Lab — not shipped
Thirty directions, none of them live
Each page is a self-contained proposal: its own styles, no changes to the sheets you already have, and a way back here. Pick one, steal a device from three, or bin the lot.
- 01Poster heroA title page instead of a web hero: poster-scale statement, one accent phrase, a ghosted folio numeral.Sandeep Kumar · Daniele Buser
- 02Monograph spreadsEach case capture edge to edge, the type in the margin, one spread per screen.Merge · Tumulté
- 03General ledgerThe shelf as an accounting book; the balance is counted from the real rows.CodyHouse sticky table · the site’s own metaphor
- 04Book indexNavigation as back-matter: dot leaders, sheet numbers, no images.Editorial back-matter
- 05BroadsheetThe home page as a newspaper front: double rule, drop cap, three columns, stop press.Print daily
- 06BlueprintThe page drawn as a technical plan: bands to scale, dimension lines, a title block.Drafting sheets
- 07Type specimenOne face at every size, the wordmark as a waterfall, the palette as ink bars.Foundry specimen books
- 08Till receiptThe CV as something handed over: narrow mono column, dashed rules, a total that is one person.The honest-ledger joke, played straight
- 09Split typeOne sentence broken around the evidence — the words flank the object.Tumulté
- 10Measured lineA career on a horizontal axis you pan natively; years as ticks, roles above and below.CodyHouse horizontal timeline
- 11Contact sheetThe captures as a photographer’s proof sheet: dark ground, frame numbers, keep marks.Film contact sheets
- 12CatalogueEvery product as a museum entry: medium, status, where, period.Gallery catalogues
- 13Annual reportA giant year, a contents page, and counts derived from the real rows.Annual reports
- 14Self-annotatedThe layout drawn and explained in the margin — every decision carries its reason.Design specs · the site’s own argument
- 15PinboardPaper slips pinned at slight angles, no shadows — depth from overlap alone.Studio walls
- 16DeckThe home page as five slides driven by the arrow keys, one idea each.CodyHouse presentation slideshow
- 17GridA visible twelve-column grid with the page’s blocks laid on it and named.Swiss layout drawings
- 18DirectoryThe shelf as a printed directory: ruled entries, dot leaders, two columns.Phone books · trade directories
- 19Points of interestNumbered marks on a real capture, each opening a note — native popovers, no script.CodyHouse points-of-interest
- 20LetterThe home page as correspondence: letterhead, three paragraphs, a signature, a postscript.Letterhead
- 21Serif candidatesSix display serifs set at the real headline size, each with its ligature string.Type specimens
- 22Serif in useOne page, six faces: wordmark, hero, section head, quote, ledger row and CV head — switchable in place.Type specimens
- 23Letters that joinStandard, historic (ct · st · ſ) and script ligatures side by side — and where each belongs.Hand-set type · scripts
- 24Body faceSix body faces under a Fraunces heading: lede, running copy, table row, field and button, switchable in place.Type specimens
- 25Purples and complementsFour dark purples and four complementary pairs on a real fragment, each with measured contrast and a pass/marker badge.Printing inks · colour theory · the contract’s own forbidden list
- 26Colour demoA full page of content with scheme and light/dark switches pinned at the top — thirteen options, each showing its accent ratio.Side-by-side judging
- 27FinalistsKlein blue against Electric violet on the same content, including a product capture on each field.A decision, not a survey
- 28Section coloursThree sheets, three accents, chrome held constant — oxblood for Work, olive for Writing, cocoa for Profile.Wayfinding by hue, on trial
- 29Emerald + violetTwo colours with two jobs — emerald as the field, violet as attention — shown in both modes with the roles named.Split-complement · functional colour
- 30Emerald + violet, full pageA whole home sheet masthead to colophon in the pairing, with a light/dark switch.The pairing at length