The design sheet
HOW THIS SITE IS DRAWN. MARKS, TYPE, LAWS, AND THE GENERATED-FILM PROGRAMME BEHIND THE BACKGROUNDS — DOCUMENTED SO THAT EVERY FUTURE PAGE IS DRAWN THE SAME WAY, BY ANYONE, INCLUDING A MACHINE.
Palette — four inks, no accent
SCALE IS THE CONTRAST ENGINE; AN ACCENT COLOUR WOULD COMPETE WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE FILM PLATES. EVERY TONE IS A TINT OF ONE PRINT COLOUR ON ONE VOID.
Marks — 1px, 24-grid
OUTLINE ONLY, ONE-PIXEL STROKE, DRAWN ON A 24-UNIT GRID. THE SET IS CLOSED: A NEW MARK IS A DESIGN DECISION, NOT A DOWNLOAD.
Type — three faces, fixed jobs
ONE MACHINE PER LEDGER · MCP TO CLAUDE CC
Laws of the sheet
EVERY CODE ON A PAGE NAMES A REAL THING. REG-02 IS ROW TWO OF THE REGISTER; NET-00 IS THE HUB NODE. DECORATIVE FAKE IDS ARE FORBIDDEN — THE STYLE ONLY WORKS WHEN THE METADATA IS TRUE.
SCALE IS THE ONLY CONTRAST. 8PX MONO AGAINST 88PX DISPLAY. NO ACCENT COLOUR, EVER; IF SOMETHING NEEDS EMPHASIS, MAKE IT BIGGER OR GIVE IT A HALO — NOT A HUE.
HOVER REVEALS STRUCTURE, NEVER PAINT. CORNER REGISTRATION TICKS, EDGE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE WIRING DIAGRAM, A LEADER THAT EXTENDS — MOTION SHOWS WHAT A THING IS CONNECTED TO.
ONE SERIF DISSONANCE PER VIEW. BODONI CARRIES NUMERALS AND NOTHING ELSE. TWO DISSONANCES IS NOISE.
MOBILE IS THE SHEET FOLDED, NOT SHRUNK. GRIDS COLLAPSE TO SINGLE COLUMNS AT FULL WIDTH, THE WIRING DIAGRAM STAYS TAPPABLE, TABLES SCROLL SIDEWAYS INSIDE A FRAMED WRAPPER RATHER THAN BREAKING THE PAGE.
REDUCED MOTION IS A FIRST-CLASS RENDER. EVERY LOOP, SWEEP AND ENTRANCE HAS A STILL EQUIVALENT; FILM PLATES FALL BACK TO THEIR POSTER FRAME.
The film programme
BACKGROUNDS ARE GENERATED FILM PLATES — HIGGSFIELD RENDERS, GRADED TO THE FOUR INKS. FLM-01 IS SHIPPED AND RUNNING IN THE HERO; THE OTHER THREE ARE STANDING BRIEFS SHOWN AS CSS STAND-INS. EACH PROMPT IS COPY-READY.
Black and white analog film, macro shot of soft light fog
drifting through a dark room, single off-frame light source
upper right, heavy 35mm grain, deep blacks, no subjects,
no text, slow drift, seamless loop, 8 seconds, 16:9Macro of white ink blooming in black water, monochrome,
high contrast, centered composition, slow expansion then
settle, film grain, studio darkness around edges,
seamless loop, 10 seconds, 16:9Overhead shot of matte black paper texture, a soft diagonal
band of light sweeping slowly left to right like a scanner,
black and white, subtle grain, minimal, architectural,
seamless loop, 12 seconds, 16:9Black and white long exposure of server room bokeh,
horizontal bands of faint light, heavily defocused,
abstract, no readable hardware, deep blacks, film grain,
slow vertical drift, seamless loop, 8 seconds, 9:166–12S SEAMLESS LOOP · 1080P MAX · H.265 + VP9 SOURCES · TARGET ≤ 2.5 MB · GREYSCALE GRADE TO THE FOUR INKS BEFORE EXPORT
<VIDEO MUTED LOOP PLAYSINLINE> WITH A POSTER FRAME · PLAYBACK GATED IN JS · VIGNETTE AND GRAIN APPLIED IN CSS, NOT BAKED IN
PREFERS-REDUCED-MOTION AND SAVE-DATA GET THE POSTER ONLY · THE PAGE MUST READ IDENTICALLY WITH EVERY VIDEO REMOVED