flowmanceHornix Design System
Hornix is a bold, black-and-white creative agency site that opens on a full-screen gradient image (electric blue, violet and pink with a glassy bubble). After the hero, everything is white with black type, square-cornered photos and black or white pill buttons. Two typefaces do the work: wide, geometric Unbounded in uppercase for nav, buttons and big section words, and Inter Tight 600 for headlines and copy.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- Outlined pill nav. Each nav item is its own 2px outlined pill in uppercase Unbounded with 1px tracking (HOME, WORK, ABOUT, NEWS, CONTACT). The pills are white over the hero and black over white sections.
- The sheet over the hero. The hero is sticky. The first white section slides over it with 80px rounded top corners, like a card pulled up from below.
- Two-tone statements. Headlines start in solid ink and finish faded: resilient, and vibrant Webflow template. (white, then white at 50% on the hero) and creative agency dedicated to making a positive impact. (black, then #2C2C2C at 50%).
- Giant numbers. Metrics run at 9vw (about 130px at 1440) in Inter Tight 600 with bracketed uppercase labels: >311 [WORLDWIDE CLIENTS].
Hornix is a light design with one dark, image-led hero.
Colors
Surfaces
#FFFFFFPage background and every section after the hero
#FFFFFFSame as canvas
#FFFFFFForm inputs (no border)
Ink
#FFFFFFText on primary
#000000Text on secondary
#000000Headlines, labels, outlines, nav over white
#000000 · 80%Paragraphs (p has opacity 0.8)
#2C2C2C · 50%The faded half of two-tone headlines (.gray-text-2)
#FFFFFFText, icons and nav pills over the hero and photo cards
#FFFFFF · 50%The faded half of the hero headline
Action
#000000Black pill buttons on white (MEET THE TEAM, OUR WORKS, Contact us)
#000000#FFFFFFWhite pill buttons on images (GET IN TOUCH, LEARN MORE)
Lines & effects
#0000002px outlines on nav pills, tags and footer tags; 2px link underlines
#000000 · 30%Overlay on service photo cards (linear-gradient(#0000004D, #0000004D))
Typography
Inter Tight · display-metric
The quick brown fox jumpsMetrics >311, 47, +1,317. 130px · 600 · 1
Inter Tight · headline-hero
The quick brown fox jumpsHero headline. 49px · 600 · 1.2
Inter Tight · title-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsText on service photo cards. 26px · 600 · 1.4
Inter Tight · body-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsLead paragraphs, Giving shape to your idea,. 22px · 600 · 1.3
Inter Tight · label
The quick brown fox jumpsUnderlined text links. 16px · 600 · 1.3
Inter Tight · eyebrow
The quick brown fox jumpsEmoji eyebrows 👋🏻 Hey there! We're Hornix. 16px · 600 · 1.4
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | max 1200px, centred |
| Section rhythm | 100px top and bottom, 80px at ≤991px and 50px at ≤767px |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px, plus a 1440px step |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
xs | 8px | |
sm | 16px | |
md | 25px | |
lg | 30px | |
xl | 50px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
nav-pad | 25px | |
column-gap | 25px | |
hero-top | 84px | |
section | 100px |
Border radius
Motion
| Scroll fade-in | opacity 0 → 1, 1000ms, outQuart |
| Scroll rise | y 50px → 0, 500ms |
| Heading wipe | A black block (.heading-overlay) starts at translateX(−100%) and sweeps across the heading, 500ms, sizing changes over 300–500ms |
| Button and nav text roll | Label y 0% → −100%, copy 100% → 0%, 300ms ease |
| Card press | scale 1 → 0.95 on hover, 300ms outSine; back to 1 |
| Icon pop | scale 0 → 1, 300ms ease; rotate 400ms ease |
| Nav colour flip | A filter change of 500ms as the hero scrolls away (white to black) |
| Pill hover | Background fill, 200ms (transition: all .2s) |
| Side drift | Images move x ±30px, 500ms, while scrolling in view |
Do’s and don’ts
- Keep the UI strictly #000000 and #FFFFFF; let the hero gradient and photos bring colour.
- Use Unbounded uppercase for nav, buttons, project names and one-word section titles; Inter Tight 600 for sentences.
- Make every nav item its own 2px outlined pill (50px radius).
- Use black pills on white and white pills on photos, 40px radius, 56px tall.
- Keep images square-cornered; round only buttons, pills and the 80px top of the sheet over the hero.
- Fade the second half of a headline to ink-subtle or on-media-muted.
- Add grey cards, shadows or coloured buttons.
- Use ink-subtle (#2C2C2C at 50%) below 22px. It is only 3:1 on white and works only as the faded half of large headlines.
- Set Inter Tight in uppercase for sentences, or Unbounded in sentence case.
- Use Oswald; it is loaded but not part of the design.
- Round photos or cards.
- Leave the Latin placeholder copy on service cards.
Example prompt
Any page in the Hornix 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/hornix.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.
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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