:root {
  --white: #ffffff;
  --mist: #f1f2f2;
  --mist-deep: #e7e8e8;
  --ink: #111214;
  --ink-soft: #3e4245;
  --muted: #6d7174;
  --line: #d9dbdc;
  --fr-blue: #233f65;
  --fr-red: #a8444d;
  --de-black: #111214;
  --de-red: #a8444d;
  --de-gold: #c49b3f;
  --serif: Baskerville, "Iowan Old Style", Georgia, serif;
  --logo-serif: Didot, "Bodoni 72", "Iowan Old Style", Georgia, serif;
  --sans: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  background: var(--white);
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--white);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.65;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; }
a { color: inherit; }
h1, h2, h3, p { margin-top: 0; }

.skip-link {
  position: absolute;
  left: 16px;
  top: -80px;
  z-index: 100;
  padding: 10px 14px;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--white);
}

.skip-link:focus { top: 12px; }

.container {
  width: min(1180px, calc(100% - 48px));
  margin-inline: auto;
}

.site-header {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  z-index: 50;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(17, 18, 20, .1);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .94);
  backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
}

.nav-wrap {
  min-height: 76px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 28px;
}

.brand {
  display: inline-flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 7px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.brand-word {
  font: 400 27px/.8 var(--logo-serif);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
}

.brand-descriptor {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  font-size: 6px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .4em;
}

.brand-subline {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 5px;
  width: 100%;
}

.brand-code {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 3px;
}

.brand-code i {
  width: 3px;
  height: 3px;
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.brand-code-fr i:nth-child(1) { background: var(--fr-blue); }
.brand-code-fr i:nth-child(2) { background: transparent; }
.brand-code-fr i:nth-child(3),
.brand-code-de i:nth-child(2) { background: var(--fr-red); }
.brand-code-de i:nth-child(1) { background: var(--de-black); }
.brand-code-de i:nth-child(3) { background: var(--de-gold); }

.brand-rule {
  width: 14px;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--line);
}

.desktop-nav {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 30px;
  margin-left: auto;
}

.desktop-nav a {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 12px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.desktop-nav a:hover,
.text-link:hover { color: var(--fr-red); }

.button {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  min-height: 50px;
  padding: 13px 22px;
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--white);
  text-decoration: none;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
  transition: background .2s ease, color .2s ease, transform .2s ease;
}

.button:hover {
  background: transparent;
  color: var(--ink);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}

.button-small {
  min-height: 40px;
  padding: 8px 15px;
  font-size: 11px;
}

.hero {
  padding: 54px 0 30px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--white);
}

.hero-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.4fr) minmax(330px, .6fr);
  align-items: stretch;
  padding: 0;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.hero-copy {
  padding: 72px 58px 64px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.eyebrow,
.section-number {
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 9px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .17em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.fr-label,
.de-label {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}

.fr-label::after,
.de-label::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: -5px;
  height: 2px;
}

.fr-label::after { background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--fr-blue), var(--fr-red)); }
.de-label::after { background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--de-black), var(--de-red), var(--de-gold)); }

h1 {
  max-width: 810px;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
  font: 400 clamp(56px, 6vw, 90px)/.95 var(--serif);
  letter-spacing: -.052em;
}

h1 em {
  color: var(--fr-red);
  font-weight: 400;
}

.country-word { white-space: nowrap; }
.country-word::after { display: none; }
.germany-word { color: inherit; }

.hero-lead {
  max-width: 670px;
  margin-bottom: 34px;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.hero-actions {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 26px;
}

.text-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.hero-visual {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 610px;
  padding: 38px 34px 28px;
  background: var(--mist);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.hero-visual::before { display: none; }

.country-pair {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 8px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .13em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.country-tag { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px; }
.country-route { flex: 1; height: 1px; background: #cfd1d2; }

.mini-flag {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 18px;
  height: 3px;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
}

.france-flag { background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--fr-blue) 0 33%, #fff 33% 66%, var(--fr-red) 66%); }
.germany-flag { background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--de-black) 0 33%, var(--de-red) 33% 66%, var(--de-gold) 66%); }

.visual-label {
  margin-bottom: 30px;
  color: var(--ink);
  font: 400 26px/1.1 var(--serif);
}

.signal {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 30px 1fr;
  gap: 3px 14px;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #d3d5d5;
}

.signal:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }

.signal span {
  grid-row: span 2;
  width: 28px;
  height: 28px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: 8px;
}

.signal strong {
  font: 400 21px/1.1 var(--serif);
}

.signal small { color: var(--muted); }
.connector { display: none; }

.hero-visual::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  height: 6px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,
    var(--fr-blue) 0 16%, #fff 16% 32%, var(--fr-red) 32% 48%,
    var(--de-black) 52% 68%, var(--de-red) 68% 84%, var(--de-gold) 84%);
}

.hero-footnote {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 18px;
  margin-top: 30px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: .11em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.hero-footnote i {
  width: 3px;
  height: 3px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--fr-red);
}

.section-pad { padding: 112px 0; }

.statement {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--white);
}

.statement-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: .5fr 1.5fr;
  gap: 70px;
}

h2 {
  margin-bottom: 28px;
  font: 400 clamp(42px, 5vw, 68px)/1.05 var(--serif);
  letter-spacing: -.04em;
}

.statement-grid > div { max-width: 820px; }
.statement-grid p:not(.large-copy) { max-width: 680px; color: var(--ink-soft); }

.large-copy {
  max-width: 800px;
  margin-bottom: 26px;
  font: 400 clamp(25px, 3vw, 36px)/1.32 var(--serif);
}

.expertise { background: var(--mist); }

.section-head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.4fr .6fr;
  align-items: end;
  gap: 60px;
  margin-bottom: 58px;
}

.section-head h2 { max-width: 760px; margin-bottom: 0; }
.section-head > p { max-width: 420px; margin-bottom: 8px; color: var(--ink-soft); }

.cards {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 16px;
}

.card {
  min-height: 370px;
  padding: 30px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
  background: var(--white);
}

.card:nth-child(2) { border-top-color: var(--fr-red); }
.card:nth-child(3) { border-image: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--fr-blue), var(--fr-red), var(--de-gold)) 1; }
.featured-card { transform: none; }

.card-index {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 54px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
}

.card h3 {
  min-height: 72px;
  margin-bottom: 26px;
  font: 400 27px/1.15 var(--serif);
}

.card ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.card li { padding: 10px 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); font-size: 14px; }

.diagnostic {
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--ink);
}

.diagnostic-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: .85fr 1.15fr;
  gap: 110px;
  align-items: start;
}

.light-number { color: #b9bdbf; }
.diagnostic-kicker { margin-bottom: 8px; color: #b9bdbf; font: italic 21px var(--serif); }
.diagnostic h2 { max-width: 500px; }
.diagnostic-intro { max-width: 530px; margin-bottom: 34px; color: #d7d9da; font-size: 17px; }

.button-light { border-color: var(--white); background: var(--white); color: var(--ink); }
.button-light:hover { background: transparent; color: var(--white); }
.deliverables { border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .28); }

.deliverable {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 48px 1fr;
  gap: 18px;
  padding: 23px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .18);
}

.deliverable span { color: #b9bdbf; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .1em; }
.deliverable p { margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.45; }

.method { background: var(--white); }
.compact-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; margin-bottom: 52px; }

.method-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.method-grid > div { min-height: 225px; padding: 28px 25px 24px; border-right: 1px solid var(--line); }
.method-grid > div:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.method-grid span { display: block; margin-bottom: 44px; color: var(--fr-red); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; }
.method-grid h3 { margin-bottom: 10px; font: 400 26px var(--serif); }
.method-grid p { margin-bottom: 0; color: var(--ink-soft); font-size: 14px; }

.about { background: var(--mist); }

.about-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: .78fr 1.22fr;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 100px;
}

.portrait-wrap { position: relative; max-width: 480px; }

.portrait-wrap::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: -14px;
  top: 18px;
  width: 2px;
  height: 110px;
  background: linear-gradient(var(--fr-blue), var(--fr-red));
}

.portrait-wrap::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: -14px;
  bottom: 18px;
  width: 2px;
  height: 110px;
  background: linear-gradient(var(--de-black), var(--de-red), var(--de-gold));
}

.portrait-wrap img {
  display: block;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 50% 35%;
  filter: saturate(.88) contrast(1.02);
}

.portrait-note {
  position: absolute;
  right: -34px;
  bottom: 34px;
  padding: 16px 20px;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.portrait-note span { padding: 0 8px; color: #c5c8c9; }
.portrait-note .mini-flag:first-child { margin-right: 8px; }
.portrait-note .mini-flag:last-child { margin-left: 8px; }
.about-copy h2 { max-width: 730px; }
.about-copy p { max-width: 690px; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.about-copy .text-link { margin-top: 12px; }

.personal-quote {
  margin: 30px 0;
  padding: 23px 0 23px 25px;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--fr-red);
  color: var(--ink) !important;
  font: italic 25px/1.35 var(--serif);
}

.closing {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  text-align: center;
  background: var(--white);
}

.closing-inner { max-width: 900px; }
.closing h2 { margin-inline: auto; }
.closing p:not(.eyebrow) { max-width: 680px; margin: 0 auto 32px; color: var(--ink-soft); font-size: 17px; }

.site-footer {
  position: relative;
  padding: 34px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--white);
}

.site-footer::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: -1px;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--fr-blue), var(--fr-red) 34%, transparent 48% 52%, var(--de-black) 66%, var(--de-red) 82%, var(--de-gold));
  opacity: .75;
}

.footer-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto auto;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 36px;
}

.footer-brand { width: fit-content; }
.footer-grid > div:nth-child(2) { display: flex; gap: 22px; }
.footer-grid a { color: var(--ink-soft); font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; }
.footer-grid p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 11px; }

@media (max-width: 960px) {
  .hero-grid,
  .statement-grid,
  .diagnostic-grid,
  .about-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }

  .hero-copy { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .hero-visual { min-height: auto; }
  .statement-grid { gap: 16px; }
  .section-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 20px; }
  .cards { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .card { min-height: auto; }
  .card-index { margin-bottom: 30px; }
  .card h3 { min-height: auto; }
  .diagnostic-grid { gap: 70px; }
  .method-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .method-grid > div:nth-child(2) { border-right: 0; }
  .method-grid > div:nth-child(-n+2) { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .about-grid { gap: 64px; }
  .portrait-wrap { width: min(72vw, 500px); }
}

@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .container { width: min(100% - 34px, 1180px); }
  .desktop-nav { display: none; }
  .site-header .button { display: none; }
  .nav-wrap { min-height: 68px; }
  .hero { padding-top: 24px; }
  .hero-copy { padding: 48px 24px 44px; }
  h1 { font-size: clamp(43px, 13vw, 62px); }
  .hero-lead { font-size: 16px; }
  .hero-actions { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; }
  .hero-visual { min-height: 480px; padding: 28px 22px; }
  .hero-footnote { justify-content: flex-start; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 26px; }
  .section-pad { padding: 82px 0; }
  h2 { font-size: clamp(38px, 11vw, 54px); }
  .cards { gap: 12px; }
  .card { padding: 26px 24px; }
  .diagnostic-grid { gap: 56px; }
  .method-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .method-grid > div { min-height: auto; border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .method-grid > div:nth-child(-n+2) { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .method-grid > div:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
  .method-grid span { margin-bottom: 24px; }
  .portrait-wrap { width: calc(100% - 18px); }
  .portrait-note { right: -18px; bottom: 22px; }
  .personal-quote { font-size: 22px; }
  .footer-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 22px; }
  .footer-grid > div:nth-child(2) { flex-direction: column; gap: 6px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
  *, *::before, *::after { transition-duration: .01ms !important; }
}