design-principles

Swiss International Style Design

Invoke when: Creating new components, modifying styles, or building new pages. Skip when: Backend work, API changes, logic-only changes.

Before Designing

Read the full design specs in docs/agent/design/:

1. style-guide.md - Core rules, colors, typography, components
2. design-system.md - Extended tokens, spacing, shadows
3. swiss-design-system-prompt.md - AI prompt for Swiss UI

Colors

Name	Hex	Usage
Canvas	#F0F0E8	Background
Ink	#000000	Text, borders
Hyper Blue	#1D4ED8	Primary actions
Signal Green	#15803D	Success
Alert Orange	#F97316	Warning
Alert Red	#DC2626	Danger
Steel Grey	#4B5563	Secondary text

Typography

font-serif  → Headers
font-mono   → Labels, metadata (uppercase, tracking-wider)
font-sans   → Body text

Component Patterns

// Button: Square corners, hard shadow, press effect
<button className="rounded-none border-2 border-black shadow-[2px_2px_0px_0px_#000000] hover:translate-y-[1px] hover:translate-x-[1px] hover:shadow-none">

// Card: Hard shadow, no rounded corners
<div className="bg-white border-2 border-black shadow-[4px_4px_0px_0px_#000000]">

// Label: Mono, uppercase
<label className="font-mono text-sm uppercase tracking-wider">

Status Indicators

<div className="w-3 h-3 bg-green-700" />  // Ready
<div className="w-3 h-3 bg-amber-500" />  // Warning
<div className="w-3 h-3 bg-red-600" />    // Error
<div className="w-3 h-3 bg-blue-700" />   // Active

Anti-Patterns (NEVER)

• rounded-* (except rounded-none)
• Gradients or blur shadows
• Custom colors outside palette
• Pastel or soft colors
• Decorative icons without function

Retro Terminal Elements

For dashboard/settings/empty states ONLY:

<span className="font-mono text-xs uppercase">[ STATUS: READY ]</span>

DO NOT use retro elements on resume components.

Checklist

• rounded-none on all components
• Hard shadows (shadow-[Xpx_Xpx_0px_0px_#000000])
• Correct typography (serif headers, mono labels, sans body)
• Colors from palette only
• No gradients or blur effects