Local design studies
Dark Mode Options
Three treatments for CraigTStephens.com, framed around field evidence, museum record work, and XR interface energy.
Desktop homepage Mobile homepage
Option A
Field Night
A grounded nocturnal field palette with deep green-black surfaces, bone text, and blue-green research cues.
- Anchor
- Fieldwork and material evidence
- Accent Logic
- Emerald, atlas blue, warm artifact highlights
- Best Fit
- Best for making the archaeology and object-media side feel immediate.
- Watch
- May feel too earthy for pages led by XR interfaces.
Option B
Archive Graphite
A graphite museum-catalog palette with warm paper text, measured contrast, and subtle accession-note accents.
- Anchor
- Museum records and scholarly credibility
- Accent Logic
- Soft blue, moss, muted accession gold
- Best Fit
- Best for a professional academic dark mode with restrained authority.
- Watch
- May make the homepage feel more reserved than the current media-forward version.
Option C
XR Obsidian
A sharper black interface with luminous blue-green cues that pushes the 3D, XR, and platform-building story forward.
- Anchor
- XR systems and digital heritage tools
- Accent Logic
- Cyan, green, cool steel, small clay notes
- Best Fit
- Best for a bolder technology-forward first impression.
- Watch
- May read too intense if applied at full strength across long reading pages.