Reference

The Monte design system.

The foundations behind the site — palette, type, rhythm and components. Editorial, architectural, restrained: confidence through whitespace, not decoration.

01 — Colour

Paper#EDE9E3

Paper 2#E5E0D8

Cream#F4F1EB

Ink#23211D

Ink Soft#4B463E

Ink Mute#8C8475

Taupe#9A8F7E

Taupe 2#B6AB97

Espresso#1A1815

Warm off-white grounds; deep warm near-black for text; greige and taupe as the only accents. The furniture and its materials provide the colour.

02 — Typography

Display

Newsreader

Text & UI

Hanken Grotesk

Display

Born of Monte

Heading 1

Three series, one standard

Heading 2

The quiet authority of a room

Lead

Sofas built for a lifetime, crafted in Malaysia.

Body

Materials are chosen by hand; frames doweled and glued.

Label

Collections · Est. 1997

03 — Spacing rhythm

An 8px base. Generous section padding (96–160px) carries the editorial calm.

s-1

8px

s-2

16px

s-3

24px

s-4

32px

s-5

48px

s-6

64px

s-7

96px

04 — Buttons, links & fields

Actions

Explore the collections

Form field

05 — Image treatment

Full-bleed lifestyle

01Photography is the hero — design around it, never over it.
02Warm, slightly desaturated, documentary. No heavy grain, no B&W.
03Full-bleed heroes carry a soft top-to-bottom gradient for legible text.
04Generous negative space; one subject per frame; natural light.
05Ratios: 16:9 heroes, 4:3 editorial, 3:4 collection portraits.

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