Wagyu Wallet · Design exploration · 22 July 2026

Twenty directions for one wallet.

Twenty self-contained HTML files in two sets of ten, each a complete visual direction for the same product: a Monero-first self-custody wallet with Hyperliquid on board and the Wagyu swap between them. Same sixteen screens, same frozen numbers, same soul moment. Set one plays the wide field, from lacquerware to deep water. Set two stays closer to home: bakeries, cloth, mail, craft, and the warm room.

Every file opens straight from disk. Each carries its direction header, a token legend engineering can lift, phone frames at 390×844 and tablet frames at 834×1194 for Home, Swap, and the settling moment.

set one light: 02 · 04 · 08 · 09  ·  set two light: 11–15 · 18 · 19 set one dark: 01 · 03 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 10  ·  set two dark: 16 · 17 · 20
Set one · the wide field
  1. 01

    Urushi dark · lacquer tray tabs · ceremonial

    The wallet as a lacquerware box: deep urushi black holding a warm red light, gold hairlines, a vermillion thread that stitches the flows and closes into a hanko seal when the swap settles. Muse: urushi lacquerware and kaiseki service.

    Zen Old Mincho + Interno blur, glow and sheensoul: the thread becomes a ring
    Open design01.html
  2. 02ledger

    Edge Paint light · right-edge thumb tabs · paper

    A private bank ledger rebound for this decade. Marbled fore-edges on every card, letterpress press states, pages that turn and stamps that land. The book fans open page by page as confirmations land. Muse: Smythson stationery and marbled fore-edge bookbinding.

    Fraunces + Inter + IBM Plex Monono blur, stacked papersoul: the fanning fore-edge
    Open design02.html
  3. 03dial

    Instrument dark · rotary turret nav · detent

    Machined titanium, engraved numbers, controls with real detents. Balances are dual instrument readouts with odometer digit rolls; the nav is a knurled dial you snap between positions. Muse: Leica M bodies and Braun control dials.

    Space Grotesk + IBM Plex Monono blur, chamfers and recessessoul: the aperture ring ticks 4/10 → 10/10
    Open design03.html
  4. 04glass

    Glasshouse light · floating glass dock · silky material

    Money behind glass, drifting over bokeh and dawn water. Privacy is a material property: the balance toggle frosts the pane, and the settling swap clears it from the bottom up, one confirmation of clarity at a time. Muse: SANAA's Glass Pavilion at Toledo.

    Instrument Sansfull translucency systemsoul: the frost line sweeps
    Open design04.html
  5. 05墨流し

    Suminagashi dark · left brush rail · fluid

    Floating ink on dark water. Transparent assets sit in still pools; XMR lives in the moving swirl, which decelerates as confirmations land and stops dead at ten. Muse: suminagashi, the Japanese art of floating ink.

    Shippori Mincho B1 + Zen Kaku Gothic Newthin ink-glass over marblingsoul: ink that settles
    Open design05.html
  6. 06film

    Nocturne dark · scene deck nav · film

    A film about your money, shot at night. Letterboxed scenes, title-card figures, grain in every frame. The swap plays as two scenes cross-dissolving from the transparent world into the candlelit private one. Muse: Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love.

    Cormorant Garamond italic + Archivoscrims and grainsoul: scene one → scene two
    Open design06.html
  7. 07stone

    Basalt dark · carved slab tabs · tectonic

    Money kept in bedrock. Incised text, carved relief, and one thin amber vein of light running through the stone. Each confirmation ignites a segment of the fissure until the seam runs end to end. Muse: Zumthor's Bruder Klaus Field Chapel.

    Fraunces + Inter + IBM Plex Monono blur, carved reliefsoul: the vein ignites
    Open design07.html
  8. 08縁側

    Engawa light · wooden side rail · garden

    A Kyoto machiya as a wallet: shoji light, kiri wood, and the veranda along the edge as the navigation. The settling swap waits behind closed shoji, lattice cells brightening, until the panel slides open onto the garden. Muse: Kyoto machiya townhouses.

    Kiwi Maru + Zen Kaku Gothic Newfrosted shoji, daylight and woodsoul: the shoji slides open
    Open design08.html
  9. 09transit

    Ticket light · transit-line station rail · timetable

    Wayfinding for money. The swap is a journey from the cobalt line to the red line, every quote a perforated ticket. Confirmations punch holes along the stub; at ten the stub tears and the ticket stamps PRIVATE. Muse: Vignelli's subway map and Swiss rail graphics.

    Archivo Expanded + Space Monoflat planes, hard shadowssoul: the punch at the gate
    Open design09.html
  10. 10deep

    Abyss dark · floating depth hub · buoyant

    Privacy as depth. The transparent world floats in the sunlit shallows; Monero lives below the thermocline where ledgers can't follow. The swap is a dive, confirmations pinging like sonar until the marker settles on the dark plain. Muse: deep-sea cinematography.

    Sora + IBM Plex Monolayered translucency over deep watersoul: the descent
    Open design10.html
Set two · the human set — warmth, craft, the handmade
  1. 11loaf

    Hearth light · wooden counter tabs · dough

    The neighborhood bakery at 7am. Privacy is proofing: dough rises covered, and nobody can watch it happen. The swap is a scored loaf behind a steam-fogged oven window, the score widening with each confirmation until the door opens. Muse: the Tartine-style corner bakery.

    BioRhyme + Karlasteam-fogged glasssoul: the loaf finishes
    Open design11.html
  2. 12襤褸

    Quilt light · stitched edge-pull · stitched

    Boro mending: cloth patched with running stitches until the mends become the beauty. Every transaction is another stitch; the settling swap is a patch sewn on one stitch per confirmation, knotted at ten. Muse: sashiko stitching on indigo workwear.

    Hina Mincho + Karlalayered cloth, no blursoul: the last stitch knots
    Open design12.html
  3. 13mail

    Postmark light · mail-slot drawer · postal

    Letters, not notifications. Kraft envelopes, airmail chevrons, and the thump of a date stamp. The swap is a letter in transit, postmarked one cancel-stamp per confirmation until the last one reads DELIVERED · PRIVATE. Muse: airmail ephemera and mid-century postal design.

    Libre Caslon + Work Sans + Courier Primepaper layers, no blursoul: the postmark lands
    Open design13.html
  4. 14fern

    Greenhouse light · plant-marker tabs · growth

    A Victorian glasshouse in the morning. Privacy is condensation: the gardener sees in, the street sees fog. The eye toggle wipes a clear arc through it; the swap is a seedling that unfurls one leaf per confirmation behind the thinning pane. Muse: glasshouses and herbarium sheets.

    Cormorant + Karlacondensation translucencysoul: the pane clears
    Open design14.html
  5. 15pie

    Diner light · jukebox selector · jukebox

    The mid-century diner where every order is private by default. Cherry vinyl, chrome, a little cow on the milk bottle, and the Milk Guarantee right on the menu. The swap is a ticket on the order wheel, punched to ten and stamped SERVED · PRIVATE. Muse: 1950s American diners.

    Archivo Black + Work Sans + Courier Primeformica and chrome, no blursoul: order's up
    Open design15.html
  6. 16cabin

    Hygge dark · wool-runner tabs · hearth

    A Norwegian cabin in winter. Privacy is what winter evenings already are: curtains drawn, lamp lit, nothing suspicious about it. The swap warms the room one candle per confirmation until all ten burn on the sill. Muse: hygge interiors and the blue hour.

    Alegreya + Alegreya Sansfrost on the windowsoul: the room warms
    Open design16.html
  7. 17chalk

    Tailor dark · measuring-tape rail · tailored

    A Savile Row fitting: dark flannel, chalk marks, basting thread. A fitting happens behind a curtain and the measurements are nobody's business. The swap finishes one basting stitch in brass per confirmation until the chalk brushes away. Muse: the working tailor's atelier.

    Playfair Display + Inter + IBM Plex Monowool and chalk, no blursoul: the fitting ends
    Open design17.html
  8. 18

    Kiln light · shelf-edge tabs · thrown

    A pottery studio. Privacy is the firing: the kiln closes, and what happens inside is between the clay and the heat. The swap fires behind the glowing peephole, the heat rising per confirmation, until the door opens on the finished celadon. Muse: studio pottery.

    Fraunces soft + Karlaclay and glaze, no blursoul: the kiln opens
    Open design18.html
  9. 19herd

    Pasture light · fence-rail tabs · pastoral

    The Wagyu farm at dawn: mist over the field, a fence line leading in, the herd grazing unbothered. Privacy is the far end of the pasture: out in the open, yet unreachable. The swap is a sunrise, one fence post lit per confirmation until the mist lifts. Muse: a working cattle farm at first light.

    Zilla Slab + Work Sansphotographic mist, no blursoul: the sun clears
    Open design19.html
  10. 20flask

    Apothecary dark · drawer cabinet · tincture

    The old dispensing apothecary: amber bottles on dark wood, cream labels, a cabinet of small drawers. Confidentiality here is older than regulation. The swap is a measured dose, rising one graduation per confirmation, corked and labelled PRIVATE at ten. Muse: Victorian dispensaries.

    EB Garamond + Inter + IBM Plex Monoamber glasssoul: the dose is measured
    Open design20.html