---
version: alpha
name: Works-in-progress
description: Light design system extracted from www.works-in-progress.co (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#FBFAF8"
  surface: "#F2EFE9"
  on-surface: "#000000"
  on-surface-variant: "#01000A"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: Lausanne
    fontSize: 63.84px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.056
    letterSpacing: -0.03em
  title-md:
    fontFamily: Lausanne
    fontSize: 32.74px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.142
    letterSpacing: -0.03em
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Lausanne
    fontSize: 17.18px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.3
rounded: {}
spacing:
  xxs: 3.5px
  xs: 11px
  sm: 12px
  md: 20px
  lg: 21.5px
  xl: 24px
  2xl: 36px
  3xl: 47.5px
  4xl: 98.5px
  5xl: 144px
omitted:
  - section: rounded
    reason: no rounded corners on painted elements
---

# Works-in-progress

> Extracted from [https://www.works-in-progress.co/](https://www.works-in-progress.co/) on 2026-11-12 by Emblematic. Every value below was read from the rendered DOM (computed styles, `document.fonts`, and the fonts Chrome actually used to paint text), not estimated from pixels. When the YAML front matter and this prose disagree, the YAML wins. Copy values from this file exactly; don't transcribe them from memory. Don't copy logos, imagery, illustrations or marketing copy.

## Overview

Works-in-progress uses a light canvas (#FBFAF8) with a monochrome palette. Type is set in **Lausanne** (display + body), with 17px body text. Layout: fluid container, top-fixed navigation, 5 sections. Built with squarespace, hotwire.

## Colors

Area-weighted from painted backgrounds, text and borders on the 1440px light capture. Roles are inferred from usage (largest background, most text, interactive fills). Every hex is an exact computed value; a role marked *unverified* is a best guess that has not passed review, so its canonical token (e.g. `primary`) is left out of the front matter.

| Token | Hex | OKLCH | Role | Share of paint | CSS variable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `background` | `#FBFAF8` | 0.985 0.003 84.6 | bg | 72.3% | — |
| `surface` | `#F2EFE9` | 0.953 0.009 84.6 | surface | 14.1% | `--solidHeaderBackgroundColor` |
| `on-surface` | `#000000` | 0 0 0 | text | 12.0% | `--text-highlight-color` |
| `on-surface-variant` | `#01000A` | 0.071 0.043 281.2 | muted | 1.5% | — |

Contrast: text on background 20.13:1, muted text 20.02:1.

The site does not change under `prefers-color-scheme: dark`.

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Lausanne** | display, body | 400 | 100.0% | webfont |

Declared in `@font-face` but not used to paint text on this page: Squarespace Ui Font, Arno Pro, Work Sans, Freight Text Pro. Don't treat these as the page's fonts.

Scale (px): 17, 22.5, 32.5, 48.5, 64. Effective ratio ≈ 1.393 (close to a augmented fourth). Body 17px at line-height 1.3; display 63.84px with tracking -0.03em. Headings are sentence case. On a 390px viewport the body is 15px and display 42.38px.

## Layout

Spacing has no reliable single base unit; the most used steps are 3.5, 11, 12, 20, 21.5, 24, 36, 47.5, 98.5, 144px. Sections open with about 89px of space before their first line of text. Content sits in a fluid container on a 20-column grid. Text density 0.073 (text area / page area).

Section order (desktop). Kinds below the review threshold are shown as *section*:

1. **nav** (98px, bg #F2EFE9)
2. **hero** (900px, bg #FFFFFF)
3. **section** — “Works In Progress is an exhibition series with a mission to amplify, archive and” (1817px, bg #FFFFFF)
4. **section** — “Visit” (310px, bg #FFFFFF)
5. **section** — “Works in Progress” (297px, bg #FFFFFF)

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 0px; radii in use: none. Borders: none.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do keep the palette monochrome; there is no chromatic brand accent on the page.
- Do set body copy in Lausanne at 17px / 1.3.
- Do tighten large headlines (-0.03em at 63.84px).
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 400.
- Don't add drop shadows; depth comes from tone and borders.
- Do keep corners at 0px for most controls.
- Don't copy this site's logos, illustrations, photography or copy; use the system, not the brand assets.

## Provenance

Spec v2, extractor 0.2.0. Render quality: **ok**. Vision pass: not run. Fields below confidence 0.7 are hedged or left out above: `components`, `layout.columns`, `layout.hero`, `layout.section_count`, `sections[].kind`, `space.base`, `space.section_padding_px`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.