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Case study · HKI

Human Kind Intelligence

Full rebrand and new site for an AI strategy and training company.

Role
Brand designer & web developer
Year
2026
Scope
Brand identity, Website design, Website development
Human Kind Intelligence — homepage hero
01Challenge

Where we started.

Human Kind Intelligence started as a rebrand of Jenni Arnold AI, the solo consultancy my co-founder Jenni Arnold had been running under her own name. When we paired up to build a two-founder company, the old name didn't fit anymore. We needed a new identity, a new site, and a name that covered everything we actually do now: AI strategy, training, and the custom tools we build for clients. None of it existed yet, so I built it: logo, brand system, site.

02Approach

How we got there.

The brand started from a single idea: keep the human at the center of everything. The mark is a thumbprint, because nothing is more uniquely human than a fingerprint, and nothing signals "this was made by a person" more directly. From there, every other choice fell into place around that one anchor.

On color, I went after a nature-tech feel: moss green, terracotta, and cream. That meant deliberately walking away from the visual cliches of the AI category. No brains. No circuit boards. No diagrams of nodes connecting to nodes. No purple-blue gradients. Those signals are everywhere, and most of them communicate "another AI startup" before they communicate anything else. Ours had to read as warmer, more grounded, and more human on first look.

Type-wise, Raleway carries the wordmark because it has a clean, slightly distinctive geometry that holds up at logo size without feeling generic. Montserrat and Lato handle everything else. They're chosen for readability across long-form copy, intake forms, and slide content, since a lot of HKI's deliverables are documents people actually have to read.

03Brand

Identity system.

Human Kind Intelligence logo

Logo

Primary mark used across the brand system. Designed for legibility at small sizes and reproduction across screen, print, and embroidery.

Palette

#5B754B

Moss

#D67052

Terracotta

#FDFCF8

Cream

#4F4A46

Brown BG

#333333

Charcoal

#FFFFFF

White

Typography

Wordmark

Raleway

Logo lockup only

Headlines

Montserrat

Section headers, product names

Body

Lato

Long-form copy, forms, decks

Applications

Human Kind Intelligence business cards — front and back
Business cards
Human Kind Intelligence LinkedIn banner for personal pages
LinkedIn banner
04Website

Built and shipped.

Human Kind Intelligence — homepage hero
Stack
Next.js + Sanity + Resend
Hosting
Hostinger VPS
Live
humankindintelligence.ai
05Outcome
Mickey rebuilt my entire brand identity and website, turning it into something I'm proud to put my name on. Human Kind Intelligence looks professional and engaging because of his creative and technical work. He built the new Human Kind Intelligence website from scratch, brought our brand to life visually, and handled every detail with professionalism and care. Beyond the creative and technical work, Mickey brings a business owner's mindset to every project - he understands what a website needs to do, not just how it needs to look. I highly recommend Mickey for any rebrand or website project!
Jenni Arnold · Founder & AI Educator - Human Kind Intelligence