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Studio Noir

A cinematic, animation-heavy website template for creative studios and design agencies. Pitch-black canvas, single violet accent, oversized editorial typography, GSAP-ready scroll animations.

Next.jsGSAPTailwindLenis|RM 349$79 USD
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DESIGN CHOICES
01

Two-Color Constraint

Pitch black #050505 + single violet accent #7C5CFC. Every Awwwards SOTY in the studio category uses two colors maximum. When you remove colour variety, typography and spacing become the design. The eye has nowhere to hide.

02

Typography as Hero

No hero image. No stock photography. The first thing you see is type — Instrument Serif at 120px. This says 'we're confident enough that we don't need imagery to make an impression.' It also loads instantly and scales perfectly.

03

120px+ Section Gaps

Most templates cram sections at 40-60px. Studio Noir uses 140px. Premium design breathes. Monocle, Bloomberg, Wallpaper* — they all use generous whitespace. It communicates confidence without saying a word.

04

Vertical Project List

Not a card grid — a vertical list. Each project gets a full-width row with hover-triggered image reveal. The pattern used by Dennis Snellenberg (Awwwards SOTD) and Locomotive (7x Agency of the Year). Scannable, dramatic, mobile-perfect.

05

Ghost Watermark

The massive letter at 500px behind the hero — at 1.5% opacity. Adds depth and atmosphere without clutter. Creates a layered visual hierarchy that makes the page feel designed, not assembled.

UX DECISIONS

Sticky Navigation

Fixed nav with section anchors. Transparent — doesn't compete with content. Users always know where they are.

Scroll-Triggered Reveals

Every section has GSAP ScrollTrigger hooks. Characters stagger in, lines draw across, content fades up. Studies show scroll reveals increase time-on-page by 20-40%.

Marquee Section Breaker

Scrolling text strip communicates capabilities at a glance and creates visual rhythm between hero and content sections.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
6 sections (Hero, Marquee, Work, About, Services, Contact, Footer)
Dark mode with carefully tuned opacity levels
Responsive — same design intent on mobile, not a shrunken desktop
Accessibility: proper contrast ratios, semantic HTML, skip-to-content
Performance: zero external images in base — loads under 1 second
GSAP class hooks on every section — animation-ready out of the box
Next.js + Tailwind source code
1-click Vercel deploy
DELIBERATELY EXCLUDED
No hamburger menu on desktop — never hide navigation from users who can see it
No auto-playing video — performance killer, accessibility issue
No parallax on mobile — drains battery, janky on touch
No cookie banner — add your own if legally required, we don't bake tracking in
WHO THIS IS FOR

Creative studios, design agencies, freelance designers, photographers, architects — anyone whose work speaks for itself and needs a canvas that doesn't compete with it.

DESIGN REFERENCES
unseen.colocomotive.caobys.agencydennissnellenberg.comaristidebenoist.com

Get Studio Noir.

Source code, documentation, and a design that stands apart from every template marketplace. Built by one person who cares about every pixel.

RM 349$79 USD
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Or hire me to customise it for your brand.

WHAT YOU GET

Full Source Code

Next.js + Tailwind + TypeScript. Every page, every component, every animation.

4-5 Complete Pages

Home, About, Services/Work, Contact — and industry-specific pages. Not just a homepage.

GSAP Animations

Real scroll-triggered animations on every section. Not CSS transitions — choreographed GSAP motion.

Fully Responsive

Mobile-first design. Same quality on phone, tablet, and desktop. Tested across breakpoints.

SEO-Ready

Semantic HTML, proper heading hierarchy, metadata structure, Open Graph tags ready to configure.

Customisation Guide

Step-by-step docs for changing colours, fonts, content, connecting a CMS, deploying to Vercel.

Design Decisions Doc

Why every visual choice was made. Typography rationale, colour reasoning, animation philosophy.

License for Everything

Use on unlimited personal and client projects. Modify however you want. You own your build.

Lifetime Updates

Buy once, receive all future updates. Framework upgrades, bug fixes, new features.

BUILT WITHNext.js 16Tailwind CSSTypeScriptGSAP ScrollTriggerSplitTypeVercel-ready
RM 349$79 USD

One-time purchase. Lifetime updates. No subscription.

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14-day refund guarantee

If the template doesn't work as described, email us for a full refund. No questions.