NEEDLEWERK — Tattoo Studio References

Swiss International Typographic Style × Psychedelic Art. Mathematical grids containing hallucinogenic chaos. White-dominant with color earned through interaction.

Sites

17 references
Swiss Grid Poster House
swissgrid.posterhouse.org

Swiss grid exhibition site. Pure Swiss typographic style — mathematical grid, Helvetica, restrained color. Direct reference for layout precision.

Swiss Design Fun
swiss-design.fun

Interactive Swiss design showcase. Demonstrates how Swiss principles translate to web — clean grid, bold type, structured hierarchy.

Swiss Mono Framer Template
swissmono.framer.website

Minimalist Swiss portfolio. Monospace type + grid system. Clean white space, extreme tracking, uppercase everything.

Big Human
bighuman.com

Design agency with Swiss sensibility. Clean grid, bold typography, white-dominant palette. Good navigation pattern reference.

Linear
linear.app

Precision meets gradient. Swiss-clean layout with subtle gradient accents. Shows how color can emerge from minimal foundations.

Vercel
vercel.com

Grid precision with gradient energy. White-dominant, Inter font, mathematical spacing. Gradient used sparingly for maximum impact.

Stripe
stripe.com

Gradient mastery. Vivid gradients contained within clean layouts. Shows how psychedelic color can coexist with corporate precision.

Magic Gradient
magicgradient.com

Gradient palette resource. Psychedelic gradient combinations — neon pink to cyan, acid yellows. Direct color reference for accent gradients.

Storyville Tattoo
storyvilletattoo.com

Tattoo studio — industry reference. Portfolio layout, artist grid, booking flow. Content structure reference for tattoo-specific pages.

Monolith Studio
monolithstudio.com

Modern tattoo studio. Clean, minimal aesthetic. Good reference for artist profiles and style categorization.

Jules Dry Tattoo Berlin
julesdrytattoo.com

European minimalist tattoo artist. Berlin-based, fine line work. White-dominant, clean grid — closest to our Swiss aesthetic in the tattoo world.

Tattoo Builds
tattoobuilds.com

Tattoo website builder. Shows common tattoo site patterns: portfolio grids, booking CTAs, artist showcases.

Renaissance Studios Tattoo
renaissancestudiostattoo.com

Custom tattoo studio. Gallery-focused layout. Industry convention reference — what to elevate and what to subvert.

Notion
notion.so

Swiss-influenced UI. Clean grid, Inter font, black/white with restrained color. Information hierarchy through typography alone.

Apple
apple.com

Typographic precision. Massive type scale, white space, grid discipline. Reference for dramatic headline sizing and minimal color.

Kinfolk
kinfolk.com

Editorial grid design. Extreme white space, serif/sans pairing, structured grid. Shows how restraint creates sophistication.

The Brand Identity
the-brandidentity.com

Design portfolio showcase. Clean grid, strong typography, card-based layout. Good card hover pattern reference.

Typography

4 references
Typographic Posters
typographicposters.com

Swiss poster typography archive. Dense collection of typographic poster designs. Direct reference for bold, grid-locked headline treatments.

Fonts in Use
fontsinuse.com

Real-world typography. How fonts work in context. Reference for Inter and monospace pairing in web contexts.

Typewolf
typewolf.com

Type curation. Curated showcase of type in web design. Reference for font sizing, pairing, and hierarchy.

Typography.com
typography.com

Professional type specimens. Hoefler & Co. — precision typography, Swiss-influenced presentation. Weight and scale reference.

Color & Pattern

3 references
Color Hunt Neon
colorhunt.co/palettes/neon

Neon palette collection. Psychedelic color combinations — magenta, cyan, electric violet, acid yellow. Direct gradient color source.

Color Hunt Retro
colorhunt.co/palettes/retro

Retro palettes. 60s/70s psychedelic era color combinations. Orange, purple, gold, teal — period-appropriate accent options.

Hero Patterns
heropatterns.com

SVG pattern library. Geometric repeating patterns. Reference for moiré and grid-based background textures.

Moodboard Searches

10 references
Müller-Brockmann Posters
Google Images: Müller-Brockmann

Swiss master posters. Grid-locked compositions, geometric forms, Akzidenz-Grotesk/Helvetica, restrained color. The DNA of our layout system.

Psychedelic Concert Posters
Bing Images: 1960s Psychedelic Posters

Psychedelic poster art. Wes Wilson, Victor Moscoso — vibrating colors, optical patterns, swirling forms. The chaos that fills our grid containers.

Bridget Riley Op Art
Google Images: Bridget Riley Op Art

Op art optical illusions. Moiré patterns, vibrating lines, black/white geometry. Reference for our moiré background textures and optical effects.

Swiss Grid Web Design
Bing Images: Swiss Grid Web Design

Modern Swiss web layouts. How the 12-column grid translates to web. Asymmetric columns, tracked type, mathematical spacing.

Psychedelic Gradient Web
Google Images: Psychedelic Gradient Web

Gradient in web contexts. Neon gradients, mesh gradients, color transitions. How psychedelic color works on screen.

Vibrating Complementary Colors
Bing Images: Vibrating Colors

Color vibration effects. Complementary color pairs that shimmer and vibrate. Reference for our chromatic aberration hover states.

Moiré Patterns
Google Images: Moiré Patterns

Moiré interference. Overlapping grids creating optical vibration. Direct reference for our CSS moiré background texture.

Helvetica Modernist Posters
Bing Images: Helvetica Posters

Helvetica in poster design. The typeface that defines Swiss style. Weight, tracking, and scale relationships for our Inter-based type system.

Tattoo Studio Branding
Google Images: Tattoo Branding

Modern tattoo branding. How contemporary studios present themselves. Logos, business cards, signage — industry visual language.

Swiss Design Psychedelic Collision
Bing Images: Swiss × Psychedelic

The collision itself. Where Swiss precision meets psychedelic chaos. The exact tension point our design system lives in.