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WOUQ. Monochrome gallery wall, museum label typography.

  • Studio
  • Light theme
  • 3 colors
  • 2 typefaces

WOUQ operates as a monochrome editorial portfolio: a near-total absence of color, with black text and hairline rules carrying all functional weight on a white canvas. The page is image-forward — large photography and 3D-rendered artwork dominate, treated as gallery objects with a single shared 10px corner radius and minimal chrome. Typography is the only expressive instrument: a custom neo-grotesque face (ESAllianz) is deployed at near-display sizes (45px) for the tagline and category labels, with a tight 1.11 line-height that lets the text stack into editorial blocks rather than breathing room. The interface deliberately removes every non-essential signal — no buttons, no badges, no gradients, no shadows, no accent color — so that the work itself carries the visual identity. Navigation is a plain text row, and project tiles are flat rectangles with two stacked text lines overlaid in a corner, mimicking museum wall labels rather than card UI patterns.

Screenshot of WOUQ
Captured from wearewouq.com on October 11, 2026

WOUQ design system

WOUQ

Neutrals3

  • Dark borders and separators for elevated surfaces and inverted UI. Do not promote it to the primary CTA color

  • Subtle surface variation against white — used at near-imperceptible contrast for stacked layers

  • Page canvas, card surfaces, and heading backgrounds — the dominant surface across all sections

Try a pairing

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

Aa

Gallery White on Carbon Black

21.00 : 1 contrast

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

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