Design system · Draft

Speed Styles
System

The rough draft of our own system. Two themes, one yellow accent, the Speed mascot, 3D icons and the liquid metal ripple, built on the same rules we ship to clients.

01 · Color

Graphite or black,
one yellow.

Two themes, one accent. Light theme is graphite with flat yellow. Dark theme is pure black with neon yellow that glows. Use the toggle in the nav to switch.

Graphite#1E1F22

Light theme canvas.

Surface#26282C

Light theme cards and panels.

Black#000000

Dark theme canvas. Pure black, no tint.

Yellow#FFD400

The one accent. Flat in light theme.

Neon yellow#FFE600

Dark theme accent. Always glows.

Chrome#C9CCD1

Headlines and metal. Always liquid.

Steel#8E9298

Body copy and captions.

Red#E10600

Reserved. Logo mark and Speed's sunglasses only.

Light · graphite + yellow
Ship fast.

Flat yellow, no glow. Graphite canvas, surface cards.

NewStart your engine
Websites + Apps + Video
Dark · black + neon yellow
Ship fast.

Pure black canvas. Yellow always carries a neon glow.

NewStart your engine
Websites + Apps + Video
Yellow text

One accent word per headline, always yellow. Numbers and live values may be yellow too.

Yellow surfaces

Use sparingly: at most one yellow surface per screen. The marquee band, the new way card, chips and badges.

Red is reserved

Never in UI. Red lives only in the logo mark and Speed's neon sunglasses.

02 · Typography

Geist, tuned tight.

Headlines render as liquid metal with one accent word. Body copy stays quiet in Steel so the chrome can shine.

Displayclamp(56px,11.5vw,184px) / .9 / -5.5%

Ship fast.

Headlineclamp(40px,7vw,104px) / .94 / -4.5%

Liquid chrome.

Titleclamp(24px,2.6vw,34px) / 1.05 / -3%

Bring your own tokens

Body16 / 1.6 / Steel

Speed Styles turns your brand into a system your team and your AI agents both run on.

Eyebrow10 / caps / +32%
AI ready design systems
MonoGeist Mono 13
get_design_system()
03 · 3D icons

Mirror chrome icons.

Yellow key light from above, red from below. Hover to tilt and catch the sheen. Wherever an icon appears inside a card, that card is frosted glass.

aids
canvas
agency
browser icon
browser
social icon
social
print icon
print
dashboard icon
dashboard
phone icon
phone
logo icon
logo
illustration icon
illustration
camera icon
camera
video icon
video
presentation icon
presentation
globe icon
globe
key icon
key
prompt icon
prompt
04 · Ambient motion

Liquid metal, live.

The ripple is our default section background. Every page alternates ripple sections with quiet ones, always lit in yellow, and it sits on graphite or black to match the theme. Move your cursor to ripple it, click to splash.

Ripple · section background
Ripple · click to splash
05 · Imagery

Speed leads
every image.

The cheetah is the primary asset. Hero scenes put him in the racecar or at work on pure black, lit only by yellow light trails. Liquid chrome textures support him, never replace him.

Speed the cheetah mascot scene: Home hero · racecar
Home hero · racecar
Speed the cheetah mascot scene: Final call · launch
Final call · launch
Speed the cheetah mascot scene: AI Design Systems · desk
AI Design Systems · desk
Speed the cheetah mascot scene: Code Canvas · prompt
Code Canvas · prompt
Speed the cheetah mascot scene: Brand Agency · livery
Brand Agency · livery
Speed the cheetah mascot scene: About · pit garage
About · pit garage
Liquid chrome texture, yellow neon
Texture · yellow-01
Liquid chrome texture, yellow neon
Texture · yellow-03
06 · Components

Frosted glass, chrome actions.

Everything sits on frosted glass so the liquid metal shows through. Only the two primary actions are chrome, so the next step is always obvious. Any card or tile that holds a 3D icon always sits on frosted glass.

Buttons
PrimaryPrimary outline
Badges and chips
LiveBetaNew
Text field
Search
Select
Toggles
Segmented control
Tabs
Slider and progress
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Rollout72%
Stat card
2 daysAverage launch time↓ 86% vs last quarter
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Shipped to productionLanding page · 41s
Tooltip
Hover meReads your tokens first
Avatars
Tim KijewskiTim Rosenberg+3
Breadcrumbs
Accordion
What does agent ready mean?

Your rules are written so AI tools can read and follow them.

Can we keep our brand?

Yes. We encode it exactly as it is.

Dialog
Publish to all channels?

Website, social and app will update with the new campaign.

Publish
07 · Mascots

Meet the characters.

Speed is the primary asset on every page: heroes, steps, team cards and calls to action. Sloth appears only as the contrast, doing things the slow, old way.

Campaign · New way. Full speed.

Download hero banner ↓
New way. Full speed. Speed Styles moves ideas faster than the old way. Speed accelerates in a racecar while Sloth follows on a donkey. Make the switch.
Hero banner · Speed represents the new way; Sloth represents the old way. Campaign scenes use a background; character specification sheets stay transparent.
Speed leads

Every page hero is a Speed scene, and every content section that needs an image uses a Speed pose chosen for that section. Show him in the racecar for launches, heroes and final calls to action.

Sloth contrasts

Sloth only appears beside Speed in an old way versus new way comparison: meetings, paper files, redlines and waiting. Never as a hero, never on his own.

Neon shades, always

Speed never takes off his neon red sunglasses: glowing red frames, smoke black lenses and two vertical white glint lines on each lens, never diagonal, never stars. They are the only red in the system.

Never crop the face

Hero and card crops are aimed at Speed's face, so his head and shades stay whole at every screen size and never sit under the nav.

Frost behind chrome

Metallic headlines over a scene or ripple get frosted glass behind them, blurred in the shader or as a glass card, so the chrome always reads.

Loops for headers

Header scenes can play seamless racecar loops. The still frame is the poster and the reduced-motion fallback.

Shared proportions

Enlarged heads, compact torsos and short limbs. Match the body sheets, measuring head size without hats. Keep the same proportions in every pose.

Facial studies

Front, back, side and ¾ views. Bare faces expose the expressions. Rear views show posture and silhouette; facial features remain hidden.

Isolated artwork

Transparent PNG sheets. Scene props travel with each pose. The preview checkerboard belongs to this page, never to the artwork.

Speed

Golden cheetah fur, black spots and tear marks, cream muzzle. Black racing suit, yellow stripes, red trim, white S badge, gloves and racing sneakers. Always wears neon red sunglasses with vertical white glint lines, in every view including expression studies, so emotion reads through brows, ears and mouth.

Neutral views & outfit

Download original ↓
Speed: Top: neutral heads. Bottom: full body in outfit. Left to right: front, back, side, ¾.
Top: neutral heads. Bottom: full body in outfit. Left to right: front, back, side, ¾.

Expression matrix

Download original ↓
Speed: Rows: surprised, happy, smug, mad, sad. Columns: front, back, side, ¾.
Rows: surprised, happy, smug, mad, sad. Columns: front, back, side, ¾.
Speed: Driving a racecar · Arms crossed · Typing on a laptop at a futuristic desk · Running · Jumping
Driving a racecar · Arms crossed · Typing on a laptop at a futuristic desk · Running · Jumping

Section poses · site library

Folder ↗
Speed: Arms crossed · value
Arms crossed · value
Speed: Audit
Audit
Speed: Encode
Encode
Speed: Connect
Connect
Speed: Ship
Ship
Speed: Marketing
Marketing
Speed: Product
Product
Speed: Sales
Sales
Speed: Leadership
Leadership
Transparent cutouts, one per section topic. Click any pose to download.

Sloth

Brown fur, cream face and dark eye patches. Black coat with gold trim, cream waistcoat, cravat and breeches, dark boots, and a feathered bicorne. Hat returns for outfit and action studies.

Neutral views & outfit

Download original ↓
Sloth: Top: neutral heads. Bottom: full body in outfit. Left to right: front, back, side, ¾.
Top: neutral heads. Bottom: full body in outfit. Left to right: front, back, side, ¾.

Expression matrix

Download original ↓
Sloth: Rows: surprised, happy, smug, mad, sad. Columns: front, back, side, ¾.
Rows: surprised, happy, smug, mad, sad. Columns: front, back, side, ¾.
Sloth: Riding a donkey · Writing with a feather quill on a scroll at an 1800s desk · Sitting on an 1800s throne · Sending a message with a pigeon
Riding a donkey · Writing with a feather quill on a scroll at an 1800s desk · Sitting on an 1800s throne · Sending a message with a pigeon

Contrast poses · the old way

Folder ↗
Sloth: On a donkey · launches
On a donkey · launches
Sloth: Carrier pigeon · meetings
Carrier pigeon · meetings
Sloth: Quill · redlines
Quill · redlines
Sloth: Hourglass · waiting
Hourglass · waiting
Used only in old way versus new way comparisons, opposite a Speed pose.
08 · Applied

The system,
applied.

Marketing, web app and mobile templates show the two registers: loud marketing and quiet, functional product. Print and digital mockups show the brand off screen.

Lights out

Build yours
faster.