Northbridge Capital

13 — Research hub

Making dense research feel effortless.

A daily-publishing research hub that absorbs editorial volume without reading as a link dump.

The Northbridge Capital concept homepage.
Type
Concept · self-directed
Discipline
Web · UI
Deliverables
Grid system, category taxonomy, hub template
Density
9 stories per view

01The brief

Northbridge Capital publishes daily across AI, market structure and enterprise innovation. The hub had to handle that volume in a modern finance tone and never feel like a link dump.

Density was the constraint: nine simultaneous stories had to stay scannable without shrinking type or stacking cards by importance.

02Design decisions

  1. A strict nine-card grid — every insight gets identical space, and hierarchy comes from imagery and category rather than card size.
  2. Small-caps category labels lead each card, so researchers scan by theme before committing to a headline.
  3. Ink, paper and one accent bar; a 4px hover lift is the only motion on the page.

03Outcome

A template that takes weekly publishing volume without redesign, now the pattern for the full insights programme, with a single call to action placed after the reader has already had value from the grid.

9Stories per viewIdentical space, no size games.
6Design decisionsType, layout, colour, IA, motion, conversion.
1Call to actionPlaced last, after the grid.

A concept project designed in-house by Yonder Tech, not a client engagement. Figures describe the delivered design system, not commercial results.

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