.about-page .about-hero {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  min-height: min(790px, 94vh);
  align-items: center;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 140px max(2rem, calc((100vw - 1200px) / 2)) 100px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.16);
  background: #101114;
}

.about-hero-image,
.about-hero-shade {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
}

.about-hero-image {
  background-image: url("../assets/project-home-01.jpeg");
  background-position: center 55%;
  background-size: cover;
  opacity: 0.68;
}

.about-hero-shade {
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(7, 8, 10, 0.96) 0%, rgba(7, 8, 10, 0.84) 40%, rgba(7, 8, 10, 0.2) 100%),
    linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(7, 8, 10, 0.54), transparent 45%);
}

.about-hero-content {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  width: min(100%, 780px);
}

.about-eyebrow,
.about-page .section-label {
  margin: 0 0 1.2rem;
  color: var(--gold-2);
  font-size: 0.67rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  line-height: 1.7;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-eyebrow {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.65rem;
}

.about-eyebrow span {
  width: 23px;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--gold-2);
}

.about-hero h1,
.about-section-heading h2,
.about-intro-heading h2,
.founder-copy h2,
.about-services-heading h2,
.about-cta h2 {
  margin: 0;
  color: #f5f3ef;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: clamp(4.1rem, 8vw, 7.2rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
  line-height: 0.91;
}

.about-hero h1 em,
.about-section-heading h2 em,
.about-intro-heading h2 em,
.founder-copy h2 em,
.about-services-heading h2 em,
.about-cta h2 em {
  color: var(--gold-1);
  font-weight: 500;
}

.about-hero-content > p:not(.about-eyebrow) {
  max-width: 550px;
  margin: 1.7rem 0 0;
  color: #d0cec7;
  font-size: clamp(0.9rem, 1.4vw, 1.03rem);
  line-height: 1.9;
}

.about-scroll-link,
.about-text-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.75rem;
  margin-top: 2rem;
  padding-bottom: 0.45rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.58);
  color: #f3dfaa;
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-scroll-link span,
.about-text-link span {
  font-size: 1rem;
  transition: transform 0.2s ease;
}

.about-scroll-link:hover span {
  transform: translateY(3px);
}

.about-text-link:hover span {
  transform: translate(2px, -2px);
}

.about-hero-index {
  position: absolute;
  right: max(2rem, calc((100vw - 1200px) / 2));
  bottom: 2.5rem;
  color: rgba(245, 243, 239, 0.66);
  font-size: 0.58rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.15em;
}

.about-hero-index span {
  margin-right: 0.5rem;
  color: var(--gold-1);
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0;
}

.about-intro {
  padding-top: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem);
  padding-bottom: 2.5rem;
}

.about-intro-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(320px, 0.88fr);
  gap: clamp(3rem, 9vw, 9rem);
  align-items: start;
}

.about-intro-heading h2,
.about-section-heading h2,
.founder-copy h2,
.about-services-heading h2 {
  font-size: clamp(3.3rem, 5.6vw, 5.4rem);
}

.about-intro-copy {
  padding-top: 0.35rem;
}

.about-intro-copy p,
.founder-copy > p:not(.section-label) {
  margin: 0 0 1.2rem;
  color: #b8b8b9;
  font-size: 0.91rem;
  line-height: 1.95;
}

.about-principles {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
  margin-top: clamp(3.5rem, 6vw, 5.5rem);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
}

.about-principles > div {
  display: flex;
  min-height: 104px;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 0.45rem;
  padding: 1rem 1.15rem;
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
}

.about-principles > div:first-child {
  padding-left: 0;
}

.about-principles > div:last-child {
  border-right: 0;
}

.about-principles span,
.about-standard-number {
  color: var(--gold-2);
  font-size: 0.58rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
}

.about-principles strong {
  color: #e7e4dc;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.about-standards {
  padding-top: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  padding-bottom: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.12);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.12);
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 85% 5%, rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.08), transparent 35%),
    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.012);
}

.about-section-heading {
  display: flex;
  align-items: end;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 2rem;
  margin-bottom: 2.4rem;
}

.about-section-heading .section-label,
.about-intro-heading .section-label,
.founder-copy .section-label,
.about-services-heading .section-label {
  margin-bottom: 0.8rem;
}

.about-section-heading > p {
  max-width: 385px;
  margin: 0 0 0.35rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.86rem;
  line-height: 1.85;
}

.about-standards-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1rem;
}

.about-standard-card {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 286px;
  padding: 1.4rem 1.3rem 1.5rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.16);
  border-radius: 10px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04), transparent 60%),
    rgba(17, 18, 21, 0.84);
}

.about-standard-number {
  position: absolute;
  top: 1.45rem;
  right: 1.35rem;
  color: rgba(244, 222, 155, 0.44);
}

.about-standard-icon {
  display: grid;
  width: 47px;
  height: 47px;
  margin-bottom: 2.2rem;
  place-items: center;
  border: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.32);
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: var(--gold-1);
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
}

.about-standard-card h3 {
  margin: 0 0 0.65rem;
  color: #f0ede5;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 1.55rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.08;
}

.about-standard-card p {
  margin: 0;
  color: #a9aaad;
  font-size: 0.76rem;
  line-height: 1.8;
}

.about-founder {
  padding-top: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem);
  padding-bottom: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem);
}

.founder-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(280px, 0.78fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(3rem, 10vw, 9rem);
}

.founder-image-wrap {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  width: min(100%, 360px, 44vh);
  height: min(58vh, 480px);
  justify-self: center;
  place-items: center;
}

.founder-image-wrap::before {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 12px -12px -12px 12px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.52);
  content: "";
}

.founder-image-wrap img {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: contain;
  background: #111317;
}

.founder-image-caption {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0.65rem;
  bottom: 0.65rem;
  padding: 0.5rem 0.65rem;
  background: rgba(8, 9, 11, 0.7);
  color: #f2e2b8;
  font-size: 0.52rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
}

.founder-copy h2 {
  margin-bottom: 1.8rem;
}

.founder-signoff {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-top: 2rem;
}

.founder-signoff-line {
  width: 42px;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--gold-2);
}

.founder-signoff div {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 0.2rem;
}

.founder-signoff strong {
  color: #f4e6c2;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.founder-signoff div span {
  color: #939498;
  font-size: 0.58rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-services {
  padding-top: clamp(4.5rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  padding-bottom: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07);
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 12% 10%, rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.06), transparent 38%),
    #0b0c0f;
}

.about-services-heading {
  margin-bottom: 2.4rem;
}

.about-services-list {
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.13);
}

.about-service {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 55px minmax(220px, 1fr) minmax(200px, 0.8fr) 24px;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1.2rem;
  min-height: 98px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.13);
  transition: background 0.25s ease, padding 0.25s ease;
}

.about-service:hover,
.about-service:focus-visible {
  padding-right: 0.7rem;
  padding-left: 0.7rem;
  background: rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.045);
}

.about-service-number {
  color: var(--gold-2);
  font-size: 0.62rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}

.about-service-name {
  color: #f1eee7;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 2.4vw, 2rem);
  font-weight: 600;
}

.about-service-description {
  color: #9b9ca1;
  font-size: 0.73rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
}

.about-service-arrow {
  color: var(--gold-1);
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  transition: transform 0.2s ease;
}

.about-service:hover .about-service-arrow {
  transform: translate(3px, -3px);
}

.about-reflections {
  padding-top: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  padding-bottom: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 7rem);
}

.reflections-heading {
  margin-bottom: 2.5rem;
}

.reflections-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1rem;
}

.reflection-card {
  position: relative;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 1.6rem 1.7rem 1.45rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.15);
  border-radius: 10px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(140deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.035), transparent 55%),
    rgba(17, 18, 21, 0.82);
}

.reflection-number {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 1.15rem;
  color: var(--gold-2);
  font-size: 0.58rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
}

.reflection-card h3 {
  max-width: 520px;
  margin: 0 0 0.8rem;
  color: #f2eee5;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.55rem, 2.5vw, 2rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.08;
}

.reflection-card p {
  margin: 0 0 1.1rem;
  color: #b2b1ae;
  font-size: 0.77rem;
  line-height: 1.85;
}

.reflection-attribution {
  display: block;
  color: #e4d4aa;
  font-size: 0.62rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}

.reflections-note {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 1.4rem auto 0;
  color: #85868b;
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  text-align: center;
}

.about-cta {
  padding: clamp(3.5rem, 7vw, 6rem) 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.17);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.17);
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 80% 50%, rgba(217, 171, 79, 0.1), transparent 40%),
    #101114;
}

.about-cta-inner {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 2rem;
}

.about-cta h2 {
  font-size: clamp(3.3rem, 5.5vw, 5.3rem);
}

.about-cta-inner > div > p:not(.section-label) {
  margin: 1rem 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.83rem;
}

.about-cta .button {
  min-width: 220px;
  gap: 0.7rem;
  border-radius: 7px;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .about-page .about-hero {
    min-height: 680px;
  }

  .about-intro-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 0.92fr;
    gap: 3rem;
  }

  .about-principles {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }

  .about-principles > div:nth-child(2) {
    border-right: 0;
  }

  .about-principles > div:nth-child(3),
  .about-principles > div:nth-child(4) {
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
  }

  .about-principles > div:nth-child(3) {
    padding-left: 0;
  }

  .about-standards-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }
}

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .about-page .about-hero {
    min-height: 660px;
    align-items: flex-start;
    padding: 132px 1.25rem 90px;
  }

  .about-hero-image {
    background-position: 56% center;
  }

  .about-hero-shade {
    background:
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(7, 8, 10, 0.9), rgba(7, 8, 10, 0.46)),
      linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(7, 8, 10, 0.8), transparent 75%);
  }

  .about-eyebrow {
    max-width: 320px;
    font-size: 0.57rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.13em;
  }

  .about-hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(3.65rem, 17vw, 5.4rem);
  }

  .about-hero-content > p:not(.about-eyebrow) {
    max-width: 430px;
    font-size: 0.86rem;
  }

  .about-hero-index {
    right: 1.25rem;
    bottom: 1.5rem;
  }

  .about-intro {
    padding-top: 4rem;
  }

  .about-intro-grid,
  .founder-layout {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 1.6rem;
  }

  .about-intro-heading h2,
  .about-section-heading h2,
  .founder-copy h2,
  .about-services-heading h2,
  .about-cta h2 {
    font-size: clamp(3.2rem, 14vw, 4.5rem);
  }

  .about-intro-copy p,
  .founder-copy > p:not(.section-label) {
    font-size: 0.84rem;
  }

  .about-principles {
    margin-top: 2.7rem;
  }

  .about-principles > div {
    min-height: 90px;
    padding: 0.8rem 0.7rem;
  }

  .about-principles strong {
    font-size: 0.66rem;
  }

  .about-standards {
    padding-top: 4rem;
    padding-bottom: 4rem;
  }

  .about-section-heading,
  .about-cta-inner {
    align-items: flex-start;
    flex-direction: column;
  }

  .about-section-heading {
    gap: 0.8rem;
    margin-bottom: 1.6rem;
  }

  .about-section-heading > p {
    max-width: 500px;
  }

  .about-standards-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 0.8rem;
  }

  .about-standard-card {
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 1.2rem 1.15rem 1.35rem;
  }

  .about-standard-icon {
    margin-bottom: 1.35rem;
  }

  .founder-layout {
    gap: 2.2rem;
  }

  .founder-image-wrap {
    width: min(100%, 320px, 42vh);
    height: min(55vh, 420px);
  }

  .about-service {
    grid-template-columns: 32px minmax(0, 1fr) 20px;
    gap: 0.7rem;
    min-height: 92px;
    padding: 0.8rem 0;
  }

  .about-service-description {
    grid-column: 2;
    grid-row: 2;
    margin-top: -0.65rem;
  }

  .about-service-arrow {
    grid-column: 3;
    grid-row: 1 / span 2;
  }

  .about-service-name {
    font-size: 1.5rem;
  }

  .about-reflections {
    padding-top: 4rem;
    padding-bottom: 4rem;
  }

  .reflections-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 0.8rem;
  }

  .reflection-card {
    padding: 1.3rem 1.2rem 1.2rem;
  }

  .reflection-card h3 {
    font-size: 1.7rem;
  }

  .reflection-card p {
    font-size: 0.75rem;
  }

  .about-cta-inner {
    gap: 1.7rem;
  }

  .about-cta .button {
    width: 100%;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .about-page *,
  .about-page *::before,
  .about-page *::after {
    scroll-behavior: auto !important;
    transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
  }
}