The Rule

Ritmo

The letters ring outwards in parallel lines until the lettering and the pattern are the same thing.

Mexico City 1968

More rings → letter dissolves into pattern
M68 M68 M68 M68 M68 ESTADIO OLÍMPICO RITMO 1968 Fila A · Asiento 12

Brand Guidelines

Strokes must alternate: ink / background / ink / background. The number of rings defines the identity's energy. More rings = more dissolution into pure optical pattern. Horizontal line fills only in band areas — no diagonal, no curves.

AM AM AM AM AM ALEX MITCHELL ART DIRECTOR

What breaks it

A plain, solid-filled letterform in a single colour on clean white. No rings, no stripes, no optical rhythm. Just a static, inert letter. Without the concentric stroke system, there is no identity — it is just typography.

R
Static · Inert · No Pattern