Craft
This site is the specimen. Every typeface, color token, component, and animation below is pulled from the system you're looking at right now. One codebase. One designer. One engineer.
74 files · 53 components · 11 routes · 18 design tokens · 4 typefaces
Four typefaces. Each with a job. Serif carries weight, grotesk carries information, mono carries metadata, handwritten carries intention.
18 tokens. No decorative color — every value has a structural role. Graphite is the system color. Domains get their own palette.
One container. One grid. The rhythm underneath every section.
53 components across the site. These are the ones that define the interaction language — how things move, expand, and reveal.
Writing Card
Resting state → hover expansion. Image slides left, text shifts right. Height transitions from 88px to 240px.
transition-[height] duration-[400ms] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1)]Built Card
Same expansion pattern, different content density. Status dots, tech tags, metric reveals all stagger on hover.
group-hover:h-[280px] with nested opacity + max-height transitionsAnnotation
Positioned labels with hand-drawn arrows. Caveat font, #E94D26 at 70% opacity. 6 positions, 4 arrow directions.
Triggered by Design Layer toggle — the asterisk in the cornerPage Transition
Every route change: fade in + 6px upward slide. Pathname as key triggers remount.
initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 6 }} → animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }} · 350ms easeOutHero Parallax
Scroll-linked transforms on the hero photo: blur 0→12px, opacity 1→0.15, text fades at 80%.
useScroll + useTransform chains, offset: ['start start', 'end start']Grid Overlay
80px grid at 3% opacity. Wave texture at 15% with soft-light blend. Both toggle with the Design Layer.
backgroundSize: '80px 80px' · mixBlendMode: 'soft-light'Framer Motion throughout. Four patterns cover every animation on the site. Nothing decorative — each one serves orientation.
initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 12 }}
animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
transition={{ duration: 0.5 }}variants={{
hidden: {},
visible: { transition: { staggerChildren: 0.1 } }
}}const { scrollYProgress } = useScroll({ target, offset })
const blur = useTransform(scrollYProgress, [0, 0.6], [0, 12])transition-[height] duration-[400ms] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1)] h-[88px] group-hover:h-[240px]
Four instruments reading real data. Your browser, this codebase, the type system, and the tools underneath. Nothing simulated.
The invisible architecture
The invisible architecture
The invisible architecture
The asterisk in the bottom-right corner activates the design layer — grid overlay, annotations, version stamp, coordinates. On this page, it annotates the system that explains itself.
This page is the argument.
Not a portfolio piece. Not a Dribbble shot. A working system — designed, engineered, and written by one person. The site you navigated to get here is the proof. This page just names the parts.