/* =========================================================================
   About us page layer, on top of the cs-* design system (case-studies.css).
   Everything is scoped under .cs. Pixel targets come from the Figma page
   "About us page" (file lzEFZ88OffXzP5tOupOmTa, node 210:81, 1920px frame):
   sizes are exact at 1920 and clamp down fluidly below.
   Shared tokens used: --cs-accent, --cs-fg, --cs-muted, --cs-accent-grad,
   --cs-card-grad, --cs-card-line(-hover), --cs-r-sm/md/lg, --cs-lift, --cs-edge.
   ========================================================================= */

/* ---------- Shared section rhythm + heads ---------- */
.cs .abt-sec {
  /* Tightened ~20% (client feedback, Jul 10: "tighten vertical spacing
     slightly between sections and above/below the timeline"). */
  padding-top: clamp(40px, 5.2vw, 96px);
  padding-bottom: clamp(40px, 5.2vw, 96px);
}
.cs .abt-sec--tight {
  padding-top: clamp(28px, 3vw, 56px);
  padding-bottom: clamp(28px, 3vw, 56px);
}

/* Aligned back on the site-wide 1440 safe zone (client feedback, Jul 10 —
   the 1660 Figma-frame override predated the safe-zone rule). */
.cs .abt-sec.cs-wrap,
.cs .abt-story .cs-wrap,
.cs .abt-story__rail-wrap {
  max-width: 1440px;
}

/* Eyebrow: the sitewide pattern (11px caps, 0.22em tracking, leading dash),
   accent orange. Was 12px mixed-case without the dash, which read out of
   place next to the other pages (client call, Jul 20). */
.cs .abt-eyebrow {
  margin: 0 0 14px;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cs-accent);
}
.cs .abt-eyebrow::before {
  background: currentColor;
  content: "";
  display: inline-block;
  height: 1px;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
  margin-right: 12px;
  opacity: 0.6;
  vertical-align: middle;
  width: 22px;
}

/* Section titles: Inter Bold 40, -1px tracking, orange->pink gradient. */
.cs .abt-h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: -1px;
  font-size: clamp(30px, 2.1vw, 40px);
  color: var(--cs-fg);
}
.cs .abt-lede {
  margin: 16px 0 0;
  max-width: 622px;
  color: #e0e0e0;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(18px, 1.3vw, 25px);
  line-height: 1.4;
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
}
.cs .abt-card {
  background: var(--cs-card-grad);
  border: 1px solid var(--cs-card-line);
  /* Standard card radius (was a Figma-local 17px). */
  border-radius: var(--cs-r-lg);
  box-shadow: var(--cs-edge);
}

/* Gradient title treatment (orange->pink clip-text), reusable on section heads.
   inline-block so the gradient box hugs the TEXT (not the full container width).
   Small bottom padding so clip-text does not eat descenders. */
.cs .abt-grad {
  display: inline-block;
  background-image: var(--cs-accent-grad);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
  padding-bottom: 0.08em;
}

/* ======================= section styles below ======================= */

/* ============ section: hero ============ */
/* Figma: giant Inter Bold 168 headline ("Built by people" #d9d9d9 / "who care."
   gradient), crimson blurred ellipse glow behind, then eyebrow + 25px lede
   indented +36px from the headline's left edge. */
.cs .abt-hero {
  position: relative;
  text-align: left;
  padding-top: clamp(90px, 10vw, 194px);
  padding-bottom: 0;
}

/* Blurred crimson ellipse (Figma Ellipse 1: #EB5366 @51%, heavy blur), sits
   behind the headline. The SVG carries its own blur bleed. */
.cs .abt-hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: clamp(-40px, -2vw, -10px);
  left: 8%;
  width: 92%;
  aspect-ratio: 1733 / 742;
  background: url("assets/abt-hero-glow.svg") center / 100% 100% no-repeat;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 0;
}

.cs .abt-hero > * {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

/* Standard inner-page hero scale (.cs-hero__title: Solutions, case-study
   pages) — the home/platform "super" scale (7.3vw/118px) ran too big for
   the Aug 27 two-line headline (Charles). */
.cs .abt-hero__title {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  /* Aligned on the sitewide super headers: 900 + the standard off-white
     token (was 700 + hardcoded #d9d9d9 — client feedback, Jul 10). */
  font-weight: 900;
  font-size: clamp(44px, 6.2vw, 84px);
  line-height: 0.96;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
  color: var(--cs-fg);
}

.cs .abt-hero__lead {
  display: block;
}

/* inline-block so the gradient hugs "who care." instead of the full title width. */
.cs .abt-hero__accent {
  display: inline-block;
  background-image: var(--cs-accent-grad);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
  padding-bottom: 0.12em;
  margin-bottom: -0.12em;
}

/* Eyebrow + lede sit 36px right of the headline's left edge (Figma x282 -> x318). */
.cs .abt-hero .abt-eyebrow {
  margin: clamp(28px, 3.3vw, 63px) 0 0;
  padding-left: clamp(0px, 1.9vw, 36px);
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.cs .abt-hero__lede {
  margin: clamp(18px, 1.8vw, 35px) 0 0;
 /* padding-left: clamp(0px, 1.9vw, 36px);*/
  /*max-width: calc(602px + clamp(0px, 1.9vw, 36px));*/
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  line-height: 25px;
  font-size: clamp(18px, 1.3vw, 25px);
}

@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .cs .abt-hero__title {
    line-height: 1.02;
  }
  .cs .abt-hero__lede {
    max-width: 100%;
    line-height: 1.4;
  }
}

/* ============ section: stats ============ */
/* Figma: three 480px cards, bg rgba(0,0,0,.2), r17, pad 27/34, Poppins Medium
   120 value (#d9d9d9, ls -7.56px), 17px label (#e0e0e0). */
.cs .abt-stats__sr {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  padding: 0;
  margin: -1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
  white-space: nowrap;
  border: 0;
}

.cs .abt-stats__grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 32px;
}

.cs .abt-stats__card {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 0;
  padding: 27px 34px;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
}

/* Client feedback (Jul 10): numbers smaller, labels bigger. */
.cs .abt-stats__value {
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(42px, 4.7vw, 88px);
  line-height: 1.29;
  letter-spacing: -0.063em;
  color: var(--cs-fg);
}

.cs .abt-stats__label {
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 21px;
  line-height: 28px;
  color: #e0e0e0;
}

@media (max-width: 860px) {
  .cs .abt-stats__grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
    gap: 18px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .cs .abt-stats__grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
}

/* ============ section: people (photo marquee) ============ */
/* Endless strip of company photos (client, Aug 24 — the stats band's
   replacement once the photo set lands). Full-bleed viewport; the track
   holds the photo sequence twice and slides one exact period (-50%), same
   recipe as the home brand marquee. Spacing is margin-right on every shot,
   NOT flex gap: a gap would offset the -50% midpoint by half a gap and the
   loop would visibly jump. */
.cs .abt-people {
  overflow: hidden;
}
.cs .abt-people__viewport {
  overflow: hidden;
}
.cs .abt-people__track {
  display: flex;
  width: max-content;
  will-change: transform;
  animation: abt-people-scroll 55s linear infinite;
}
/* No hover pause (Charles, Aug 27): the strip is décor, it never stops. */
.cs .abt-people__img {
  border-radius: var(--cs-r-md);
  display: block;
  height: clamp(180px, 18vw, 300px);
  margin-right: clamp(12px, 1.6vw, 24px);
  width: auto;
}
@keyframes abt-people-scroll {
  from {
    transform: translateX(0);
  }
  to {
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cs .abt-people__track {
    animation: none;
  }
}

/* ============ section: banner ============ */
/* Figma: full-bleed hairlines top/bottom (260px tall band), two centered lines
   of Inter Medium 50/63, gradient on the accent phrase, second line is the
   "— data-backed, not guesswork" clause. */
.cs .abt-banner {
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
  padding-top: clamp(36px, 3.5vw, 67px);
  padding-bottom: clamp(36px, 3.5vw, 67px);
}
.cs .abt-banner::before,
.cs .abt-banner::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  width: 100vw;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
}
.cs .abt-banner::before {
  top: 0;
}
.cs .abt-banner::after {
  bottom: 0;
}
.cs .abt-banner__statement {
  max-width: 1320px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: clamp(24px, 2.6vw, 50px);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.26;
  letter-spacing: -0.06em;
  color: var(--cs-fg);
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.cs .abt-banner__accent {
  background-image: var(--cs-accent-grad);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
}
/* The trailing clause renders as its own centered line. */
.cs .abt-banner__after {
  display: block;
}

/* ============ section: team ============ */
/* The member cards are full-card artworks from the Media library (gradient,
   grayscale cut-out portrait and bottom arc baked into the PNG, transparent
   margins cropped). Name + role are live HTML overlaid on top so the card
   stays editable in the back office. */
.cs .abt-team__head .abt-h2 {
  margin-top: 12px;
}

.cs .abt-team__grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 860px) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(32px, 4.7vw, 90px);
  align-items: start;
  margin-top: clamp(32px, 4.5vw, 85px);
}
.cs .abt-team.abt-sec {
  padding-bottom: clamp(48px, 5vw, 110px);
}

/* --- members block --- */
.cs .abt-team__members {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 373px));
  gap: clamp(24px, 5.8vw, 112px);
  align-items: start;
}
.cs .abt-team__card {
  position: relative;
  transition: transform 0.3s var(--ease, ease);
}
.cs .abt-team__card:hover {
  /* --cs-lift is a box-shadow token; feeding it to translateY() was invalid so
     the hover did nothing. Use a real length. */
  transform: translateY(-4px);
}
/* Full card artwork (uploads/2026/07/AlexMerutka.png, OliviaBarnett.png). */
.cs .abt-team__photo {
  display: block;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.cs .abt-team__photo img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}
/* Name + role overlaid at the top of the card artwork. */
.cs .abt-team__meta {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 8px;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 6.2% clamp(12px, 1.4vw, 26px) 0;
}
.cs .abt-team__name {
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: clamp(24px, 2.1vw, 40px);
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: -1px;
  color: var(--cs-fg);
}
.cs .abt-team__role {
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: clamp(13px, 0.9vw, 17px);
  line-height: 23px;
  color: var(--cs-fg);
}

/* --- side text column --- */
.cs .abt-team__side {
  padding-top: 0;
}
.cs .abt-team__side-title {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  /* 300 is not a loaded weight (Google Fonts enqueue is 400-900): the
     browser was synthesising it. */
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(24px, 1.9vw, 36px);
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  color: var(--cs-fg);
}
.cs .abt-team__side-text {
  margin: clamp(24px, 2.4vw, 45px) 0 0;
  max-width: 602px;
  color: #e0e0e0;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: clamp(17px, 1.3vw, 25px);
  line-height: 1;
  line-height: 25px;
  font-weight: 400;
}

/* --- responsive collapses --- */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .cs .abt-team__grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .cs .abt-team__members {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 32px;
  }
  .cs .abt-team__card {
    max-width: 373px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 100%;
  }
  .cs .abt-team__side-text {
    line-height: 1.4;
  }
}

/* ============ section: story ============ */
/* Scroll-driven horizontal timeline: a pinned filmstrip (js/about.js).
   Vertical scroll advances the active year one block at a time. The ACTIVE
   tile grows and tilts -2.5deg (Figma); leaving the highlight it settles back
   to 0deg. Falls back to a static grid on reduced motion / narrow screens. */
.cs .abt-story {
  padding: 0;
}
.cs .abt-story__track {
  /* Base viewport + lead-in hold + room per block (see js/about.js). */
  min-height: calc(140vh + (var(--abt-story-n, 4) - 1) * 74vh);
}
.cs .abt-story__pin {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  height: 100vh;
  min-height: 660px;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: clamp(28px, 5vh, 64px);
}
.cs .abt-story__head {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
}
.cs .abt-story__viewport {
  --abt-tile-h: clamp(120px, 8.1vw, 156px);
  --abt-tile-gap: clamp(26px, 2.7vw, 51px);
  position: relative;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
}
/* Full-width dashed rail at the dots' line:
   tile gap + tile height + year (margin + line) + dot margin + half dot. */
.cs .abt-story__rail {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  top: calc(var(--abt-tile-gap) + var(--abt-tile-h) + clamp(16px, 1.4vw, 27px) + 23px + 16px + 11px);
  border-top: 2px dashed rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);
  z-index: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.cs .abt-story__strip {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  display: flex;
  gap: clamp(28px, 3.5vw, 68px);
  width: max-content;
  will-change: transform;
  transition: transform 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.cs .abt-story__block {
  position: relative;
  flex: 0 0 var(--abt-block-w, clamp(230px, 17.7vw, 340px));
  width: var(--abt-block-w, clamp(230px, 17.7vw, 340px));
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}
.cs .abt-story__tile {
  height: var(--abt-tile-h);
  margin-top: var(--abt-tile-gap);
  overflow: hidden;
  border-radius: 23px;
  background: rgba(217, 217, 217, 0.24);
  opacity: 0.45;
  transform: rotate(0deg);
  transition: transform 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), height 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), margin 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), opacity 0.5s ease;
}
/* Highlighted year: bigger tile, tilted; back to 0deg once inactive. */
.cs .abt-story__block.is-active .abt-story__tile {
  height: calc(var(--abt-tile-h) + var(--abt-tile-gap));
  margin-top: 0;
  opacity: 1;
  transform: rotate(-2.5deg);
  box-shadow: 0 24px 60px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
}
.cs .abt-story__img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
}
.cs .abt-story__year {
  display: block;
  margin-top: clamp(16px, 1.4vw, 27px);
  padding-left: clamp(28px, 6vw, 115px);
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: clamp(19px, 1.3vw, 25px);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 23px;
  color: #e0e0e0;
}
.cs .abt-story__node {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  width: 23px;
  height: 23px;
  margin-top: 16px;
  margin-left: clamp(32px, 6.5vw, 130px);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #fdfdfd;
  z-index: 2;
}
.cs .abt-story__text {
  margin: clamp(14px, 1.2vw, 22px) 0 0;
  padding-left: clamp(12px, 1.5vw, 29px);
  max-width: 340px;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 23px;
  color: #e0e0e0;
}

/* No JS / reduced motion / narrow: static grid, all visible. */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce), (max-width: 720px) {
  .cs .abt-story {
    padding-top: clamp(48px, 8vw, 120px);
    padding-bottom: clamp(48px, 8vw, 120px);
  }
  .cs .abt-story__track {
    min-height: 0;
  }
  .cs .abt-story__pin {
    position: static;
    height: auto;
    min-height: 0;
    overflow: visible;
    display: block;
  }
  .cs .abt-story__node {
      position: relative;
      display: none;
      width: 23px;
      height: 23px;
      margin-top: 16px;
      margin-left: clamp(32px, 6.5vw, 130px);
      border-radius: 50%;
      background: #fdfdfd;
      z-index: 2;

  }
  .cs .abt-story__head {
    margin-bottom: clamp(28px, 5vw, 48px);
  }
  .cs .abt-story__rail {
    display: none;
  }
  .cs .abt-story__strip {
    width: auto;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
    gap: 40px;
    transform: none !important;
  }
  .cs .abt-story__block {
    width: auto;
    flex: 1 1 auto;
  }
  .cs .abt-story__tile, .cs .abt-story__block.is-active .abt-story__tile {
      height: var(--abt-tile-h);
      margin-top: 0;
      opacity: 1;
      transform: none;
      box-shadow: none;
      width: 90vw;
      margin: 0 auto;
      min-height: 30vH;
  }
  .cs .abt-story__year,
  .cs .abt-story__node,
  .cs .abt-story__text {
    padding-left: 0;
    margin-left: clamp(32px, 6.5vw, 130px);
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2::before,
  .cs .abt-proc2::after {
    display: none;
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2__node {
    display: none;
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2__step {
    padding-left: 0;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .cs .abt-story__strip {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
}

/* ============ section: hate_love ============ */
/* Figma: two columns split by a vertical dashed rule at the exact middle.
   Left: 40px gradient title + rows of giant gradient arrows (Poppins Bold ~87)
   with 25/35 Inter Medium text. Right: 40px gradient title, 25/35 intro, then
   a 338px image with a big "Nature" label and a dimmed 223px still. */
.cs .abt-hate_love__head {
  margin-bottom: clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 36px);
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__grid {
  display: grid;
  /* Figma: divider at x1067 of a 245..1775 content box (~54/46 split). */
  grid-template-columns: 1.16fr 1fr;
  column-gap: 0;
  align-items: stretch;
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__col--hate {
  padding-right: clamp(28px, 4vw, 80px);
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__col--love {
  position: relative;
  padding-left: clamp(32px, 4.5vw, 74px);
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__col--love::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 2px;
  background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9) 0 3px,
    transparent 3px 9px
  );
}

.cs .abt-hate_love__title {
  font-size: clamp(28px, 2.1vw, 40px);
}

/* Left column — the hate list */
.cs .abt-hate_love__list {
  list-style: none;
  margin: clamp(28px, 3.5vw, 64px) 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: clamp(28px, 3.6vw, 70px);
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__row {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: clamp(16px, 1.6vw, 30px);
}
/* Giant gradient arrow glyph (Figma: Poppins Bold 87px "→" clip-text). */
.cs .abt-hate_love__arrow {
  flex: none;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: clamp(44px, 4.5vw, 87px);
  line-height: 0.8;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
  background-image: var(--cs-accent-grad);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__item {
  margin: 0;
  color: #e0e0e0;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(17px, 1.3vw, 25px);
  line-height: 1.4;
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
}

/* Right column — love text + media */
.cs .abt-hate_love__text {
  margin-top: clamp(24px, 2.6vw, 50px);
  max-width: 622px;
  color: #e0e0e0;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.4;
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__gallery {
  margin-top: clamp(24px, 3vw, 58px);
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: clamp(16px, 1.7vw, 32px);
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__fig {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 24px;
  overflow: hidden;
  flex: none;
  width: clamp(220px, 17.6vw, 338px);
  aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
}
/* Second still: smaller, offset down, dimmed (Figma opacity .38). */
.cs .abt-hate_love__fig:nth-child(2) {
  width: clamp(150px, 11.6vw, 223px);
  border-radius: 16px;
  margin-top: clamp(70px, 6vw, 115px);
  opacity: 0.38;
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__img,
.cs .abt-hate_love__ph {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}
.cs .abt-hate_love__ph {
  background: var(--cs-card-grad);
}
/* Caption: big Poppins label sitting inside the image, bottom-left. */
.cs .abt-hate_love__cap {
  position: absolute;
  left: clamp(14px, 1.4vw, 26px);
  bottom: clamp(10px, 1vw, 18px);
  max-width: calc(100% - 28px);
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(22px, 1.8vw, 35px);
  letter-spacing: -1px;
  line-height: 1.2;
  color: var(--cs-fg);
  text-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
}

@media (max-width: 860px) {
  .cs .abt-hate_love__grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    row-gap: clamp(28px, 6vw, 44px);
  }
  .cs .abt-hate_love__col--hate {
    padding-right: 0;
  }
  .cs .abt-hate_love__col--love {
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-top: clamp(28px, 6vw, 44px);
  }
  .cs .abt-hate_love__col--love::before {
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    bottom: auto;
    width: auto;
    height: 2px;
    background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(
      to right,
      rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9) 0 3px,
      transparent 3px 9px
    );
  }

}
@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .cs .abt-hate_love__gallery {
    flex-wrap: wrap;
  }
  .cs .abt-hate_love__fig:nth-child(2) {
    margin-top: 0;
  }
}

/* ============ section: values ============ */
/* Figma: head on the LEFT (eyebrow, 40px gradient title, 25/35 sub), 2x2 grid
   of 330px square cards on the RIGHT. First card (Ownership): 3px gradient
   border, transparent bg, tilted -2.5deg. Second card offset 34px down. */
.cs .abt-values {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 730px);
  column-gap: clamp(32px, 3vw, 60px);
  align-items: start;
}
.cs .abt-values__head {
  max-width: 512px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.cs .abt-values__head .abt-lede {
  margin-top: clamp(32px, 3.5vw, 60px);
}

.cs .abt-values__grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 330px));
  justify-content: end;
  gap: clamp(24px, 3vw, 58px) clamp(24px, 3.6vw, 69px);
}

.cs .abt-value {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
  min-height: 0;
  padding: 27px;
  border: 3px solid transparent;
  border-radius: 17px;
  background: var(--cs-card-grad) padding-box;
  transition: transform 0.35s var(--ease, ease), box-shadow 0.35s var(--ease, ease);
}

/* Micro-interaction (all four cards): tilt + gradient border on hover,
   matching the mockup's highlighted Ownership card. */
.cs .abt-value:hover {
  transform: rotate(-2.5deg);
  background: var(--cs-card-grad) padding-box, var(--cs-accent-grad) border-box;
  box-shadow: 0 0 44px rgba(250, 108, 0, 0.14);
}

/* Second card sits 34px lower (Figma stagger). */
.cs .abt-value:nth-child(2) {
  margin-top: 34px;
}

.cs .abt-value__icon {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  margin-bottom: 35px;
}

.cs .abt-value__icon img {
  height: clamp(44px, 3vw, 58px);
  width: auto;
  object-fit: contain;
  display: block;
}

.cs .abt-value__title {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: clamp(26px, 2.1vw, 40px);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: -1px;
  color: var(--cs-fg);
}

.cs .abt-value__desc {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 23px;
  color: #e0e0e0;
}

@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .cs .abt-values {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    row-gap: clamp(28px, 5vw, 48px);
  }
  .cs .abt-values__grid {
    justify-content: start;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .cs .abt-values__grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .cs .abt-value:nth-child(2),
  .cs .abt-value:nth-child(3) {
    margin-top: 0;
  }
  .cs .abt-value {
    aspect-ratio: auto;
    min-height: 280px;
  }
}

/* ============ section: process ============ */
/* Centre-rail timeline. The rail fills with the brand gradient as the visitor
   scrolls (js/about.js sets --proc-prog on the list and .is-lit on reached
   steps); steps alternate sides on desktop, node + ghost number ignite as the
   fill passes. Without JS (no .has-fx) everything renders fully lit. */
.cs .abt-process__head {
  max-width: 46rem;
  margin-bottom: clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 4.5rem);
}

.cs .abt-process__head .abt-h2 {
  margin: 0.4rem 0 0;
}

.cs .abt-proc2 {
  --proc-prog: 0;
  position: relative;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: clamp(8px, 1vw, 16px) 0 0;
}
.cs .abt-proc2::before,
.cs .abt-proc2::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 7px;
  width: 2px;
}
.cs .abt-proc2::before {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
}
.cs .abt-proc2::after {
  background: var(--cs-accent-grad);
  transform: scaleY(var(--proc-prog, 0));
  transform-origin: top;
}
.cs .abt-proc2:not(.has-fx)::after {
  transform: none;
}

.cs .abt-proc2__step {
  position: relative;
  padding: 0 0 clamp(44px, 6vw, 80px) 44px;
}
.cs .abt-proc2__step:last-child {
  padding-bottom: clamp(16px, 2vw, 28px);
}

.cs .abt-proc2__node {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 10px;
  width: 16px;
  height: 16px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 2px solid #3c3c42;
  background: var(--bg, #09090b);
  transition: border-color 0.4s var(--ease, ease), background 0.4s var(--ease, ease),
    box-shadow 0.4s var(--ease, ease);
}

.cs .abt-proc2__num {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 900;
  /* Video review 34:35 ("numbers smaller, headers bigger" was said over THIS
     rail, not the stats block): ghost number demoted, title promoted. */
  font-size: clamp(28px, 3.2vw, 48px);
  line-height: 0.95;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  color: transparent;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fa6c00, #eb5173);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  opacity: 0.16;
  transition: opacity 0.45s var(--ease, ease);
}

.cs .abt-proc2__title {
  margin: 10px 0 0;
  color: #6f6f76;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-weight: 900;
  font-size: clamp(28px, 2.6vw, 44px);
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  line-height: 1.15;
  transition: color 0.45s var(--ease, ease);
}

.cs .abt-proc2__desc {
  margin: 10px 0 0;
  max-width: 52ch;
  color: #86868c;
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

/* Lit state: the fill has reached the step (or no JS at all) */
.cs .abt-proc2:not(.has-fx) .abt-proc2__node,
.cs .abt-proc2__step.is-lit .abt-proc2__node {
  border-color: transparent;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa6c00, #eb5173);
  box-shadow: 0 0 18px rgba(250, 108, 0, 0.45);
}
.cs .abt-proc2:not(.has-fx) .abt-proc2__num,
.cs .abt-proc2__step.is-lit .abt-proc2__num {
  opacity: 1;
}
.cs .abt-proc2:not(.has-fx) .abt-proc2__title,
.cs .abt-proc2__step.is-lit .abt-proc2__title {
  color: var(--cs-fg);
}
/* Video review 34:35+ ("text that goes from bold to light as each stage
   passes"): once a later stage lights up, the passed one settles to a
   lighter tone — the CURRENT stage (last lit) stays full white. */
.cs .abt-proc2__title {
  transition: color 0.45s var(--ease, ease);
}
.cs .abt-proc2.has-fx .abt-proc2__step.is-lit:has(~ .abt-proc2__step.is-lit) .abt-proc2__title {
  color: #8f8f96;
}

/* --- Mobile / stacked: no rail, no dots, no indent (client, Aug 28: the
   timeline text did not share the page's left/right margins — the 44px
   rail indent pushed it in — and the dots looked odd on mobile). --- */
@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .cs .abt-proc2::before,
  .cs .abt-proc2::after {
    display: none;
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2__node {
    display: none;
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2__step {
    padding-left: 0;
  }
}

/* --- Desktop: rail in the centre, steps alternating sides --- */
@media (min-width: 1101px) {
  .cs .abt-proc2::before,
  .cs .abt-proc2::after {
    left: 50%;
    margin-left: -1px;
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2__step {
    width: calc(50% - 64px);
    margin-left: auto;
    padding: 0 0 clamp(56px, 6vw, 88px) 0;
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2__step:nth-child(even) {
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: auto;
    text-align: right;
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2__node {
    left: -72px;
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2__step:nth-child(even) .abt-proc2__node {
    left: auto;
    right: -73px;
  }
  .cs .abt-proc2__step:nth-child(even) .abt-proc2__desc {
    margin-left: auto;
  }
}

/* ============ section: cta ============ */
/* The About CTA now renders the sitewide .cta-banner (styles-original.css);
   the old page-specific design was removed on client feedback (Jul 10). */