Geodesic · design studies

Finding the system.

A working record of the visual exploration: current review surfaces first, followed by every preserved study that led to them.

Website · current reviewDocuments · five studiesUpdated · 1 Sep 2026Archive · preserved below
Open current landing

Current website review

Evidence, held in structure.

The latest comparison keeps one dome continuous through the opening transformation, then carries the same record into workflow, chat, source inspection and operating situations.

WEB · REVIEW

Latest landing review surface

The current unapproved working comparison. This is the page to open first when reviewing the landing.

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Foundation and proof matrix

Thesis, rules, narrative contract, diagram grammar, decision log and coverage across surfaces.

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DOCSDocument sheet systemOne sheet language on three documents: Northstar, Sentinel and Morningside. Rules, review log and open comparisons. MCPBrief and answer in chatCompact objects with citations and coverage. PRODUCTConnected record explorerStored and derived relationships inside a working product surface. MATERIALDome color studiesSource exploration for photo containment and field color.
Explicitly unresolvedTypography and the final wordmark are not part of this direction decision. Existing typefaces are construction tools only.

Landing · photographic field studies

The three explorations before the current direction.

These IBM-led studies tested human scale, color as operating architecture and one shared operational center. They remain intact and are presented together as the visual round they were.

People working inside an IBM System/360 installation
Photographic field · A

Inhabited Field

Human scale and a visible center inside a saturated operational field.
An operator working in a color-coded IBM System/360 room
Photographic field · B

Instrument Field

Color used as operating architecture: calibrated panels, signals and working space.
People and computing systems around a shared operational center
Photographic field · C

Operational Orbit

Distinct actors and systems coordinated around one accepted company record.

Exploration archive

The work that led here.

These pages remain unchanged as evidence of the process. They are not presented as equal active directions.

Initial metaphors

AThe Working RecordLedger, stamps and operational paper. BThe ObservatoryEvidence stars connected into the dome. CThe AlmanacSpecimens, trellis and cultivation. DThe ConsoleInstrument room, tape and printed answers.

House palette round

EThe Poster ProgramFirst pass on fields and display figures. FDynamic RecordEditorial structure and photography. GThe MosaicEvents as repeatable visual units. HThe Contour FieldTraversal and survey language. H2Contour, Survey VoiceParked variant retained for comparison.

Merged register

E2The Poster ProgramFull fields and monumental figures. F2Dynamic RecordPhotography and drawn figures as printed objects. G2The Mosaic851 tiles, one per event. IThe DomeThe brand figure becomes the product argument.

Photography and geometry

JGeometry CutsThe figure edits the photograph. KThe Dome in the WorldWireframe placed inside a photographed environment. LThe Dome as WindowThe silhouette contains the photographed world. CVRBriefing cover photosOperational image and field combinations.

Supporting studies

LOGOLogo versionsOpen study; no option selected. DOCField register re-skinEarlier document comparison. DOC · A–DSentinel content explorationsFour content-led studies using the Sentinel source material. CUTMerged cutEarlier full sequence retained for provenance.

Landing · field comparisons

AContinuity fieldFull-page comparison preserving the v5 opening and extending the operational field. B · REVIEWKeyframe-reframed fieldLatest working review surface; one continuous dome through the opening sequence.

Landing · evidence field

V2Evidence field compositionFocused opening composition with a faceted photographic volume and source artifacts. V3Symmetrical evidence volumeComparison restoring the horizontal photographic band treatment. V4 · REFApproved opening referenceSelected visual-quality checkpoint for the opening evidence field. V5Evidence to recordComplete eight-scene homepage narrative and editable base. KEYEvidence system keyframesThree static states: source evidence, shared structure and connected record. REJECTEDEvidence world studyPreserved rejection: generic cards, substitute logos and a spherical world.

Landing · narrative development

OPEN · 1Narrative openingOriginal opening and preferred early dome treatment. OPEN · 2Evidence instrumentSecond opening exploration. OPEN · 2.1Evidence instrument iterationA preserved iteration of the second opening direction. SLICEWebsite vertical sliceEarlier source, conflict and connected-record sequence. STORY · 1Narrative storyboardFirst schematic story study. STORY · 2Narrative storyboard v2Superseded content architecture, preserved as exploration history. MOTIONWebsite narrative keyframesMotion and transition study.

Landing · transition studies

V1Record transition studyEarlier scroll-driven transformation study. V2Persistent evidence transitionFive scroll beats with one evidence set settling onto the dome. V3Record transition study v3Preserved later comparison in the transition series.

Landing · early cuts

STORY · 1Landing narrative, cut registerEarly landing-page narrative exploration. STORY · 2Saturated story landingSecond early narrative exploration. STORY · 3The knowledge layerThird early narrative exploration. CUTLanding cut registerEarlier visual cut retained for comparison. XPLanding experience studyEarlier compact narrative.