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No silent work. Each phase ends with a deployed URL and a note on what shipped, what was cut, and what's next.

Phase 3

Faithful integrations + a Webflow-style About

  • Integrations are now exact replicas of the Embassy's own pages — real nav, cream-and-dark editorial bands, real footer — with live components composited straight in. One 'Highlight Source Library' switch rings and labels every inserted part.
  • Rebuilt the homepage, article, and exhibition replicas, each re-skinning to the Embassy's palette via scoped data-theme so the live components adapt automatically.
  • About is now a full landing page: animated stat counters, a running component marquee, an interactive category showcase, a 'how a component page works' walkthrough, and a live copy-the-embed demo that previews straight into a Webflow HTML block.
Phase 2

Catalog scoped to the Embassy collection

  • Every component now surfaces only works that live in the Embassy (bph) collection — no more cross-tenant titles that deep-link to a 404.
  • Cut the three Collections components (Featured Collections, Collections Index, Collection Detail): they spanned all Source Library tenants and linked out to sourcelibrary.org, not the Embassy.
  • Catalog is now 31 live components across seven categories — Discover, Search, Cite, Gallery, People, Live data, Read.
Phase 1

Embassy identity + 32 live components

  • Visual identity matched to embassyofthefreemind.com: Cormorant Garamond + Open Sans, gold #c09a5d, near-black and cream.
  • Catalog expanded from 6 to 32 components across seven categories — Discover, Search, Cite, Gallery, People, Live data, Read.
  • Every component is live: it fetches the Source Library API in the browser, lazy-mounted as you scroll the catalog.
  • Shared card/skeleton primitives keep all 32 in one consistent house style.
Phase 0

Foundation shipped

  • Design system: tokens, type system, dark + light modes.
  • Typed Source Library API client, verified against the live API, with fallbacks.
  • Site chrome: nav, footer, ⌘K command palette, persona switcher, theme toggle.
  • Homepage hero with live ticker, manifesto, components overview, ad fontes closer.
  • Recently Translated component — live React showcase + zero-dependency Webflow embed.
  • The nine-section component-page anatomy, live at /components/recently-translated.
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