Nanum Myeongjo · 나눔명조
The Depth of One Path · 2004
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Brand Identity
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BNB stands for Bridge, Nurture and Bloom. This page introduces the identity we have put into our name, symbol, colours and letterforms.
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The Name
BNB — Bridge, Nurture, Bloom
BNB is formed from three English words: Bridge, Nurture and Bloom. Together they describe what we do in the capital market and how we care for our clients’ assets.
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Bridge
To connect
We connect a company’s private years with the public market, and growing companies with capital. Crossing that bridge — the IPO — on a single path since 2004 is where BNB began.
IPO expertise · Connection
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Nurture
To grow with care
We grow our clients’ valued assets without haste, guarding the place where value can grow with process, principle and the patience to wait.
Principle · Patience · Responsibility
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Bloom
To bring to fruition
So that the value we nurture comes to fruition and becomes a better tomorrow for our clients — the scene we always keep in view.
Fruition · Partnership · Tomorrow
Brand Essence
Bridge Nurture Bloom
With the depth of one path, we bridge, nurture and bring to bloom.
Every decision and every word at BNB begins with this sentence.
Brand Story
A story that began on a bridge
Every company reaches a moment when it crosses into the market — leaving its long private years behind, going through the offering and the listing, and meeting the market’s judgement. That short, decisive stretch holds as much risk as opportunity.
BNB began on that very bridge in 2004. Starting as a specialist in IPO and pre-IPO investing, we added investment advisory in 2010, discretionary management in 2015 and general private funds in 2019 — yet we have never changed where we stand: one path joining the time before and after a listing.
Building a bridge cannot be rushed. We study a company’s fundamentals, weigh the terms of each offering and look ahead to what follows the listing. Entrusting us with assets means trusting us to endure that time on our clients’ behalf.
When the value nurtured this way finally blooms, we want it to become a better life for our clients. To bridge, to nurture, to bring to bloom — that is the promise in the name BNB.
The Symbol
A hexagon folded from a single band
The BNB symbol is a hexagon made by folding one unbroken band twice. Each part of the form carries the brand’s thinking.
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The outline Hexagon
The hexagon, counted among nature’s strongest structures, stands for management built firmly on principle.
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One unbroken band One Band
A band whose beginning and end are one — seeing pre-IPO, listing and post-IPO as a single flow.
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Two interlocking halves Two Halves
Upper and lower halves embrace each other in point symmetry: clients and BNB, companies and markets moving forward together.
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The fold The Fold
The deep amber shadow where the band folds — depth built up over time, the “depth of one path”.
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The passage The Passage
The open space between the bands is a path rising from below: the bridge of listing, and the value that blooms once it is crossed.
Color
A palette of light and depth
BNB’s colours come from the light of a rising sun and the depth that time builds.
- BNB Orange
The light of the symbol. Warmth, passion and fruition.
- Deep Amber
The shadow of the fold. The depth and weight of time.
- BNB Navy
The colour of the wordmark. Trust and principle that do not waver.
- Ivory
The colour of space. Composure and grace that never hurry.
From light to depth — the symbol’s gradient expresses our belief that time deepens value.
Colour balance
Typography
Letterforms carry an attitude too
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Bridge · Nurture · Bloom
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Body text and labels. A clean, upright sans for precise information.
The BNB wordmark is a bold geometric sans in which the three letters stand side by side with equal weight.
Identity
Brand identity
Mission
To connect companies with the capital market, nurture clients’ assets with principle, and bring them to bloom as a better life.
Vision
An asset manager that understands the time before and after listing in depth — one clients trust with their assets for the long term.
Core Values
- DepthDepthOne field, studied deeply
- PrinciplePrincipleProcess before judgement
- TransparencyTransparencyStructures that can be checked
- PartnershipPartnershipA long road walked together
Personality
- Steady
- Calm
- Warm
- Precise
Brand Promise
Rather than promising results, we promise the process.
Voice
How we speak
We do
- Speak with facts and evidence
- Say it plainly and precisely
- Talk about risk, too
We don’t
- Exaggerate
- Promise returns
- Rush anyone
BNB · Bridge, Nurture, Bloom
