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Design direction · Concept D

Nordic Minimal

Snow, stone and quiet confidence.

A calm Scandinavian take on the trip: near-monochrome snow and stone, light grotesk type with mono metadata, and hand-drawn contour lines instead of decoration. Photography stays black and white until the destination is chosen, so colour is earned. Everything is list-led and revealed progressively, which makes the organiser view feel composed rather than busy.

Participant homeOrganiser view
  • iQuiet by default. Hairlines, tone and space do the work; nothing shouts unless it needs you.
  • iiOne accent. Glacier blue means “this needs you”. It never decorates.
  • iiiColour is earned. Photographs stay black and white until the destination is chosen.
  • ivWords first. Every status has a shape and a word, never colour alone.
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Colour

Snow, stone and charcoal, with a single glacier accent. Every text pairing meets WCAG AA.

  • Snow#F4F4F1 · --snowPage surface
  • Paper#ECEBE6 · --paperTonal panels
  • Stone#D9D6CF · --stoneTracks, contour lines
  • Slate line#8E8B84 · --line-strongInput borders (3:1)
  • Mute#6B6862 · --muteSecondary text (5:1)
  • Charcoal#222221 · --inkText, primary actions
  • Glacier#4A6B7C · --glacierThe one accent: “this needs you”
  • Glacier tint#DDE5E9 · --glacier-tintCaveats, missing fill
  • Lingonberry#A13D33 · --lingonErrors only
02

Typography

Hanken Grotesk for words and big figures, in light weights. DM Mono only for small metadata: dates, labels, counts.

Display · 200 · 184/150116
H1 · 300 · 58/60What do I still need?
H2 · 300 · 32/37Three ways to spend a week in the snow
H3 · 500 · 17/23Equipment details needed
Body · 400 · 16/25Organisers publish rooms once the chalet is booked. Tell them your preferences when that opens.
Label · DM Mono · 11.5 capsCommand centre · Planning
Figures · Hanken 250 · tabular£1,575 · 20/20 · 2,300 m
Metadata · DM Mono 400Sat 30 Jan 2027 · 16 weeks, 4 days
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Iconography

Drawn on a 24px grid with a 1.25px line. Icons support words, never replace them.

  • Home
  • Holidays
  • Dates
  • Me
  • People
  • Overview
  • Payments
  • Room
  • Skis
  • Poles
  • Snowboard
  • Boots
  • Helmet
  • Lift
  • Travel
  • Documents
  • Insurance
  • Settings
  • Mark
04

Photography

Monochrome by default, softened on detail pages, and full colour only for the destination the group chooses.

Skier pausing in deep powder under a pale sky, black and white
Mono · default
The same skier, softly desaturated
Soft · detail pages
The same skier in natural colour
Colour · chosen resort

Captions are set in mono, credits always kept. All photographs CC0 via Wikimedia Commons.

05

Buttons

Rectangular, 48px tall, one primary per view. Focus is a 2px glacier ring.

Compare holidays
06

Inputs

Labels above, hints below, errors in words with a glyph. Proper input types for phones.

Only organisers see this. Used for flight bookings.

GBP

Your maximum can’t be lower than your stretch budget (£1,400).

Catering
07

A real form

The kit form changes with your answers: snowboarders see stance and no poles; unsure riders see nothing irrelevant.

01 What will you ride?
02 How confident are you?
03 Sizes for the rental shop
cm
kg

Only the organisers and the rental shop see your sizes. Weight helps set bindings safely — skip it if you’d rather tell the shop on the day.

04 What do you need to hire?
  • Skis
  • Ski boots
  • Poles
  • Helmet

08

Confirmations

Checklist items record what you confirm. They never pretend to verify it.

09

Status

Shape first, then a word. The accent is reserved for things that need you.

  • DoneComplete
  • To doNeeds you now
  • LaterOrganisers’ step
  • StartedBegun, not finished
  • MissingOrganiser view: missing
  • n/aDoesn’t apply
Demo price Quiet “done” for dense tables
10

Progress

A fine ring for you, one segment per person for the group, a thin line for money.

Personal readiness
Deposits paid 16/20Equipment forms 13/20
Group completion
Collected 13%Snow reliability
Money & ratings
  1. 01Planning(current phase)
  2. 02Booking
  3. 03Preparation
  4. 04Trip ready
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Surfaces

Barely-there: tone instead of shadow, hairlines instead of boxes, dashes for things that aren’t ready.

Tonal panel

£1,575

Summaries and money.

Hairline list

Equipment details needed

Deposit paid

Not ready yet

Rooms appear here once published.

Ink — one per page

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