Elements

Example

Blog

An editorial site in the paper-and-ink register: a filterable post grid, an article view whose table of contents tracks the window, and a living comment thread.

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Light as shadow: hierarchy without weight

The premise of the system is that depth is not decoration — surfaces rest in ambient shade and hierarchy is carried by light.

  • design
  • craft
SW
Sage Wei6 min

Square-cut controls, round vessels

方寸为章,器物为圆 — controls cut square like a seal, vessels kept round like bowls. The shape grammar carries meaning.

  • design
  • tokens
WZ
Wen Zai4 min

Density is information organization

Four density tiers scale whitespace, never type size or contrast — legibility is a floor, not an option.

  • a11y
  • tokens
RM
Ren Mei5 min

Anatomy that agents can read

data-scope, data-part, and machine state attributes make the component tree legible to codegen and coding agents alike.

  • ai
  • craft
SW
Sage Wei7 min

Mineral pigments: accents that hold their hue

Semantic colors are fixed pigments — bamboo, ochre, cinnabar, ultramarine — independent of the swappable accent theme.

  • tokens
  • design
WZ
Wen Zai5 min

The CSS-variable pipeline end to end

Tokens compile to custom properties; the lighting engine writes variables; component CSS only consumes. One direction, no cycles.

  • tokens
  • craft
RM
Ren Mei8 min