99names · Brand exploration · August 2026

Three directions for the world's 99 Names brand.

Each guide covers strategy, logo, colour, typography, the physical cards, the app, social and the website. Click into each. Direction 01 evolves the card you already built; 02 and 03 start from the goal, not the current assets.

The Gilded Archive

The reference edition. Museum-grade restraint, collectable cards, a seal logo. Evolves what you have into something Aesop/Hermès-level.

Ninety-Nine Dots

The movement. A 9 × 11 grid of 99 dots is the logo and the progress bar. Square Kufic, Swiss grid, loud colour. Built for an 19-year-old in Lagos or Toronto.

Noor

The daily companion. Light as the system: a 99-ray logo, dawn-to-dusk gradients tied to prayer times, a breathing app. The Calm of dhikr.

Noor — the full world →

The selected direction, expanded: six card concepts, eight app screens, six Instagram posts and stories, five website pages, packaging and merch.

The logo file set →

18 SVGs and 23 PNGs: the 99-ray mark, lockups, wordmark, the ٩٩ numeral, Arabic signature, app icons, favicons and the OG image.

01 · Gilded Archive02 · Ninety-Nine Dots03 · Noor
PositioningThe reference edition — the one you gift and frameThe movement — the one you wear and compete onThe companion — the one you open at Fajr
Core ideaRestraint; the name carries the meaning99 = 9 × 11 dots; progress is the logo99 rays of one light; colour of the hour
LogoDouble-ring seal with "99"Dot grid + wide "99" + Kufic ٩٩99-ray sun + soft serif wordmark
ArabicAmiri (Naskh) — formal, vowelledReem Kufi / Noto Kufi — geometricAref Ruqaa / Gulzar — handwritten, flowing
Best forPremium physical product, gifting, older & affluent buyersGrowth, youth, merch, virality, the quizApp retention, daily habit, broadest global appeal
RiskCan feel cold or "luxury-brand generic"; slower social growthCould read as too loud/irreverent for some audiencesEasy to imitate; wellness-app sameness if not handled with craft
Keeps from todayEverything — card, colour toggle, dark siteNothing except the name and the numberThe soft tone of your recent IG posts

The decision

Direction 03 · Noor is the master brand, with Direction 02's 99-dot grid kept inside it as the progress and quiz device. Noor has the widest global appeal and the strongest retention mechanic — the page and the app tint themselves to the local prayer time — while the dot grid remains the most ownable single device across all three decks. Direction 01 stays available as the premium “Gilded” print edition within the range. The live site, the logo set and the full Noor world are all built on this system.