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DIGITALDESIGN2026

olaf.studio

The studio website — this one

Services
UI/UX · Web Design · Development · Motion
Client
OLAF Studio
The olaf.studio homepage — the opening frame, with the studio metadata and oversized display type over a production still.

A website that behaveslike the system itis documenting.

Every colour, size, radius and duration on this site is a token lifted straight from the guidelines. Nothing is eyeballed.

Each project sets its own signal, so opening a case study re-skins the accent the way switching the Figma colour mode does. The monochrome underneath never moves.

Discipline
Digital
Stack
Next.js · TypeScript · GSAP · Lenis
Year
2026

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Skeletons shimmer in place — never spinners on content.


Micro 150 · UI 250 · Reveal 520 · Scene 800

Interface components — live, not a screenshot.

Motion

Snap, don’t float.

One easing curve — cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1) — and four durations: 150ms for micro, 250ms for UI, 450–600ms for a reveal, 800ms for a scene.

Transitions are hard cuts cleaned by a single-colour wipe. No dissolves, no blurs, no bounce. Every motion confirms an action; the rest was cut.

  • Serious execution

    Display / M

    Space Grotesk Medium · 60/60 · -2%

  • Young creative energy

    Heading / H1

    Space Grotesk Bold · 44/48 · -1.5%

  • Framework over formula

    Heading / H3

    Space Grotesk Medium · 26/32 · -0.5%

  • The framework stays consistent; the projects are where the experimentation happens.

    Body / M

    Inter Regular · 16/26

  • SIGNAL / CARIBBEAN — SELECTED WORK

    Label

    Space Mono Regular · 12/14 · +8%

Type ramp — Space Grotesk display, Inter body, Space Mono labels.

Discipline

Fast on a normal connection in Lagos.

Fonts are self-hosted and subset. Images are responsive and lazy below the fold. The animation layer is loaded only where it earns its place, and it collapses entirely under prefers-reduced-motion.

The cinematic layer is a guest. The content is the resident.


Credits

Design
OLAF Studio
Development
OLAF Studio
Motion
OLAF Studio

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