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Wemakethings. Ink-on-white architecture with type as the only building material.

  • Studio
  • Light theme
  • 2 colors
  • 3 typefaces

WeMakeThings operates on a brutally reductive editorial logic: pure black ink on a white paper canvas, with nothing but typography and whitespace to carry the entire visual system. The site reads like a design broadsheet — massive outlined display type acts as architectural scaffolding behind bold all-caps headlines, creating depth and scale without any color, shadow, or imagery. Components are stripped to their skeleton: hairline underlines, thin borders, and direct unadorned type. Density is comfortable with generous margins, and the brand grid uses vertical text columns to turn a simple list into a typographic wall. There is no decoration, no warmth, no gradient — just confident restraint where every pixel earns its place.

Screenshot of Wemakethings
Captured from wemakethings.de on October 11, 2026

Wemakethings design system

Wemakethings

Neutrals2

  • Primary text, all borders, outline strokes, link underlines, background type fill

  • Page canvas, card surface, filled button background

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

Aa

Paper White on Ink Black

21.00 : 1 contrast

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

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