Skip to content
Library

David Kirschberg. A darkened room where spotlit work is the only color, and the frame around it is intentionally invisible.

  • Studio
  • Dark theme
  • 4 colors
  • 2 typefaces

Kirschberg operates as a darkened exhibition space: a near-black canvas (#181818) with a single elevated surface (#262626) hosts colorful project work as the only chromatic event on screen. The interface is deliberately austere — Inter at weight 400 handles all text at 16-17px, while a custom display face (twkLausanne) appears at exactly 32px with aggressive -0.04em tracking for the sole headline. The signature structural shape is the 24px rounded card; there are no shadows, no gradients, and no interface accent color. The portfolio reads as a single horizontal-scroll row where the frame is engineered to disappear so the work is remembered.

Screenshot of David Kirschberg
Captured from kirschberg.co.nz on October 11, 2026

David Kirschberg design system

David Kirschberg

Neutrals4

  • Page canvas, primary background — the dominant surface that recedes so work thumbnails advance

  • Elevated surface, card thumbnail backgrounds, and content containers that need to sit one level above the page

  • Muted secondary text, subtitles, card descriptions — one step quieter than primary text for hierarchy without color

  • Primary text, hero headlines, card titles — near-white that reads as soft rather than clinical against the dark canvas

Try a pairing

Pick any two colors from the palette to check whether text stays readable on top.

Aa

Bone on Obsidian

17.01 : 1 contrast

Background
Text
  • Body textPasses AA 4.5
  • Large textPasses AA 3
  • StrictPasses AAA 7

More DESIGN.md files. Same web, different personalities.