--- version: "alpha" name: "Creative Mode" description: "Creative Mode — Cream paper canvas with confident multi-color (green, pink, orange, yellow) accents and Archivo Black display. Archivo Black typography. warm cream paper background with a saturated multi-accent palette (forest green,. Best for creative agency pitch, design studio deck, ad shop credentials. AI-ready design system." colors: primary: "#EFE9D9" secondary: "#E4DCC4" tertiary: "#1F8A4C" neutral: "#F06CA8" surface: "#E85A1F" accent: "#F5C518" typography: h1: fontFamily: Archivo Black fontSize: 2.5rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: Archivo Black fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 spacing: sm: 1.0rem md: 2.0rem lg: 4.0rem components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Creative Mode — Cream paper canvas with confident multi-color (green, pink, orange, yellow) accents and Archivo Black display. Archivo Black typography. warm cream paper background with a saturated multi-accent palette (forest green,. Best for creative agency pitch, design studio deck, ad shop credentials. AI-ready design system. The tension between structured typography and expressive color has defined creative studio identity since the Bauhaus collapsed the boundary between fine art and commercial design. Archivo Black — a grotesque with the density of a woodblock poster face — carries that lineage forward. It doesn't whisper. It occupies space the way a linocut occupies paper: unapologetically, with mass and conviction. Multi-accent palettes emerged from the same instinct that drove Alvin Lustig and Bradbury Thompson to reject the single-spot-color constraint of mid-century printing. When you layer three or four deliberate hues against a warm cream ground, you're referencing risograph culture, silkscreen editions, and the entire tradition of the artist's proof — work that announces itself as made, not manufactured. The cream paper texture isn't nostalgia. It's a deliberate rejection of the sterile white canvas that digital defaults impose. Cream absorbs light differently, softens contrast ratios just enough to feel human, and gives every accent color a warmer undertone. Studios that adopt this language are signaling craft over polish, process over perfection. - Density: 7/10 — Rich - Variance: 5/10 — Moderate - Motion: 4/10 — Subtle - **Style:** Design-Studio, Multi-Accent, Expressive, Confident - **Keywords:** Archivo Black, multi-accent, cream paper, design studio, expressive, confident, saturated palette - **Era:** 2020s Modern - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✗ None ## Colors - **Cream** (#EFE9D9) — Primary surface or dominant color - **Cream 2** (#E4DCC4) — Accent highlight, links and focus states - **Green** (#1F8A4C) — Secondary accent - **Pink** (#F06CA8) — Accent color, emphasis elements - **Orange** (#E85A1F) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Yellow** (#F5C518) — Background alternate - **Ink** (#0F0F0F) — Muted text / borders ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** Archivo Black — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** Space Grotesk — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** Space Grotesk — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing - **Monospace:** JetBrains Mono — Used for code, metadata, and technical values Scale: - Hero: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem) - H1: 2.25rem - H2: 1.5rem - Body: 1rem / 1.6 - Small: 0.875rem ## Layout - **Grid:** CSS Grid primary. Max-width containment: 1280px centered with 1.5rem side padding. - **Spacing rhythm:** Balanced. Base unit: 0.5rem (8px). - **Section vertical gaps:** clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem). - **Hero layout:** Split-screen (text left, visual right). - **Feature sections:** Zig-zag alternating text+image rows. No 3-equal-columns. - **Mobile collapse:** All multi-column layouts collapse below 768px. No horizontal overflow. - **z-index contract:** base (0) / sticky-nav (100) / overlay (200) / modal (300) / toast (500). ## Elevation & Depth display font Archivo Black for hero headlines, smooth hover transitions (200-250ms), subtle lift shadows, multi-color accent splashes (green/pink/orange/yellow), Archivo Black ultra-heavy headlines - **Physics:** Ease-out curves, 200-300ms duration. Smooth and predictable. - **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 420ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 80ms between items. - **Hover states:** Subtle color shift + shadow adjustment over 200ms. - **Page transitions:** Fade only (200ms). - **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties. ## Shapes Base corner radius: 4px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** 4px border-radius. Accent color fill. Hover: 8% darken + subtle lift shadow. Active: -1px translate tactile press. Font weight 600. No outer glows. - **Secondary / Ghost Button:** Outline variant. 1.5px border in muted color. Text in primary color. Hover: subtle background fill. - **Cards:** 4px corners. Surface background. Subtle shadow (0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)). 1px border stroke. - **Inputs:** Label above input. 1px border stroke. Focus ring: 2px accent color offset 2px. Error text below in semantic red. No floating labels. - **Navigation:** Primary surface background. Active item: accent color indicator. Font weight 500 when active. - **Skeletons:** Shimmer animation matching component dimensions. No circular spinners. - **Empty States:** Icon-based composition with descriptive text and action button. ## Do's and Don'ts - No emojis in UI — use icon system only (Lucide, Heroicons) - No pure black (#000000) — use off-black or charcoal variants - No oversaturated accent colors (saturation cap: 80%) - No 3-column equal-width feature layouts — use zig-zag or asymmetric grid - No `h-screen` — use `min-h-[100dvh]` - No AI copywriting clichés: "Elevate", "Seamless", "Unleash", "Next-Gen" - No broken external image links — use picsum.photos or inline SVG - No generic lorem ipsum in demos - Do Archivo Black display font loaded via Google Fonts - Do Color palette variables applied consistently - Do Typography scale: hero clamp(2.5rem,5vw,4rem) - Do H1 2.25rem - Do body 1rem/1.6 - Do WCAG AA contrast ratio verified (4.5:1 body text) - Do Mobile responsive layout (stack below 768px) ## Use Case creative agency pitch, design studio deck, ad shop credentials, brand creative review, concept presentation