Look at type first
Each variant pairs a body face with a small mono accent. The display decisions (size, tracking, leading) carry most of the personality.
01 / Field test
Five directions for stergioulas.com.
Each card opens a complete home-page treatment of the same person, the same words, the same intent — then commits hard to its own typography, palette, and rhythm. Compare them quickly, then pick the one that should carry the rest of the site.
02 / The candidates
Open in a new tab to A/B side-by-side.
Aegean Field Notebook
A warm-paper personal desk: terracotta marks, oversized editorial type, and a tactile field-notebook grid.
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Blueprint Atlas
A calm technical atlas: indexes, coordinates, hairline rules, and one steady stroke of blueprint blue.
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Humane Engineering Log
A warm engineering log: dated entries, soft graphite, gentle blue callouts, and rounding that invites reading.
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Minimal Personal Archive
A near-monochrome maintained archive: rows, dates, and one restrained mark of blueprint blue.
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Quiet Systems Journal
A quiet technical journal: graphite ink, mono metadata, asymmetric rails, and a measured 1120px shell.
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03 / How to read these
Then the structure
Notice rows, indexes, rails, dividers, and section markers. Identity comes from how information is ordered, not from decoration.
Color last
The palettes are restrained on purpose. One accent, used sparingly, should be enough to anchor the visual voice.