team.japanese-small-portraits · Small portraits

A team pattern from Japanese Minimal, drawn alone below with this design's tokens and sample copy. Used in this design on: about page, section 3. Give the section root data-pattern="team.japanese-small-portraits". A guide only: DESIGN.md and tokens.json are the source of truth.

Rule
A Mincho title (step 5) and a short paragraph in 1–4; grayscale 3:4 portraits four per row in 5–12 with name and role in small type under each. No circles.
Slots
title, body, team[4..4]
Grid areas
title 1-4 · people 5-12 (12-column grid, 1-based inclusive spans)
Tokens
bg #F4F1EA · text #2B2925 · heading #1F1D1A · accent #A63A28 · accent2 #D78575 · Shippori Mincho / Zen Kaku Gothic New · radius 0px · space unit 8px (full list in design/tokens.json)

Pattern notes

  • A Mincho title (step 5) and a short muted paragraph in 1–4; grayscale 3:4 portraits four per row in 5–12, with the name and role in small type under each. No circles.

The studio

Each engagement starts with a two-week audit: interviews with customers, sales and the people who build the product. The brief writes itself after that.

Rita Carvalho

Founder, strategy

Owen Blake

Design director

Sana Qureshi

Lead developer

Mateus Lima

Copy and naming