Altris/ Design Language/ Overview

The shared
language of
European Na-ion.

A living system for everyone building, telling, and selling the story of Altris — the industrial sodium-ion standard. Foundations, rules, and assets in one place, always current.

The Industrial Diplomat

Calm, grounded,
decisive.
Never hype.

Founded 2017 HQ Uppsala People 40+
01 · Positioning

The European sodium-ion standard.

Industrial readiness, supply chain sovereignty, and risk mitigation are the narrative. Every surface we make — deck slide, datasheet, website hero — should feel like it came from the same calm, credible source.

“Altris is the sustainable sodium-ion standard — validated for automotive low-voltage, scalable for the grid, and made entirely in Europe to guarantee supply chain sovereignty.” Positioning Statement · 2026
02 · Principles

Four convictions

Judge every decision — a swatch, a headline, a photo crop — against these. They come directly from the work: validated chemistry, disciplined scaling, European supply, real people in Uppsala.

01

Grounded in proof

Numbers, units, sources — visible. Validated, not speculative. Never ornament what we can prove.

02

Industrial, not futuristic

We build for factories and fleets today. Avoid sci-fi tropes, glows, and speculative moodscapes.

03

Quietly European

Scandinavian restraint. The confidence to leave things out. Daylight over drama.

04

A system, not a mood

Every token, asset, and rule ships with a reason. Consistency is how trust compounds.

03 · Messaging pillars

Four things we say

From the strategy brief — the four pillars that underpin every external touchpoint, from website to sales deck to PR.

Pillar 01

Commercial readiness

A drop-in, high-performance replacement for lead-acid. Validated, available, proven in the field.

Pillar 02

Performance, engineered for reality

160 Wh/kg, operation down to −40°C, zero thermal runaway. Hard numbers, operational extremes.

Pillar 03

Sustainable supply chain

European iron, salt, wood, and air. No cobalt, no nickel, no conflict minerals. Resilience as sustainability.

Pillar 04

Industrial validation

Uppsala Pilot Plant produces industrial reference cells that let partners scale with confidence.

04 · Foundations

Start here

These three are the anchors for everything downstream — grid, illustration, photography, data viz. Color and logo are in active review; typography is locked.

05 · Status

What's in, what's next

Where each area of the system stands and who owns it. Send questions, corrections, and new assets to the owner listed here.

AreaStatusOwnerNext milestone
Colordraft · 3 variationsolle@accomplice.seDirection locked — w19
Typography · Axiafinalolle@accomplice.seWebfont license — w20
Logoin progressolle@accomplice.seLockup review — w21
Illustration · isometric linestyle 01 approvedolle@accomplice.seStyles 02 & 03 — w22
Photographynot startedShot list — w24
Data visualisationnot startedChart primitives — w26