Break the grid
Twelve collision presets replace alignment with intent — overlap, shear and offset panels without breaking flow or accessibility.
Manifesto №04 — since 1989
Design is notdecoration.
// Nimbus — a graphic toolkit for teams that distrust the grid. Hard shadows, loud type, production-ready exports.
01 / Features
Tools that refuse alignment
Type as structure
Fragmented headline primitives with mixed scales, forced uppercase and mono annotations that survive translation.
Ship the collage
Export deconstructed layouts to semantic HTML and CSS variables. No runtime, no div soup, no surprises.
02 / Method
How the collision works
Pick your fragments
Choose headline blocks, tilted panels and annotations from a library built by working art directors.
Collide and compose
Overlap panels with controlled negative margins. Every collision is a token, so nothing drifts by accident.
Ship the chaos
Export semantic HTML with dark mode and reduced-motion variants baked into the same file.
03 / Field notes
Reports from the off-grid
"Nimbus tore up our design system and rebuilt it louder. We shipped a full rebrand in nine days — without a single rounded corner."
K. Okonkwo — Design Lead, Fieldnote Studio
"The only toolkit that treats collisions as a feature. Exports are semantic, motion is respected, and our decks finally scare the board."
M. Halvarsson — Art Director, Atelier 12, Basel
04 / Pricing
Pick your disruption
Sketch
$0 / forever
- 12 starter fragments
- Community grid graveyard
- Static HTML export
Studio
$29 / seat / month
- Everything in Sketch
- 80+ typographic fragments
- Collision engine and presets
- Figma and code export
Atomic
$99 / seat / month
- Everything in Studio
- Single sign-on, audit trail
- Priority support hotline
05 / FAQ
Questions, answered plainly
Do the exports survive production?
Yes. Every layout compiles to semantic HTML and CSS custom properties — no runtime, no div soup. Reduced-motion and dark-mode variants ship in the same file.
Can I bring my own type?
Map the display, body and mono slots to any family you license. Fragment scales are token-driven, so swapping grotesques keeps the collisions intact.
What if my team prefers the grid?
Strict mode exists: it snaps every tilt to zero and locks spacing to the baseline. We judge you quietly, but the option is there.
06 / Enlist
Join the off-grid school
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