Design preview: pillar template

This is a design preview page demonstrating the pillar template: brand hero, split feature, dossier card, statement band, and tagged article grid. Delete once reviewed, or repurpose as The Absorption Gap.

How the pillar template flows

The essay body you are reading renders here in the narrow column, exactly where the Absorption Gap pillar content will live. Everything above and below it is composed of the new brand sections, each editable in the theme editor: background colors, images, copy, stats, and ordering.