PM — 5:00 PM · Arrive from 1:45
Venue Rose Court Estate 12 Rose Court Drive · Bel-Air, CA
RSVP By 4 July 2026 Required · advise dietary requirements
Dress Code Garden Party Tennis Whites Welcome

§ 02 — Creative Direction

Match Point
Maximalia

MATCH
POINT

Direction B · Confirmed

What if the tennis court was the last place you expected to find a Matisse? Flat bold colour fills, Playfair Black at scale, a sky blue ground that feels like looking straight up through the palms. The same party, told by a bolder hand.

Raoul Dufy Matisse Club Med 1970s Slim Aarons Jacquemus

Mood

Maximalist Botanical Joyful Mediterranean Graphic Celebratory

What This Identity Is Not

Dark or brown backgrounds
Corporate navy
Minimal all-white layout
Digital gradients
Generic clipart tennis iconography
Pure white — always linen (#F5EFE6)

§ 03 — Colour Palette

Six Colours.
One Temperature.

Sky

#4BBFD4

Primary ground · Card faces · Hero backgrounds

Fuchsia

#E84B7B

Signal accent · Rule bands · RSVP · Stripe

Garden

#2E6B47

Botanical anchor · Scoreboard reverse · Stripe

Coral

#F4956A

Warmth · Stripe · Prevents cool read

Linen

#F5EFE6

Relief · Menu body · Not pure white — ever

Dark Forest

#1A3A2A

Footers · Scoreboard reverse · Not primary bg

Sky Blue is the primary ground on all card faces. It must appear as the dominant background on the invitation, menu header, place card face, and scoreboard left panel

Fuchsia is reserved for rule bands, top borders, accent marks, and the RSVP call-out. Never use as a full-piece background colour

Linen (#F5EFE6) is the only permitted "white". Pure #FFFFFF is never used — linen gives the warmth that prevents the suite from reading cold

Dark Forest appears as footer and reverse-face backgrounds only. It is never the primary background of a piece — it grounds, it doesn't dominate

§ 04 — Typography

Two Voices.
One Rule.

Typeface Playfair Display
Role Display · Guest Names · Event Title
Weights Used 900 (display) · 700 Italic (secondary)
Emma's
Tennis Party
Rose Court — Two
72pt+EMMA'S
36ptTENNIS PARTY
20ptGarden Menu · After the Match
14ptRose Lemonade Spritz
Typeface DM Sans
Role Labels · Details · Captions · Supporting
Weights Used 300 (details) · 400 (labels) · Never bold
On Arrival · Courtside · After the Match
Saturday, 18 July 2026 · Rose Court Estate · Bel-Air
Please Advise of Any Dietary Requirements

The rule is absolute: Playfair Display 900 does all the shouting. DM Sans whispers the details. No DM Sans at display size. No Playfair at caption size. No bold weight on DM Sans. No mixing within a hierarchy level.

§ 05 — The Signature Motif

The Floral
Tennis Ball

Floral tennis ball motif

The single element that ties every piece together.

A tennis ball whose seams bloom into tropical botanicals — the visual shorthand for this party. Bold, painterly, Matisse-cut-out energy. It is the element guests photograph, the detail that makes the suite immediately recognisable wherever it appears.

Appears on

Invitation — central hero element, large scale
Scoreboard — centre panel between teams
Social pack — featured across all post variants
Place card — motif reference on reverse face

Treatment: bold painterly illustration, flat vibrant colour fills. Not photorealistic — closer to Matisse cut-outs. Always full-colour. No mono version.

§ 06 — The Colour Stripe

The Suite's
Handshake.

Full-weight version

Fuchsia

Position 1 · Always first · The signal

Garden

Position 2 · The botanical anchor

Sky

Position 3 · The ground colour

Coral

Position 4 · Always last · The warmth

6px version — used on all pieces

3px version — use for subtle applications

The stripe is the suite's handshake. It appears at the open or close of every piece — or both. The order Fuchsia → Garden → Sky → Coral is absolute. Never reorder. Never omit a colour. Never change the segment ratio. The stripe is the one element that cannot vary.

§ 07 — The Suite

Six Pieces.
One Signal.

01 of 06

Invitation

The first impression. Sky blue hero, Playfair 900 at maximum scale. Fuchsia band divides hero from linen detail section. Date, time, venue, dress code in DM Sans. Colour stripe top and bottom.

02 of 06

Menu Card

Sky blue header with Playfair 900 title. Fuchsia rule band separates header from linen body. Three courses sectioned with sky DM Sans labels. Dark footer with dietary note. Colour stripe at base.

03 of 06

Place Card

A6 tent card. Sky face with guest name in Playfair 900, fuchsia top border, court assignment below. Dark forest reverse with court name in Playfair italic. Full guest spread shown at small scale.

04 of 06

Scoreboard

Landscape signage. Sky left team vs dark forest right team. Floral ball image in centre panel. Fuchsia VS badge and top strip. Set score boxes. Prints or displays on-screen at courtside.

05 of 06

Order of Play

Court schedule and match pairings. Sky blue header at Playfair 900, three courts structured with the same course-section anatomy as the menu. Fuchsia band separator, dark forest footer. Prints at A5 portrait or pinned at courtside.

06 of 06

Thank You Card

Closes the guest journey. Dark forest hero — a deliberate contrast to the sky invitation — with linen Playfair 900 headline. Fuchsia band, linen body with italic message and host name. Sky footer. Colour stripe top and bottom.

§ 08 — Social Assets

The Suite
Online.

Social Pack

Three 1080×1080 feed posts and one Story. Post 1: sky/ball split. Post 2: fuchsia date announcement. Post 3: dark green quote with floral ball. Story: full botanical invitation graphic. All Direction B palette and type.

§ 09 — Production Notes

Materials &
Specification

Invitation

Stock350gsm uncoated · sky blue print
FormatA5 Portrait · 148 × 210mm
PrintCMYK 4-colour · gloss or matte finish
EnvelopeSky blue or cream DL · fuchsia liner
DigitalHTML · email or PDF export at 300dpi

Menu Card

Stock300gsm uncoated linen-finish
FormatA5 Portrait · 148 × 210mm
PrintCMYK 4-colour both sides
PlacementOne per setting · guests keep as memento

Place Card

Stock350gsm duplex · sky / dark green
FormatA6 tent fold · 148 × 105mm
PrintCMYK full-colour both faces
PersonalisationGuest name + court assignment per card

Scoreboard & Social

ScoreboardA2 landscape · foam board or Dibond
Scoreboard printUV direct · matte finish
Social feed1080 × 1080px · PNG export
Social story1080 × 1920px · PNG export
All digital files delivered as self-contained HTML at 1× screen resolution. For print production, export via browser print-to-PDF at 300dpi minimum. Sky (#4BBFD4) converts to Pantone 306 C · Fuchsia (#E84B7B) converts to Pantone 225 C · Garden (#2E6B47) converts to Pantone 349 C. Confirm with printer before production run.

EMMA'S
TENNIS
PARTY

Event Identity · Direction B · Match Point Maximalia

Rose Court Estate · Bel-Air
Saturday, 18 July 2026 · 2:00 — 5:00 PM

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