Vellum is a library of art-directed personal-site editions — twelve so far — for people who don't want a Squarespace. Each edition is a complete system: typography, colour, rhythm, voice. Pick a lane, then pick a tweak.
Six in the restrained shelf — editorial, document, magazine. Six in the loud shelf — posters, tape decks, gallery walls.
An editorial long-read. Serif-driven, asymmetric, photo as portrait. For people whose work is built on writing, evidence, and time.
A Swiss grid, taken seriously. Twelve columns, Inter, ruthless restraint. For founders and operators who'd rather be exact than expressive.
Résumé as printed matter. Four sheets, monospace metadata, a wax seal. For people whose credentials are the story.
A warm, photo-led monograph. Display italic at scale, generous margins, image as architecture.
A field notebook, taped open. Graph paper, lab tags, rubber stamps, handwritten margins.
A newspaper front page. Masthead, dateline, three columns, the work as the lead story.
Fashion-magazine energy. Huge condensed display, color blocks, marquee scroll. For directors, founders, anyone who needs to be on a cover.
Y2K terminal / CRT energy. Scanlines, neon, a working tape deck in the corner. For musicians, devs, anyone who works at night.
Color-mesh modernism. Soft gradient washes, pill cards, candy palette. For coaches, consultants, anyone selling a service.
A saturated gallery wall. Persimmon, teal, gold. Three columns, big imagery. For photographers, painters, anyone whose work is the picture.
"The picture I am looking for is almost never the one I think I'm looking for."
Brutalist poster. Single saturated background, massive type, six theses, no apologies. For people with something to say.
A passport & logbook. Route lines, stamps, coordinates, a boarding-pass footer. For people whose path crosses borders — journalists, photographers, founders.
What you get
Twelve complete single-page sites — hero, about, work, publications, timeline, contact — each art-directed, not templated.
How they tweak
Each edition ships with a Tweaks panel: swap persona, accent, type pair, or light/dark — without leaving the page.
Who they're for
Academics, founders, coaches, photographers, musicians, designers — five demo personas, more on request.
How they're built
Hand-written HTML and CSS. Light JS for tweaks & animation. No frameworks, no build step, no bloat.
Vellum is a working library — send me your résumé, a few photos, and three lines you want anyone to read, and I'll typeset a draft inside a week. Custom editions welcome too.