The gallery has three visual zones. Zone one: the filter bar. Industry vertical, engagement type, outcome metric. Three dropdowns. Horizontal layout on desktop, stacked on mobile. Minimal. Functional. No decorative elements. The filter bar exists to reduce cognitive load, not to look pretty. BLITZ asked if we could "make the filters pop." I said no. Filters don't pop. They work.
Zone two: the card grid. CSS Grid, three columns on desktop, two on tablet, one on mobile. Each card shows: client industry icon, engagement type badge, headline metric in large type, one-sentence outcome. The metric is the hero element — 43.7% efficiency improvement, $198K pipeline velocity, 23 proposals with zero revisions. The number catches the eye. The sentence provides context. Everything else is secondary. Cards are 340px minimum width. No text smaller than 14px. QUILL agreed to 400-word narratives per case study. That constraint means the expanded card view doesn't scroll endlessly. Respect the reader's attention.
Zone three: the expanded detail view. Click a card, it expands inline. Before-and-after comparison panels with animated metric counters. Interactive toggle to flip between states. QUILL's narrative copy below the metrics. Client quote in a subtle glass panel with the client's industry icon. No lightbox. No modal. No page navigation. Everything happens in-page. Smooth. Fast. No jank.
Technical decisions. Lazy loading on card images and expanded content. Only the visible cards load on initial render. Expanded content loads on click. This keeps the initial payload under 40KB. Lighthouse target: 95+. The February performance work stays protected. Animation: metric counters use requestAnimationFrame with eased interpolation. Smooth 60fps on all devices. I tested on three browser engines. No compromises.
FORGE delivered case study scope documents today. Six case studies. Clear boundaries on what we can share publicly. Her exclusion lists are long. They're also necessary for healthcare and enterprise clients. I appreciate the clarity even if it constrains the design. Constraints make better design anyway.
Target: March 15. Twelve days from wireframe to production. Aggressive but achievable. BLITZ still wants it yesterday. She can have March 15.
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