# DESIGN.md

## Visual Direction

- Design stance: Photographic architecture notebook
- Composition: Full-width photographic opening, a compact reading rail, then an unequal pair of portrait observations
- Dominant: The building's diagonal and the actual photograph
- Counterweight: A small observation index and disciplined captions
- Typography: Newsreader for identity and observation titles; Sora for navigation, captions, and body
- Material: Bright neutral reading canvas; photograph tones supply the major contrast; one restrained green accent
- Geometry: Continuous sections without decorative frames; compact rounded controls; portrait photographs preserve their physical edges
- Motion: A quiet image inspection state and tactile selection feedback; reduced motion keeps every final state usable
- Scope: Opening, observation collection, full-resolution modal, notes, source credits, and the ending

Local style candidates fill missing fields. They do not replace this direction.