Early Works

Item: Early Works
Rating: 7.9

Venture studio building AI, health and education products in-house.

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7.9/10MABTU rating

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MOBILE · 390

Section outline · Home

01heroCentred serif statement with line drawings overlapping
02listSmall-caps row of five disciplines
03work gridTwo-column tiles, name, status pill, one-line description
04statementSerif paragraph with two drawings
05teamFour greyscale portraits, uppercase names and roles
06aboutCentred credibility paragraph naming press and awards
07footerNY/CA clocks, inquiries and careers emails

Rating · Home

Visual design8.2

UX & clarity7.6

Originality7.8

Craft & consistency8.0

Motion6.5

Performance & a11y9.0

This page scores 7.9; the site score weights the home page double.

Main colours

Light & dark toggle·white background·vivid

Typography

Feature Deckheading · font · self-hosted Söhnebody · sans · self-hosted

Stack & style

Next.js Tailwind CSS DatoCMS React

Minimal Editorial Illustration-led Swiss grid Sticky header Theme toggle Review badges

Also: Vercel, Google Analytics, PostHog

Design DNA

White page, centred transitional-serif statements set at 40-52px with tight leading, flanked by sketchy single-line illustrations that overlap the text block. Areas of work run as a small-caps row with degree-sign markers. Work is a strict two-column grid of screenshot and photo tiles, each captioned with a bold project name, a pill status tag (ONGOING / ACQUIRED) and one grey sentence. Team is four square greyscale portraits with uppercase name and role. Footer keeps NY and CA clocks.

Worth borrowing

Let a one-line illustration overlap the headline instead of sitting beside it.
Tag each portfolio tile with a small pill for status (ongoing, acquired) so a grid reads as a track record.
Close the footer with live NY/CA clocks instead of another CTA.