Record
1 Aug – 31 Aug · vs last year: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Aug 2025
Every decision this desk has made, with the version of the rulebook it was made under. Nothing is judged again when a rule changes — the row keeps the book it answered to, and that is what makes a disagreement six months from now a matter of reading.
Decisions
The gate409
One per file that arrived. A file that comes back arrives again.
Sent back
Computed37.4%
Something measured or read came back broken
Time to a decision
Computed3.8 h
From a file arriving to somebody saying yes or no. The gate takes seconds; the rest is a diary.
Measured against v7
Brand rulebook95.6%
The rest against 1 older book
Books in force
Brand rulebook2
Oldest in this period: v6, 21 Jul 2026
Which book each decision answered to
Decisions in this period, by the version of the rulebook that was in force on the day they were made.
v7in force
39196%v6
184%
Nothing here is judged twice. A file approved in June was measured against June’s book and stays approved when the book changes in August — the row keeps the version, so the question “why did this pass?” has an answer that does not depend on anybody’s memory.
How the book got here
Each version was written after something went wrong. The summary says which thing.
- v74 Aug 2026In force391 decisions in this period
The printer's specification came in as rules: ink ceiling, bleed, safety margin, embedded faces, colour space.
Total ink under the press ceilingThree millimetres of bleed on every edgeNothing within four millimetres of the trimEvery face embedded in the filePrint files are CMYK, screen files are sRGBEnough pixels at the size it is laid out - v621 Jul 202618 decisions in this period
Contrast floors written down after a spec line went out on a listing in Sand on Chalk. Licence coverage made a blocking rule.
Body type reaches 4.5:1 against its groundDisplay type reaches 3:1Licensed for where it is going - v530 Jun 2026
Marketplace main-image rules taken from the channels' own policies; how a lot is named tightened after a blend was listed as an estate lot.
Nothing written on a marketplace main imageMain image on a plain white groundProduct fills the frame the channel asks forOrigin named, never impliedA product called the same thing on every channel - v412 May 2026
The brand book refresh: palette, voice, superlatives, the type scale.
Brand palette onlyNo near misses of a brand colourHouse voice: plain, no hype punctuationNo unprovable superlativesHouse faces onlyNothing set under the surface's smallest sizeAt most two families in one piece - v39 Apr 2026
The label law written out field by field, with the x-height, after a print run was held at the plate stage.
Every field set from the product record, never typedThe name of the foodIngredientsNet quantityOriginImporter and addressStorage and best beforeLot or batch markAllergen statement where the line is sharedMandatory text at 1.2 mm x-height or more - v218 Feb 2026
The new mark: clear space, the two colourways, the minimum sizes, and what may not be done to it.
Clear space of one H on every sideNever printed under 18 mm wideNever shown under 96 px wideNever stretched, squashed or rotatedTwo colourways only: Harbor, or reversed outNot over a busy part of a photographOnly the lockups in the bookThe current mark, not the one before itProfile picture above the mark's floorThe shop's name written one way - v13 Jun 2024
The brand book as a document: a PDF on a shared drive, and whoever had read it. Nothing in it could be run against a file.
No rules a machine could run. This is the version every brand book is still on.
Decisions
Newest first. Every row has a person's role on it, because there is no other way for a row to get here.
| File | Going to | From | Decision | What it broke | When | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colombia-huila-reel-12s.mp4 | IG Reel | Content Studio | Sent backby social media | Inside the text the surface carries | Mon 31 Aug, 15:09 | v7 |
| decaf-colombia-main.jpg | TY Main | Content Studio | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 13:49 | v7 |
| autumn-blend-ad-square.jpg | Meta feed | In-house designer | Approvedby the ad desk | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 12:32 | v7 |
| espresso-blend-spread.pdf | Catalogue | The web store | Approvedby the brand manager | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 11:54 | v7 |
| gift-set-ad-square.jpg | Meta feed | The agency | Sent backby the ad desk | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 11:42 | v7 |
| ethiopia-yirgacheffe-story-9x16.jpg | IG Story | In-house designer | Approvedby social media | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 11:22 | v7 |
| autumn-blend-gallery-2.jpg | TY Gallery | Content Studio | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 11:06 | v7 |
| ethiopia-yirgacheffe-hero.jpg | Web hero | In-house designer | Approvedby the web store | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 10:32 | v7 |
| autumn-blend-gallery-2.jpg | TY Gallery | Content Studio | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 10:08 | v7 |
| wholesale-label-250g.pdf | 250 g label | The label printer | Sent backby production | Never printed under 18 mm wide | Mon 31 Aug, 09:08 | v7 |
| kenya-aa-main.jpg | TY Main | In-house designer | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 09:04 | v7 |
| subscription-story-9x16.jpg | IG Story | The web store | Approvedby social media | Nothing | Mon 31 Aug, 08:21 | v7 |
| decaf-colombia-main.jpg | TY Main | The web store | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Sun 30 Aug, 14:11 | v7 |
| ethiopia-yirgacheffe-hero.jpg | Web hero | Content Studio | Approvedby the web store | Nothing | Sun 30 Aug, 11:05 | v7 |
| house-blend-label-250g.pdf | 250 g label | Content Studio | Approvedby production | Nothing | Sat 29 Aug, 16:54 | v7 |
| ethiopia-yirgacheffe-ad-square.jpg | Meta feed | Content Studio | Sent backby the ad desk | Origin named, never implied | Sat 29 Aug, 15:11 | v7 |
| wholesale-label-250g.pdf | 250 g label | The web store | Approvedby production | Nothing | Fri 28 Aug, 17:35 | v7 |
| gift-set-spread.pdf | Catalogue | The label printer | Sent backby the brand manager | Mandatory text at 1.2 mm x-height or more | Fri 28 Aug, 16:42 | v7 |
| espresso-blend-feed-4x5.jpg | IG Feed | In-house designer | Approvedby social media | Nothing | Fri 28 Aug, 16:12 | v7 |
| brewing-guide-feed-4x5.jpg | IG Feed | The agency | Sent backby social media | Licensed for where it is going | Fri 28 Aug, 15:19 | v7 |
| house-blend-main.jpg | TY Main | The agency | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Fri 28 Aug, 15:08 | v7 |
| subscription-main.jpg | TY Main | In-house designer | Sent backby marketplace operations | Body type reaches 4.5:1 against its ground | Fri 28 Aug, 14:07 | v7 |
| subscription-gallery-2.jpg | TY Gallery | Content Studio | Sent backby marketplace operations | Body type reaches 4.5:1 against its ground | Fri 28 Aug, 13:46 | v7 |
| espresso-blend-spread.pdf | Catalogue | Content Studio | Sent backby the brand manager | Clear space of one H on every side | Fri 28 Aug, 13:23 | v7 |
| colombia-huila-main.jpg | TY Main | A supplier | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Fri 28 Aug, 13:01 | v7 |
| wholesale-poster-a2.pdf | A2 poster | Content Studio | Approvedby the brand manager | Nothing | Fri 28 Aug, 11:45 | v7 |
| espresso-blend-main.jpg | TY Main | In-house designer | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Fri 28 Aug, 11:13 | v7 |
| house-blend-spread.pdf | Catalogue | Content Studio | Approvedby the brand manager | Nothing | Fri 28 Aug, 09:23 | v7 |
| house-blend-feed-4x5.jpg | IG Feed | The agency | Sent backby social media | Licensed for where it is going | Fri 28 Aug, 09:19 | v7 |
| wholesale-ad-square.jpg | Meta feed | Content Studio | Sent backby the ad desk | A shape the surface takes | Thu 27 Aug, 17:57 | v7 |
| colombia-huila-hero.jpg | Web hero | The label printer | Approvedby the web store | Nothing | Thu 27 Aug, 15:10 | v7 |
| decaf-colombia-ad-square.jpg | Meta feed | The agency | Approvedby the ad desk | Nothing | Thu 27 Aug, 12:51 | v7 |
| wholesale-main.jpg | TY Main | Content Studio | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Thu 27 Aug, 12:21 | v7 |
| brewing-guide-label-250g.pdf | 250 g label | The label printer | Sent backby production | Mandatory text at 1.2 mm x-height or more | Thu 27 Aug, 11:56 | v7 |
| colombia-huila-ad-square.jpg | Meta feed | In-house designer | Approvedby the ad desk | Nothing | Thu 27 Aug, 11:53 | v7 |
| gift-set-label-250g.pdf | 250 g label | Content Studio | Approvedby production | Nothing | Thu 27 Aug, 11:24 | v7 |
| subscription-feed-4x5.jpg | IG Feed | Content Studio | Approvedby social media | Nothing | Thu 27 Aug, 10:39 | v7 |
| autumn-blend-ad-square.jpg | Meta feed | In-house designer | Approvedby the ad desk | Nothing | Thu 27 Aug, 09:33 | v7 |
| wholesale-story-9x16.jpg | IG Story | The web store | Sent backby social media | No near misses of a brand colour | Thu 27 Aug, 08:49 | v7 |
| subscription-label-250g.pdf | 250 g label | A supplier | Approvedby production | Nothing | Thu 27 Aug, 08:43 | v7 |
| subscription-spread.pdf | Catalogue | The web store | Sent backby the brand manager | House faces only | Thu 27 Aug, 08:13 | v7 |
| wholesale-spread.pdf | Catalogue | In-house designer | Approvedby the brand manager | Nothing | Wed 26 Aug, 17:43 | v7 |
| gift-set-feed-4x5.jpg | IG Feed | Content Studio | Sent backby social media | Body type reaches 4.5:1 against its ground | Wed 26 Aug, 17:01 | v7 |
| espresso-blend-hero.jpg | Web hero | Content Studio | Approvedby the web store | Nothing | Wed 26 Aug, 14:52 | v7 |
| gift-set-poster-a2.pdf | A2 poster | A supplier | Approvedby the brand manager | Nothing | Wed 26 Aug, 13:27 | v7 |
| kenya-aa-hero.jpg | Web hero | The agency | Sent backby the web store | Licensed for where it is going | Wed 26 Aug, 12:36 | v7 |
| subscription-poster-a2.pdf | A2 poster | Content Studio | Approvedby the brand manager | Nothing | Wed 26 Aug, 12:34 | v7 |
| espresso-blend-label-250g.pdf | 250 g label | The web store | Approvedby production | Nothing | Wed 26 Aug, 12:15 | v7 |
| ethiopia-yirgacheffe-reel-12s.mp4 | IG Reel | In-house designer | Approvedby social media | Nothing | Wed 26 Aug, 11:26 | v7 |
| subscription-spread.pdf | Catalogue | The web store | Sent backby the brand manager | No near misses of a brand colour | Wed 26 Aug, 09:44 | v7 |
| colombia-huila-gallery-2.jpg | TY Gallery | The label printer | Sent backby marketplace operations | Nothing | Wed 26 Aug, 09:06 | v7 |
| autumn-blend-label-250g.pdf | 250 g label | Content Studio | Approvedby production | Nothing | Wed 26 Aug, 08:58 | v7 |
| decaf-colombia-spread.pdf | Catalogue | In-house designer | Approvedby the brand manager | Nothing | Wed 26 Aug, 08:44 | v7 |
| espresso-blend-feed-4x5.jpg | IG Feed | Content Studio | Approvedby social media | Nothing | Tue 25 Aug, 17:18 | v7 |
| decaf-colombia-main.jpg | TY Main | Content Studio | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Tue 25 Aug, 16:47 | v7 |
| shop-window-ad-square.jpg | Meta feed | In-house designer | Approvedby the ad desk | Nothing | Tue 25 Aug, 16:44 | v7 |
| autumn-blend-spread.pdf | Catalogue | The web store | Approvedby the brand manager | Nothing | Tue 25 Aug, 16:17 | v7 |
| autumn-blend-gallery-2.jpg | TY Gallery | The label printer | Approvedby marketplace operations | Nothing | Tue 25 Aug, 16:04 | v7 |
| subscription-ad-square.jpg | Meta feed | The web store | Approvedby the ad desk | Nothing | Tue 25 Aug, 15:27 | v7 |
| house-blend-label-250g.pdf | 250 g label | Content Studio | Sent backby production | Body type reaches 4.5:1 against its ground | Tue 25 Aug, 15:13 | v7 |
Rows from the last few days are the real ones, with the person's own sentence where a file went back. Older rows are drawn from the same volume model the report reads, and the rules they broke come from that day's own counts, so the two pages cannot tell different stories about the same Tuesday. Sample data.