STATIONED DESIGN SYSTEM

COMPONENT LIBRARY

The complete design system extracted from the Stationed homepage. Fonts, colors, spacing, motion, and every component — documented and ready to import.

Colors

Core Palette

black#131313
warm#c9c9c5
darkGrey#414140
white#ffffff
accent#4F8CFF

Backgrounds

bgDark#0A1015
bgSurface#111920
bgElevated#182028
bgCard#151d26
bgLight#f5f6f8
bgWarm#c9c9c5

Text (light on dark)

textWhite#ffffff
textPrimaryrgba(255,255,255,0.92)
textMutedrgba(255,255,255,0.6)
textSecondaryrgba(255,255,255,0.45)

Text (dark on light)

textDark#0f1419
textDarkMuted#3b4656
textDarkSecondary#718096

Blue System — Glows & Gradients

The accent blue (#4F8CFF) at various opacities — used for hero glows, card gradients, borders, and interactive highlights across all dark-bg pages.

accent#4F8CFF
accentHover#3a7aef
accentGlow08rgba(79,140,255,0.08)
accentGlow06rgba(79,140,255,0.06)
accentGlow04rgba(79,140,255,0.04)
accentBorder15rgba(79,140,255,0.15)
accentBorder20rgba(79,140,255,0.2)
accentBorder50rgba(79,140,255,0.5)
accentBg10rgba(79,140,255,0.1)
accentBg12rgba(79,140,255,0.12)
positivergba(100,220,150,0.8)
negativergba(255,100,100,0.6)

Gradient Tokens

accentGradientLine
accentGradientCard
accentGradientTop
accentGradientHero
accentRadialGlow

Media Slot

Image-backed content slots with documented empty states for supplied photography.

Example deployment image

Typography

Font Families

display

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

mono

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

body

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Font Size Scale

displayL
clamp(2.75rem, 8vw, 7rem)
displayM
clamp(2rem, 5vw, 4.5rem)
displayS
clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 3.5rem)
accentL
clamp(80px, 24vw, 360px)
accentM
clamp(40px, 8vw, 120px)
h5
36px
h6
22px
bodyL
18px
bodyM
14px
buttonM
20px
buttonS
14px
eyebrow
0.75rem
label
0.8125rem
caption
0.75rem
nav
0.875rem

Spacing

1
4px
2
8px
3
12px
4
16px
5
20px
6
24px
8
32px
10
40px
12
48px
16
64px
20
80px
24
100px
28
120px
32
140px
40
160px

Homepage layout radii

panel
30px
card
20px
chip
10px
pill
999px

Motion

Easing Curves

easeDefault
cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94)
easeSmooth
cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)
easeSnap
cubic-bezier(0.645, 0.045, 0.355, 1)

Durations

fast
0.2s
normal
0.3s
slow
0.5s
reveal
0.8s

Shadows

sm
md
lg
glow
btnHover
cardHover

Buttons

Clip-path CTA (Aptus hero button)

Book a Call

Cards

Image Area

Feature Card

Light background with hover lift and glassmorphism glow.

Image Area

Feature Card

Identical structure — use in 2-column grid.

Elevated Card

Dark elevated surface with blur backdrop.

Dark Card

Semi-transparent warm border.

Bento Card

For service card grids.

Display Text

display-large

// BUILD

display-medium

WHAT MATTERS

display-small

// DISCOVERY

Accent Text (Space Mono)

accent-large

1

accent-medium

// SERVICE ARCHITECTURE

Section Headings (Source Sans 3)

XL Heading

Large Heading

Medium Heading

Eyebrow

On Light Background

On Dark Background

Geometric Visuals

hero (dark-on-light)
about (light-on-dark)
module (dark-on-light)

Concentric SVG (About section background)

Code Snippet

Hero snippet (warm bg)

// SERVICE ARCHITECTURESPECIFICATION// STATIONED ECOSYSTEMstruct Team { embed engineers; train operators; ship outcomes;};

Brand label

STATIONED®

Marquee

STATIONED-BUILD-WHAT-MATTERS/ STATIONED_BUILD_WHAT_MATTERS/ STATIONED-BUILD-WHAT-MATTERS/ STATIONED_BUILD_WHAT_MATTERS/

Stat Row

6
Week sprints
W1
Shipping from
100%
Transfer rate
2–4
Engineers
6W
Minimum
DAILY
Standups

Bento Grid

Wide Card (span 2)

First card in the grid spans 2 columns for the bento effect.

Card 2

Standard single column.

Card 3

Standard single column.

Card 4

Standard single column.

Card 5

Standard single column.

Diagonal Sections

Sections with clipTop create the diagonal clip-path transition between sections.

WARM SECTION

DARK SECTION (clipTop)

Module Tabs

We sit with your operators, watch real work, and map where AI and automation create the highest leverage.

You will explore strategic alignment, efficiency principles, and the foundations of building systems.

// Discovery & Alignment

MODULE

Process Tabs

STEP 1

Workflow Mapping

Deep-dive into your team's existing workflows. We identify the highest-leverage automation opportunities and build an execution plan.

Testimonials

// OPERATOR

ALEX

Stationed didn't just build us a system — they taught our team how to think about automation differently.

HEAD OF OPS · SERIES B FINTECH
// FOUNDER

SARAH

Six weeks. That's all it took to go from manual chaos to a system that runs itself.

CEO · AI STARTUP
// ENGINEER

MARCUS

I learned more in the fellowship than I did in two years of self-study. The embedded approach changes everything.

SENIOR DEV · ENTERPRISE SAAS

Grain Overlay

Subtle film-grain noise texture applied via CSS pseudo-element.

grain::after overlay

BLUE SYSTEM — Dark-bg page components

Used on /labs, /careers, /fellowship — the blue-glow dark theme

Hero Background Layers

The dark-page hero is built from layered elements: an SVG background (HeroBg/hero-bg.svg), a radial blue glow (HeroGlow), a dot-grid overlay (DotGrid), and a torn-paper edge (TornEdge). The HeroCanvas component composes all layers into one wrapper.

Individual Layers

HeroBg

/hero-bg.svg

HeroGlow
DotGrid

16px interval, overlay blend

TornEdge

dark → white tear

HeroCanvas (all layers composed)

Wraps HeroBg + DotGrid + HeroGlow + TornEdge into one component. Used on the fellowship page.

HeroCanvas

SVG bg + dot grid + glow + torn edge

Hero Sections

Four hero variants: centered (homepage), split (for-teams), dev (careers), fellowship. All include a radial blue glow and optional SVG background.

Hero variant

Build what matters.

centered

Hero variant

Embed the talent your roadmap needs.

split

Hero variant

Build with a leading AI firm.

dev

Hero variant

What's next needs you now.

fellowship

Accordion

Service Accordion

Hands-on programs that turn your existing people into AI-native operators. Not lectures. Live work sessions.

Live workshopsReal workflowsInternal champions

We place senior builders inside your company to own an outcome end-to-end. Not staff aug. Operators accountable to results.

Embedded on-siteOutcome-driven

When the problem is ambitious enough to need a full team and focused enough to ship in six weeks, we run a Lab.

Full team6 weeksWorking systems

FAQ Accordion

Minimum engagement is six weeks. Most teams extend once they see results.

We embed on-site when possible. Remote is fine for teams that already work asynchronously.

Healthcare, finance, logistics, real estate, and any team ambitious enough to ship.

Big Numbered Steps

01
Apply & connect
Tell us what you've built and what you want to build. We're looking for senior engineers, designers, and operators who ship.
02
Match & deploy
We match you with a mission based on your skills and interests. Embedded with a team at a real company, working on real problems.
03
Build & grow
Ship working systems alongside other elite operators. Move between missions. Grow faster than any single role.

Value Props Grid

Real missions
No side projects. You work on production systems that actually run businesses.
Elite teammates
Work alongside operators from hackathons, technical communities, and emerging tech.
Ship across industries
Healthcare, finance, logistics — build a portfolio of impact no single job can offer.
Accelerated growth
New mission every 6 weeks. New team, new domain, new challenge.
Ownership from day one
No tickets. No Jira queues. You own outcomes end-to-end.
Build your reputation
Your work speaks through real systems running at real companies.

Compare Table

Why choose Stationed

Traditional consulting
Stationed
Strategy decks, no execution
Months of onboarding
Junior consultants
Working systems from week 1
Embedded in days
Senior operators only

CTA Banner

Dark inset card with blue radial glow. Used as a page-ending call-to-action.

Join us

Ready to build what matters?

We're always looking for exceptional engineers, designers, and operators.

Row Listings

Used on the careers page for job listings. Hover slides the row right with arrow animation.

Feature Cards

Light-bg cards with icon areas and body text. Used on homepage and service pages.

Team Training
Hands-on programs that turn your existing people into AI-native operators.
Forward-Deployed Engineers
Senior builders embedded inside your company to own outcomes end-to-end.

Deployment Card

Structured case-study card for the Work page.

01

A working deployment

Context

A team with a workflow that needed an owner.

Problem

The process lived across too many tabs and too much memory.

What we built

A system in the team's existing environment.

What changed

The workflow became repeatable and visible.

What we learned

The handoff matters as much as the build.

Deployment Grid Card

Uniform index card for the dense Work grid.

CASE IMAGE · Agent-run go-to-market experiments across a portfolio · 338×180

VENTURE STUDIO / FDE EMBED

Agent-run go-to-market experiments across a portfolio

The unit of work moved from campaign to experiment.

Founders had channel ideas but no way to run enough experiments to find out which ones worked.

Read the deployment

Labs Timeline

Week-by-week timeline with blue marker dots. Used inside the Labs card on the homepage.

1
Week 1
Define scope, audit workflows, align on outcomes
2
Weeks 2–5
Build and ship working systems with embedded team
3
Week 6
Transfer, document, train internal owners

Logo Ticker

Infinite scrolling logo marquee with fade edges. Used on homepage and fellowship pages.

Google
Microsoft
Amazon
Meta
Stripe
OpenAI
Vercel
Figma
Google
Microsoft
Amazon
Meta
Stripe
OpenAI
Vercel
Figma

Homepage layout sections

HERO IMAGE · 1420×821

// AI DEPLOYMENT FIRM

// BUILDWHATMATTERS[FASTER]

Book a call
EMBEDDED ENGINEERSWORKING SYSTEMSIN THE REAL WORKFLOWCAPABILITY TRANSFERDAYS, NOT QUARTERS

// WHERE OUR SYSTEMS LAND

Where our systems land

GTM & pipeline
Internal ops
Vendor & supplier data
Hiring & evaluation
Agent infrastructure
Data & enrichment pipelines
Support workflows
Reporting

AI doesn't fail because the models are bad. It fails because it never reaches the work.

POSITION IMAGE · 833×364

The gap is rarely model quality. It is ownership, data paths, and whether the system has a place in the work people already do.

No owner after launch
No path to the real data
No place in the existing workflow
Nobody's job to keep it alive
Read the method

The problems we go after

What an embedded team does differently

Deployment, not advice, is the unit of work: systems only matter when they survive contact with the work.

01

We work inside your stack

Same repos, same data, same review process.

02

We build the boring layer

Enrichment, permissions, scheduling, evaluation; the parts that decide whether the interesting part works.

03

We hand back the keys

The system is owned, documented, and operated by your team when we leave.

AI doesn't fail because the models are bad. It fails because it never reaches the work.

// STATIONED / POINT OF VIEW

What we actually do

See what we've deployed

A focused build against one workflow, with a working system in the environment where the work happens.

embedbuildland
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Agentic systems with the permissions, review steps, and failure behavior required for real operations.

agentsreviewship
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The structured data layer that makes useful automation possible and keeps it current.

sourcesenrichroute
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Evidence-based evaluation for judgment-heavy processes where a demo is not a result.

baselinescoredecide
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Build days and training where your team ships against its own workflows and stack.

learnmakeown
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Move working automations onto infrastructure your team controls and can extend.

inventorymigrateoperate
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STRUCTURE IMAGE · 520×404

A method, not a pilot

The work has a shape because the handoff is part of the build. Five stages keep the team close to the workflow and make ownership visible from the first week.

5STAGES FROM EMBED TO TRANSFER
1WORKFLOW AT A TIME

How a deployment actually runs

Sit with the people doing the job and find the workflow worth attacking first.

Read the full method
01Embed
02Build
03Land
04Prove
05Transfer

// NEXT DEPLOYMENT

Ready to get AI into the actual work?

Book a call
+Have a workflow that should already be automated?Start thereWant to see how we deploy?Read the method