Margen

Margen — a calm portfolio for brand and web designers

Margen is an image-first portfolio for independent designers. A quiet grid lets the work lead, a serif headline sets the tone, and visitors can switch between light and dark or change how many columns the work grid shows.

Who it's for

Independent brand and web designers, Framer designers and small studios who want a clean, editorial home for their case studies.

What you get

• 4 pages — Home, About, a project page for every case study and a custom 404

• Projects CMS with 12 sample case studies — title, category, client, field, deliverable, description, cover, hero and gallery

• Home grid that visitors can switch between 3 and 5 columns

• Light and dark mode that opens in light and remembers each visitor's choice

• A “View Case” cursor over project cards and a short intro animation on load

• Related work at the bottom of every case study

• 14 colour styles and 12 text styles, set in Gambarino and Inter Display

• Responsive layouts for desktop, tablet and phone

• A Start Here page with eight setup steps

• Two Framer AI skills: /customize walks you through setup and /design-system keeps new sections in the template's style

Why Margen

Most portfolios fight the work for attention. Margen stays out of the way, so a client sees your projects first and your template never.

Remix it, follow the Start Here page and publish in under an hour.

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