Found Design System
Found is a loud, high-contrast studio site. The interface is pure black on white, set in Switzer at poster sizes, and a single electric violet (#5B12B7) carries the brand from the hero photo to the submit button. Big imagery runs almost edge to edge, framed by a thin white or black margin, and the page alternates long white stretches with black bands.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- The difference-blended wordmark. The hero's ©Found (200px, weight 500) sits in a mix-blend-mode: difference layer. White over the violet photo renders as acid green, and over the model's grey head it turns pale cyan. The © is part of the word, at full size.
- Fun Facts cards. Top-right of the hero: a black Fun Facts tag with a black ★ square beside it, then stacked white cards (6.4px radius) holding 180+ and $4,5m+ with a small grey caption.
- Bracketed table labels. The awards list is a real table: a black header row with [ Award ] [ Recognition ] [ Year ] in white, then rows split by 1px black rules.
- The text rotator. A viewport-wide strip of Let's Talk at 20vw (288px at 1440), repeated and scrolling sideways. On hover the whole strip inverts.
Found is light-first with full black bands. It is not a dark-mode design.
Colors
Surfaces
#FFFFFFPage background (--second-color: white), footer
#F3F3F3Form inputs
#000000 · 7%Small tags like Who we are and its ★ square
#F3F3F3Form inputs
#000000Black bands: the work section, the dark statement section, table header, fact tags
Ink
#FFFFFFText on primary
#000000Text on secondary
#000000Headlines, nav, table rows, links (--first-color: black)
#000000Body text
#000000 · 50%Plain paragraphs (p { opacity: .5 }), the lead under the statement
#FFFFFFText on inverse-canvas
#FFFFFF · 70%Uppercase eyebrows on black (.second-title)
#FFFFFFAction
#5B12B7Violet: the round CTA button, Submit Project, the hero photo backdrop (--violet)
#5B12B7#FFFFFFThe View Showreel pill on photos
#5B96FEThe blue circle that fills the showreel pill on hover (.btn-bg)
Lines & effects
#000000Table rules, subscribe field border, secondary dividers
#000000 · 15%With line: Table rules, subscribe field border, secondary dividers
#000000 · 50%With line: Table rules, subscribe field border, secondary dividers
#000000 · 55%#222222Two small dark blocks (with #171717 once)
#FFFFFF · 20%Light glass layers over imagery (3 uses)
#000000 · 60%Project label boxes on photos (Studio Focus)
#FFFFFF · 90%The fixed nav bar
Typography
Switzer · display-rotator
The quick brown fox jumpsLet's Talk text strip (.text-rotator, CSS 20vw). 288px · 500 · 0.9 · -1px
Switzer · headline-xl
The quick brown fox jumpsRight-aligned service names (.service-title-main). 99px · 600 · 1.0 · -0.5px
Switzer · title-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsProject names on photo labels. 27px · 500 · 1.1 · -0.5px
Switzer · link-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsUnderlined text links (.button-line). 20px · 500 · 1.0 · -0.5px
Switzer · body-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsParagraphs (p), usually at 50%. 18px · 500 · 1.5 · -0.5px
Switzer · eyebrow
The quick brown fox jumps.second-title on black, white at 70%. 18px · 400 · 1.5 · -0.5px
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | 1240px max (.container), centred |
| Section rhythm | .section is 300px top and bottom with 5% side padding (72px at 1440), 150px at ≤991 |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px (Webflow defaults), plus a few min-width: 768px rules |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
hair | 3px | |
xs | 10px | |
sm | 16px | |
md | 20px | |
lg | 30px | |
xl | 40px | |
2xl | 50px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
frame | 10px | |
nav-height | 64px | |
section-x | 72px | |
logo-gap | 74px | |
strip | 95px |
Border radius
Surfaces
How the surfaces stack, from the page background up. Hex codes and roles are in Colors above.
Motion
| Headline reveal | Lines move y 110% or 130% → 0% inside a mask, 500ms; some also skew y 6deg → 0deg over 800ms ease |
| Fade | Opacity 0 → 1, 500ms (scroll into view) or 300ms ease (hover) |
| Underline grow | Width, 500ms (300ms ease on hover out) |
| Icon spin | Rotate, 500ms; 600ms outExpo on the round CTA |
| Menu open | Panel height and links, 600ms inOutQuint; burger lines 200ms inOutQuint |
| Menu link | Opacity 0.35 → 1, 300ms (CSS) |
| Text colour swap | 400ms ease |
| Small slides | y → 0%, 400ms outCubic |
| Scroll scenes | Scroll-linked scenes: sticky work frames and the text rotator |
Do’s and don’ts
- Keep the UI to #000000 and #FFFFFF, with #5B12B7 violet for the main action only.
- Set every text style in Switzer with −0.5px tracking.
- Put white text on photos and use black at 60% (glass-dark) for label boxes over images.
- Use 6.4px corners for cards and tags, and full pills for buttons and the subscribe field.
- Give sections the full 300px top and bottom padding with 5% sides.
- Mark table and meta labels with brackets: [ Year ].
- Add shadows. Depth is bands, blur and overlays.
- Use Inter or Geist; they load or are declared but never render.
- Introduce green. The hero green is mix-blend-mode: difference on white text.
- Put ink-subtle (black at 50%) on text under 18px. It is only 4.0:1 on white.
- Round images. Frame them with 10px padding instead.
- Animate longer than 800ms or use bounce easing.
Example prompt
Any page in the Found style
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What it is
The whole design system in one markdown file, written for AI: every color, type style, spacing value, component and motion rule, plus do's, don'ts and a ready prompt.
Best for
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor and v0, or any other AI tool that builds pages or code.
How to use it
- Put
DESIGN.mdin your project and mention it in your request, or save it as.cursor/rules/found.mdc - For the rule file, start it with a front-matter block that sets
alwaysApply: true, so every chat uses it - Ask: “Build a pricing page using DESIGN.md.” Cursor follows the colors, fonts, spacing and rules
- Put
DESIGN.mdin the project root - Add one line to
CLAUDE.md: “Follow DESIGN.md for all UI.” - Ask for any page or component; Claude reads the file first
- Attach
DESIGN.mdto the chat (or paste it in) - Ask: “Build a landing page in this design system.”
- Keep the file in the chat or project knowledge, so follow-up pages stay on style
What it is
Every token as data, in the W3C Design Tokens format: colors with their roles, type styles, radius, spacing, and component tokens that point at them.
Best for
Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and other design-token tools, and build scripts.
How to use it
- In Figma, open Tokens Studio, choose Import, and pick
tokens.json - Or point Style Dictionary’s
sourceat it to generate tokens for any platform - In code, import it like any JSON file
What it is
A Tailwind CSS v4 theme: every color, font, type style, radius and spacing value becomes a Tailwind utility, like bg-canvas, text-headline-lg or rounded-md.
Best for
Tailwind v4 projects, and AI builders that write Tailwind (v0, Lovable, Bolt).
How to use it
- Save
theme.cssnext to your main CSS file - Import it after Tailwind:
@import "tailwindcss"; @import "./theme.css"; - Use the classes:
bg-canvas text-ink rounded-md p-lg
What it is
The same tokens as plain CSS variables on :root. Component values point at the color variables, so changing one color updates everything that uses it.
Best for
Any website: plain CSS, Webflow custom code, Framer, WordPress.
How to use it
- Add it to your stylesheet, or in Webflow paste it into Site settings → Custom code inside a
<style>tag - Use the variables anywhere:
color: var(--color-ink) - Change a token once and every place that uses it follows






