Personal sites that read like print,
posters, tape & pixels.
Vellum is a library of art-directed personal-site editions — twelve so far — for people who don't want a Squarespace. Each edition is a complete system: typography, colour, rhythm, voice. Pick a lane, then pick a tweak.
Six in the restrained shelf — editorial, document, magazine. Six in the loud shelf — posters, tape decks, gallery walls.
For quiet careers.
Six editionsThe Quarterly
An editorial long-read. Serif-driven, asymmetric, photo as portrait. For people whose work is built on writing, evidence, and time.
The Index
A Swiss grid, taken seriously. Twelve columns, Inter, ruthless restraint. For founders and operators who'd rather be exact than expressive.
The Imprint
Résumé as printed matter. Four sheets, monospace metadata, a wax seal. For people whose credentials are the story.
The Studio
A warm, photo-led monograph. Display italic at scale, generous margins, image as architecture.
The Notebook
A field notebook, taped open. Graph paper, lab tags, rubber stamps, handwritten margins.
The Broadsheet
A newspaper front page. Masthead, dateline, three columns, the work as the lead story.
For louder careers.
Six editions · with kickThe Marquee
Fashion-magazine energy. Huge condensed display, color blocks, marquee scroll. For directors, founders, anyone who needs to be on a cover.
The Cassette
Y2K terminal / CRT energy. Scanlines, neon, a working tape deck in the corner. For musicians, devs, anyone who works at night.
The Atrium
Color-mesh modernism. Soft gradient washes, pill cards, candy palette. For coaches, consultants, anyone selling a service.
The Salon
A saturated gallery wall. Persimmon, teal, gold. Three columns, big imagery. For photographers, painters, anyone whose work is the picture.
The Manifesto
Brutalist poster. Single saturated background, massive type, six theses, no apologies. For people with something to say.
The Atlas
A passport & logbook. Route lines, stamps, coordinates, a boarding-pass footer. For people whose path crosses borders — journalists, photographers, founders.
What you get
Twelve complete single-page sites — hero, about, work, publications, timeline, contact — each art-directed, not templated.
How they tweak
Each edition ships with a Tweaks panel: swap persona, accent, type pair, or light/dark — without leaving the page.
Who they're for
Academics, founders, coaches, photographers, musicians, designers — five demo personas, more on request.
How they're built
Hand-written HTML and CSS. Light JS for tweaks & animation. No frameworks, no build step, no bloat.
Want a Vellum for yourself? I build sites.
Vellum is a working library — send me your résumé, a few photos, and three lines you want anyone to read, and I'll typeset a draft inside a week. Custom editions welcome too.