PDR.

Design direction explorations
August 2026

One brief, six systems

One studio brief.
Six design directions.

The same PDR prototype, rebuilt six ways. Direction 01 keeps the original layout and copy and repairs more than thirty bugs underneath it. Directions 02 to 06 take the same brand somewhere specific: same services, same audience, a different design system and a different voice on every page.

6 directions1 HTML file each0 frameworks30+ fixes in direction 01100% flat color, zero gradients

Refined

01 / 06

The original, repaired. Same layout, same copy, thirty-plus fixes across routing, responsiveness, contrast, and SEO.

Open direction

Editorial

02 / 06

A design journal. Serif authority, numbered chapters, and copy that reads like a considered essay.

Open direction

Precision

03 / 06

Swiss discipline. Exposed grid, tabular numbers, and language that reads like a well-written spec.

Open direction

Noir

04 / 06

Dark, quiet, senior. Whitespace does the talking and one lime signal carries the brand.

Open direction

Atelier

05 / 06

Warm craft. Round corners, floating shapes, and the voice of a partner rather than a vendor.

Open direction

Kinetic

06 / 06

Full volume. Color blocks, marquees, and launch-day momentum in every line.

Open direction

The untouched original

Archive

The ChatGPT build, archived byte for byte. Open it next to Direction 01 and click around: the skip link, the article contents, the insight filters.

Open archive

Why six? Because a direction is a decision.

A studio can argue about taste forever. Put six working systems side by side and the argument gets short. Every page here is production-grade markup: semantic, responsive from 360px up, keyboard friendly, and animated with restraint.