Mosby's Files
A research-driven archive on American Modernism, presented as a skeuomorphic folder system built by Tubik Studio.
About Mosby's Files
Mosby's Files is an editorial research project arguing that American Modernism deserves a place beside Bauhaus, tracing a distinct American path of functionalism through architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, I. M. Pei, Paul Rudolph and Mary Colter. The about page explains the editorial stance: modernism as a network of parallel movements rather than a single European story.
The interface mirrors the subject.
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Website details
/frontpage, /about
Architect profiles combine portrait photography, biographical details such as birth and death dates, and annotated building imagery, including a collage treatment of I. M. Pei's Bank of China Tower.
The typography combines Founders Grotesk, Signifier and IBM Plex Mono across the site. The site uses a near-black background with bold white display type and vivid folder colors: cobalt blue, teal, purple, crimson red and yellow, with monospaced captions reinforcing the archival feel. The main content forms a centered column, with an oversized heading above overlapping, horizontally stacked folder panels.
The stylesheet defines a responsive layout with desktop breakpoints around 1024, 1025, 1440 and 1920px, tablet breakpoints around 768 and 900px and mobile breakpoints around 320 and 480px.
Delivered code identifies Nuxt and Vue with Storyblok assets, and no identifier for Webflow, Framer, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify or WordPress was found, pointing to a custom build.
