Institutional Modernist Tech Review
A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
specification
philosophy
tokens
colors12 items
typography8 items
- heading font
- League Spartan
- body font
- Source Serif 4
- mono font
- IBM Plex Mono
- base size
- 16px
- scale ratio
- 1.25
- line height
- 1.5
- letter spacing
- 0.01em
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=League+Spartan:wght@500;700;800&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,500;8..60,600&display=swap
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
radii5 items
- none
- 0
- sm
- 0
- md
- 0
- lg
- 0
- full
- 9999px
shadows3 items
- sm
- none
- md
- 0 6px 0 rgba(17,17,17,0.06)
- lg
- 0 12px 0 rgba(17,17,17,0.08)
surfaces3 items
- treatment
- paper
- card style
- matte paper panels with exposed rules and subtle tonal layering
- bg pattern
- grid
borders4 items
- default width
- 1px
- accent width
- 3px
- style
- solid
- character
- severe editorial rules with occasional thicker black separators and red side markers
motion3 items
- duration
- 180ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(0.2,0.8,0.2,1)
- philosophy
- deliberate
rules
Compose screens like editorial spreads: a dominant narrative column, a narrower evidence rail, and modular review panels that lock to the same underlying grid.
Use scale, weight, uppercase labeling, and rule thickness to establish rank; avoid depth-heavy shadows and rely on alignment plus contrast for authority.
Medium-dense to dense. Information blocks may be compact, but every dense area must be buffered by deliberate whitespace bands and visible section dividers.
layout
Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with a 96px outer frame and mixed 8px/16px internal rhythm; key compositions span 7/5 or 8/4 column splits to maintain asymmetrical tension.
Desktop: 1440px and above preserves 12 columns. Tablet: 768px collapses to 8 columns with stacked evidence rail. Mobile: 375px collapses to a single reading column with horizontal overflow allowed only inside data tables.
Use large top margins and inter-section bands to create institutional breathing room around dense content; whitespace should feel measured, not soft or airy.
Shift from multi-column spread to stacked reading order while preserving section rules, folio labels, and typographic contrast at every breakpoint.
guidance
- Use asymmetrical grid splits and visible gutters to keep the page feeling editorial rather than app-generic.
- Pair bold uppercase sans headings with readable serif body text and monospace metadata for tri-level hierarchy.
- Reserve red for review state, critical counts, and active navigation markers so it retains institutional urgency.
- Keep corners square and border logic consistent across buttons, cards, filters, and tables.
- Do not introduce soft glass effects, blurred translucency, or rounded consumer SaaS cards.
- Do not center everything symmetrically; the language depends on directional alignment and editorial imbalance.
- Do not use more than one accent hue beyond the restrained signal red and neutral paper palette.
- Do not replace rule-based structure with oversized shadows or decorative gradients.
katagami spec
# Institutional Modernist Tech Review ## Philosophy An institutional editorial interface that translates Swiss modernist and Bauhaus principles into a contemporary technology review product: disciplined asymmetrical grids, rigorous typographic hierarchy, restrained red-black-white signaling, and analytical whitespace that makes dense research content feel authoritative rather than decorative. ### Values - Clarity through strict grid discipline and measurable spacing - Authority expressed with typographic restraint instead of visual embellishment - Editorial rhythm that alternates dense data zones with deliberate negative space - High-contrast signaling for critical review status and research metadata ### Anti-Values - Rounded consumer-app softness - Decorative skeuomorphism or playful illustration-first surfaces - Unstructured masonry layouts that obscure hierarchy - Neon futurism and glossy startup gradients ### Visual Character - A 12-column asymmetric editorial grid with oversized outer margins and clearly exposed gutters, using hard left and top alignment rather than centered card stacks. - Large uppercase sans-serif deck headings paired with compact monospace metadata rails, creating an institutional publication contrast between headline voice and archival annotation. - Predominantly off-white paper surfaces interrupted by severe black rules and a restrained signal red used only for status bars, selection markers, and key numeric highlights. - Panels and cards use square corners, 1px to 3px solid borders, and horizontal divider rules that mimic printed review spreads more than app dashboard widgets. - Dense tables, abstracts, and evidence blocks are separated by disciplined whitespace bands and modular baseline spacing, giving the interface the feel of a research journal issue board. ## Tokens ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | primary | `#111111` | | secondary | `#F3F0E8` | | accent | `#C62828` | | background | `#E9E5DC` | | surface | `#F7F4EE` | | text | `#111111` | | muted | `#6F6A61` | | border | `#111111` | | error | `#B3261E` | | success | `#2E7D32` | | warning | `#A66500` | | info | `#0B57D0` | ### Typography - **Heading Font**: League Spartan - **Body Font**: Source Serif 4 - **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono - **Base Size**: 16px - **Scale Ratio**: 1.25 - **Line Height**: 1.5 - **Letter Spacing**: 0.01em - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=League+Spartan:wght@500;700;800&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,500;8..60,600&display=swap ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64] ### Radii - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 0 - **Md**: 0 - **Lg**: 0 - **Full**: 9999px ### Shadows - **Sm**: none - **Md**: 0 6px 0 rgba(17,17,17,0.06) - **Lg**: 0 12px 0 rgba(17,17,17,0.08) ### Surfaces - **Treatment**: paper - **Card Style**: matte paper panels with exposed rules and subtle tonal layering - **Bg Pattern**: grid ### Borders - **Default Width**: 1px - **Accent Width**: 3px - **Style**: solid - **Character**: severe editorial rules with occasional thicker black separators and red side markers ### Motion - **Duration**: 180ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2,0.8,0.2,1) - **Philosophy**: deliberate ## Rules ### Composition Compose screens like editorial spreads: a dominant narrative column, a narrower evidence rail, and modular review panels that lock to the same underlying grid. ### Hierarchy Use scale, weight, uppercase labeling, and rule thickness to establish rank; avoid depth-heavy shadows and rely on alignment plus contrast for authority. ### Density Medium-dense to dense. Information blocks may be compact, but every dense area must be buffered by deliberate whitespace bands and visible section dividers. ### Signature Patterns - Every major section begins with an uppercase monospace label row capped by a full-width horizontal rule, making section headers behave like publication folios rather than app cards. - Primary content panels use square-corner frames with a 3px black top rule or left rule, while active or critical states add a narrow red inset bar to one edge instead of filled backgrounds. - Numerical findings and review verdicts are typeset in oversized condensed sans headlines aligned against smaller serif explanatory copy, producing a Swiss editorial headline-body tension. - Data tables and metadata lists use strict column alignment with monospace values, hairline separators, and alternating neutral bands rather than rounded pills or floating chips. - Calls to action are rendered as boxed editorial controls with uppercase labels, hard borders, and inverse hover states that flip from paper background to black fill. ## Layout ### Grid Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with a 96px outer frame and mixed 8px/16px internal rhythm; key compositions span 7/5 or 8/4 column splits to maintain asymmetrical tension. ### Breakpoints Desktop: 1440px and above preserves 12 columns. Tablet: 768px collapses to 8 columns with stacked evidence rail. Mobile: 375px collapses to a single reading column with horizontal overflow allowed only inside data tables. ### Whitespace Use large top margins and inter-section bands to create institutional breathing room around dense content; whitespace should feel measured, not soft or airy. ### Responsive Shift from multi-column spread to stacked reading order while preserving section rules, folio labels, and typographic contrast at every breakpoint. ## Guidance ### Do - Use asymmetrical grid splits and visible gutters to keep the page feeling editorial rather than app-generic. - Pair bold uppercase sans headings with readable serif body text and monospace metadata for tri-level hierarchy. - Reserve red for review state, critical counts, and active navigation markers so it retains institutional urgency. - Keep corners square and border logic consistent across buttons, cards, filters, and tables. ### Don't - Do not introduce soft glass effects, blurred translucency, or rounded consumer SaaS cards. - Do not center everything symmetrically; the language depends on directional alignment and editorial imbalance. - Do not use more than one accent hue beyond the restrained signal red and neutral paper palette. - Do not replace rule-based structure with oversized shadows or decorative gradients.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Institutional Modernist Tech Review"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
primary: "#111111"
secondary: "#F3F0E8"
accent: "#C62828"
background: "#E9E5DC"
surface: "#F7F4EE"
text: "#111111"
muted: "#6F6A61"
border: "#111111"
error: "#B3261E"
success: "#2E7D32"
warning: "#A66500"
info: "#0B57D0"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "League Spartan"
fontSize: "1.953rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "0.01em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "League Spartan"
fontSize: "1.563rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "0.01em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Source Serif 4"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.5
letterSpacing: "0.01em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
none: "0px"
sm: "0px"
md: "0px"
lg: "0px"
full: "9999px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "24px"
2xl: "32px"
3xl: "48px"
4xl: "64px"
components:
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#ffffff"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# Institutional Modernist Tech Review
## Overview
An institutional editorial interface that translates Swiss modernist and Bauhaus principles into a contemporary technology review product: disciplined asymmetrical grids, rigorous typographic hierarchy, restrained red-black-white signaling, and analytical whitespace that makes dense research content feel authoritative rather than decorative.
### Values
- Clarity through strict grid discipline and measurable spacing
- Authority expressed with typographic restraint instead of visual embellishment
- Editorial rhythm that alternates dense data zones with deliberate negative space
- High-contrast signaling for critical review status and research metadata
### Anti-Values
- Rounded consumer-app softness
- Decorative skeuomorphism or playful illustration-first surfaces
- Unstructured masonry layouts that obscure hierarchy
- Neon futurism and glossy startup gradients
### Visual Character
- A 12-column asymmetric editorial grid with oversized outer margins and clearly exposed gutters, using hard left and top alignment rather than centered card stacks.
- Large uppercase sans-serif deck headings paired with compact monospace metadata rails, creating an institutional publication contrast between headline voice and archival annotation.
- Predominantly off-white paper surfaces interrupted by severe black rules and a restrained signal red used only for status bars, selection markers, and key numeric highlights.
- Panels and cards use square corners, 1px to 3px solid borders, and horizontal divider rules that mimic printed review spreads more than app dashboard widgets.
- Dense tables, abstracts, and evidence blocks are separated by disciplined whitespace bands and modular baseline spacing, giving the interface the feel of a research journal issue board.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| primary | `#111111` |
| secondary | `#F3F0E8` |
| accent | `#C62828` |
| background | `#E9E5DC` |
| surface | `#F7F4EE` |
| text | `#111111` |
| muted | `#6F6A61` |
| border | `#111111` |
| error | `#B3261E` |
| success | `#2E7D32` |
| warning | `#A66500` |
| info | `#0B57D0` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: League Spartan, 1.953rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: League Spartan, 1.563rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Source Serif 4, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.5.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.
## Layout
### Spacing Tokens
- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`
### Grid
Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with a 96px outer frame and mixed 8px/16px internal rhythm; key compositions span 7/5 or 8/4 column splits to maintain asymmetrical tension.
### Breakpoints
Desktop: 1440px and above preserves 12 columns. Tablet: 768px collapses to 8 columns with stacked evidence rail. Mobile: 375px collapses to a single reading column with horizontal overflow allowed only inside data tables.
### Whitespace
Use large top margins and inter-section bands to create institutional breathing room around dense content; whitespace should feel measured, not soft or airy.
### Responsive
Shift from multi-column spread to stacked reading order while preserving section rules, folio labels, and typographic contrast at every breakpoint.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Sm**: none
- **Md**: 0 6px 0 rgba(17,17,17,0.06)
- **Lg**: 0 12px 0 rgba(17,17,17,0.08)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `0px`
- **Md**: `0px`
- **Lg**: `0px`
- **Full**: `9999px`
### Surfaces
- **Treatment**: paper
- **Card Style**: matte paper panels with exposed rules and subtle tonal layering
- **Bg Pattern**: grid
### Borders
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Accent Width**: 3px
- **Style**: solid
- **Character**: severe editorial rules with occasional thicker black separators and red side markers
## Components
### Composition
Compose screens like editorial spreads: a dominant narrative column, a narrower evidence rail, and modular review panels that lock to the same underlying grid.
### Hierarchy
Use scale, weight, uppercase labeling, and rule thickness to establish rank; avoid depth-heavy shadows and rely on alignment plus contrast for authority.
### Density
Medium-dense to dense. Information blocks may be compact, but every dense area must be buffered by deliberate whitespace bands and visible section dividers.
### Signature Patterns
- Every major section begins with an uppercase monospace label row capped by a full-width horizontal rule, making section headers behave like publication folios rather than app cards.
- Primary content panels use square-corner frames with a 3px black top rule or left rule, while active or critical states add a narrow red inset bar to one edge instead of filled backgrounds.
- Numerical findings and review verdicts are typeset in oversized condensed sans headlines aligned against smaller serif explanatory copy, producing a Swiss editorial headline-body tension.
- Data tables and metadata lists use strict column alignment with monospace values, hairline separators, and alternating neutral bands rather than rounded pills or floating chips.
- Calls to action are rendered as boxed editorial controls with uppercase labels, hard borders, and inverse hover states that flip from paper background to black fill.
## shadcn/ui Usage
When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.
DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019d9bb8-04c8-7ca0-84e7-1eb5719e43aa/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.
The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.
Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.
## Do's and Don'ts
- Do Use asymmetrical grid splits and visible gutters to keep the page feeling editorial rather than app-generic.
- Do Pair bold uppercase sans headings with readable serif body text and monospace metadata for tri-level hierarchy.
- Do Reserve red for review state, critical counts, and active navigation markers so it retains institutional urgency.
- Do Keep corners square and border logic consistent across buttons, cards, filters, and tables.
- Don't Do not introduce soft glass effects, blurred translucency, or rounded consumer SaaS cards.
- Don't Do not center everything symmetrically; the language depends on directional alignment and editorial imbalance.
- Don't Do not use more than one accent hue beyond the restrained signal red and neutral paper palette.
- Don't Do not replace rule-based structure with oversized shadows or decorative gradients.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "institutional-modernist-tech-review",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Institutional Modernist Tech Review shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#E9E5DC",
"foreground": "#111111",
"card": "#F7F4EE",
"card-foreground": "#111111",
"popover": "#F7F4EE",
"popover-foreground": "#111111",
"primary": "#111111",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#F3F0E8",
"secondary-foreground": "#111111",
"muted": "#6F6A61",
"muted-foreground": "#111111",
"accent": "#C62828",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#B3261E",
"border": "#111111",
"input": "#111111",
"ring": "#C62828",
"chart-1": "#111111",
"chart-2": "#F3F0E8",
"chart-3": "#C62828",
"chart-4": "#2E7D32",
"chart-5": "#A66500",
"sidebar": "#F7F4EE",
"sidebar-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-primary": "#111111",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#0B57D0",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#111111",
"sidebar-ring": "#C62828",
"radius": "0"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#111111",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#C62828",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#B3261E",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#C62828",
"chart-1": "#111111",
"chart-2": "#F3F0E8",
"chart-3": "#C62828",
"chart-4": "#2E7D32",
"chart-5": "#A66500",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#111111",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#C62828",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#C62828",
"radius": "0"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019d9bb8-04c8-7ca0-84e7-1eb5719e43aa",
"slug": "institutional-modernist-tech-review",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
]
}
}
}
```embodiments
at a glance
Typography
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl24px
- 2xl32px
- 3xl48px
- 4xl64px
Shape
implementation kit
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #E9E5DC;
--foreground: #111111;
--card: #F7F4EE;
--card-foreground: #111111;
--popover: #F7F4EE;
--popover-foreground: #111111;
--primary: #111111;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #F3F0E8;
--secondary-foreground: #111111;
--muted: #6F6A61;
--muted-foreground: #111111;
--accent: #C62828;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #B3261E;
--border: #111111;
--input: #111111;
--ring: #C62828;
--chart-1: #111111;
--chart-2: #F3F0E8;
--chart-3: #C62828;
--chart-4: #2E7D32;
--chart-5: #A66500;
--sidebar: #F7F4EE;
--sidebar-foreground: #111111;
--sidebar-primary: #111111;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #0B57D0;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #111111;
--sidebar-ring: #C62828;
--radius: 0;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #111111;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #C62828;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #B3261E;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #C62828;
--chart-1: #111111;
--chart-2: #F3F0E8;
--chart-3: #C62828;
--chart-4: #2E7D32;
--chart-5: #A66500;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #111111;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #C62828;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #C62828;
--radius: 0;
}
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function InstitutionalModernistTechReviewShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Institutional Modernist Tech Review</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "institutional-modernist-tech-review",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Institutional Modernist Tech Review shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#E9E5DC",
"foreground": "#111111",
"card": "#F7F4EE",
"card-foreground": "#111111",
"popover": "#F7F4EE",
"popover-foreground": "#111111",
"primary": "#111111",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#F3F0E8",
"secondary-foreground": "#111111",
"muted": "#6F6A61",
"muted-foreground": "#111111",
"accent": "#C62828",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#B3261E",
"border": "#111111",
"input": "#111111",
"ring": "#C62828",
"chart-1": "#111111",
"chart-2": "#F3F0E8",
"chart-3": "#C62828",
"chart-4": "#2E7D32",
"chart-5": "#A66500",
"sidebar": "#F7F4EE",
"sidebar-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-primary": "#111111",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#0B57D0",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#111111",
"sidebar-ring": "#C62828",
"radius": "0"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#111111",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#C62828",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#B3261E",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#C62828",
"chart-1": "#111111",
"chart-2": "#F3F0E8",
"chart-3": "#C62828",
"chart-4": "#2E7D32",
"chart-5": "#A66500",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#111111",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#C62828",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#C62828",
"radius": "0"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019d9bb8-04c8-7ca0-84e7-1eb5719e43aa",
"slug": "institutional-modernist-tech-review",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
]
}
}
}
# Institutional Modernist Tech Review shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019d9bb8-04c8-7ca0-84e7-1eb5719e43aa`
Slug: `institutional-modernist-tech-review`
## Intent
An institutional editorial interface that translates Swiss modernist and Bauhaus principles into a contemporary technology review product: disciplined asymmetrical grids, rigorous typographic hierarchy, restrained red-black-white signaling, and analytical whitespace that makes dense research content feel authoritative rather than decorative.
## Required primitives
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
## Token cues
Colors:
{
"primary": "#111111",
"secondary": "#F3F0E8",
"accent": "#C62828",
"background": "#E9E5DC",
"surface": "#F7F4EE",
"text": "#111111",
"muted": "#6F6A61",
"border": "#111111",
"error": "#B3261E",
"success": "#2E7D32",
"warning": "#A66500",
"info": "#0B57D0"
}
Typography:
{
"heading_font": "League Spartan",
"body_font": "Source Serif 4",
"mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
"base_size": "16px",
"scale_ratio": 1.25,
"line_height": 1.5,
"letter_spacing": "0.01em",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=League+Spartan:wght@500;700;800&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,500;8..60,600&display=swap"
}
## Visual character to preserve
- A 12-column asymmetric editorial grid with oversized outer margins and clearly exposed gutters, using hard left and top alignment rather than centered card stacks.
- Large uppercase sans-serif deck headings paired with compact monospace metadata rails, creating an institutional publication contrast between headline voice and archival annotation.
- Predominantly off-white paper surfaces interrupted by severe black rules and a restrained signal red used only for status bars, selection markers, and key numeric highlights.
- Panels and cards use square corners, 1px to 3px solid borders, and horizontal divider rules that mimic printed review spreads more than app dashboard widgets.
- Dense tables, abstracts, and evidence blocks are separated by disciplined whitespace bands and modular baseline spacing, giving the interface the feel of a research journal issue board.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "pebble",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
}
## Signature component recipes
### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.
### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.
### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.
### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.
### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.
## Preview shots
- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.
## Implementation contract
- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/institutional-modernist-tech-review/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Use asymmetrical grid splits and visible gutters to keep the page feeling editorial rather than app-generic.; Pair bold uppercase sans headings with readable serif body text and monospace metadata for tri-level hierarchy.; Reserve red for review state, critical counts, and active navigation markers so it retains institutional urgency.; Keep corners square and border logic consistent across buttons, cards, filters, and tables.
- Do not: Do not introduce soft glass effects, blurred translucency, or rounded consumer SaaS cards.; Do not center everything symmetrically; the language depends on directional alignment and editorial imbalance.; Do not use more than one accent hue beyond the restrained signal red and neutral paper palette.; Do not replace rule-based structure with oversized shadows or decorative gradients.
## Copy-paste component example
This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.
```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function InstitutionalModernistTechReviewShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Institutional Modernist Tech Review</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"grid": "Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with a 96px outer frame and mixed 8px/16px internal rhythm; key compositions span 7/5 or 8/4 column splits to maintain asymmetrical tension.",
"breakpoints": "Desktop: 1440px and above preserves 12 columns. Tablet: 768px collapses to 8 columns with stacked evidence rail. Mobile: 375px collapses to a single reading column with horizontal overflow allowed only inside data tables.",
"whitespace": "Use large top margins and inter-section bands to create institutional breathing room around dense content; whitespace should feel measured, not soft or airy.",
"responsive": "Shift from multi-column spread to stacked reading order while preserving section rules, folio labels, and typographic contrast at every breakpoint."
}
{
"artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
"version": "preview-shots-v1",
"generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
"generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
"requiresVisualProfile": true,
"schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
"renderable": true,
"language": {
"id": "en-019d9bb8-04c8-7ca0-84e7-1eb5719e43aa",
"name": "Institutional Modernist Tech Review",
"slug": "institutional-modernist-tech-review"
},
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"identityNotes": [
"A 12-column asymmetric editorial grid with oversized outer margins and clearly exposed gutters, using hard left and top alignment rather than centered card stacks.",
"Large uppercase sans-serif deck headings paired with compact monospace metadata rails, creating an institutional publication contrast between headline voice and archival annotation.",
"Predominantly off-white paper surfaces interrupted by severe black rules and a restrained signal red used only for status bars, selection markers, and key numeric highlights.",
"Panels and cards use square corners, 1px to 3px solid borders, and horizontal divider rules that mimic printed review spreads more than app dashboard widgets.",
"Dense tables, abstracts, and evidence blocks are separated by disciplined whitespace bands and modular baseline spacing, giving the interface the feel of a research journal issue board."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "pebble",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
},
"shots": [
{
"id": "application-shell",
"title": "Application shell",
"viewport": "desktop",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"select",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"table"
],
"composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
"mustShow": [
"primary and secondary actions",
"card hierarchy",
"filterable state",
"table or list density"
],
"avoid": [
"component inventory walls",
"placeholder-only content",
"generic rounded SaaS chrome"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "workspace spread",
"headline": "Institutional Modernist Tech Review launch room",
"description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
"primaryAction": "Apply theme",
"secondaryAction": "Review states",
"stats": [
{
"label": "components",
"value": "16",
"tone": "accent"
},
{
"label": "states",
"value": "ready"
},
{
"label": "density",
"value": "balanced",
"tone": "warning"
}
],
"rows": [
{
"label": "Primary flow",
"value": "mapped",
"status": "active"
},
{
"label": "Token coverage",
"value": "semantic",
"status": "synced"
},
{
"label": "Responsive proof",
"value": "queued",
"status": "review"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Active",
"Synced",
"Draft"
]
}
},
{
"id": "detail-editor",
"title": "Detail editor",
"viewport": "tablet",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"dialog",
"sheet"
],
"composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
"mustShow": [
"focus ring",
"error or destructive state",
"dialog or sheet treatment",
"written guidance content"
],
"avoid": [
"unstyled browser controls",
"floating cards inside cards",
"missing labels"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "editing flow",
"headline": "Language recipe editor",
"description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
"primaryAction": "Save recipe",
"secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
"fields": [
{
"label": "Component family",
"value": "Narrative cards"
},
{
"label": "State treatment",
"value": "Visible focus + validation"
},
{
"label": "Motion",
"value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Focus",
"Invalid",
"Confirmed"
]
}
},
{
"id": "data-operations",
"title": "Data operations",
"viewport": "mobile",
"primitives": [
"button",
"tabs",
"badge",
"dropdown-menu",
"table",
"tooltip",
"separator"
],
"composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
"mustShow": [
"responsive reflow",
"dense row styling",
"menu affordance",
"status badge system"
],
"avoid": [
"desktop-only tables",
"text overflow",
"default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "operations",
"headline": "Compact review queue",
"description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
"primaryAction": "Resolve",
"secondaryAction": "Filter",
"rows": [
{
"label": "Button hierarchy",
"value": "approved",
"status": "ok"
},
{
"label": "Table rhythm",
"value": "needs pass",
"status": "watch"
},
{
"label": "Empty state",
"value": "designed",
"status": "done"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Queued",
"Blocked",
"Done"
]
}
}
],
"componentRecipes": [
{
"primitive": "button",
"intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
},
{
"primitive": "card",
"intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
},
{
"primitive": "input",
"intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
},
{
"primitive": "textarea",
"intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
},
{
"primitive": "select",
"intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
},
{
"primitive": "dialog",
"intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
},
{
"primitive": "sheet",
"intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
},
{
"primitive": "tabs",
"intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "badge",
"intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
},
{
"primitive": "separator",
"intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
},
{
"primitive": "checkbox",
"intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
},
{
"primitive": "switch",
"intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "slider",
"intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
},
{
"primitive": "tooltip",
"intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
},
{
"primitive": "dropdown-menu",
"intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
},
{
"primitive": "table",
"intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
}
],
"qualityRules": {
"do": [
"Use asymmetrical grid splits and visible gutters to keep the page feeling editorial rather than app-generic.",
"Pair bold uppercase sans headings with readable serif body text and monospace metadata for tri-level hierarchy.",
"Reserve red for review state, critical counts, and active navigation markers so it retains institutional urgency.",
"Keep corners square and border logic consistent across buttons, cards, filters, and tables."
],
"dont": [
"Do not introduce soft glass effects, blurred translucency, or rounded consumer SaaS cards.",
"Do not center everything symmetrically; the language depends on directional alignment and editorial imbalance.",
"Do not use more than one accent hue beyond the restrained signal red and neutral paper palette.",
"Do not replace rule-based structure with oversized shadows or decorative gradients."
]
}
}