        /* --- CORE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SYSTEM --- */
        :root {
            --color-blue: #261CC1;
            --color-highlight: #F1FF5E;
            --color-white: #FFFFFF;
            --font-main: 'Oxygen', sans-serif;
            --header-height: 75px;
            --transition-fluid: all 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
        }

        /* --- GLOBAL RESET & CORE ESSENCE --- */
        * {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
            box-sizing: border-box;
        }

        html {
            scroll-behavior: smooth;
            font-family: var(--font-main);
            background-color: #fde0b3;
            color: var(--color-blue);
        }

        body {
            overflow-x: hidden;
            -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
        }

        /* Typography Engine */
        h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
            font-weight: 700;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            line-height: 0.92;
            letter-spacing: -0.03em;
        }

        p {
            font-weight: 400;
            line-height: 1.75;
            font-size: 1.1rem;
            color: rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.85);
        }

        a {
            text-decoration: none;
            color: inherit;
            transition: var(--transition-fluid);
        }

        /* Rule & Separator Utilities */
        .lab-line {
            width: 100%;
            height: 1px;
            background-color: rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.15);
            margin: 4rem 0;
        }

        .lab-line.light {
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
        }

        /* --- SMART EDITORIAL HEADER --- */
        header {
            position: fixed;
            top: 0;
            left: 0;
            width: 100%;
            height: var(--header-height);
            background-color: #ffbf5f;
            display: flex;
            justify-content: space-between;
            align-items: center;
            padding: 0 4%;
            z-index: 1000;
            transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.08);
        }

        header.scroll-hide {
            transform: translateY(-100%);
        }

.studio-logo {
    cursor: pointer;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

.studio-logo img {
    display: block;
    margin-top: 2.5rem;
    height: 208px; /* adjust as needed */
    width: auto;
    max-width: 100%;
}        .nav-center-cluster {
            display: flex;
            height: 100%;
        }

        .nav-editorial-link {
            font-weight: 700;
            font-size: 0.9rem;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            display: flex;
            align-items: center;
            padding: 0 2rem;
            cursor: pointer;
            height: 100%;
        }

        .nav-editorial-link:hover, .nav-editorial-link.active-view {
            background-color: var(--color-highlight);
        }

        /* Accessible Hamburger Architecture */
        .hamburger-trigger {
            display: none;
            flex-direction: column;
            gap: 6px;
            cursor: pointer;
            border: none;
            background: transparent;
            z-index: 1010;
        }

        .hamburger-trigger span {
            display: block;
            width: 24px;
            height: 2px;
            background-color: var(--color-blue);
            transition: var(--transition-fluid);
        }

        .hamburger-trigger.activated span:nth-child(1) { transform: translateY(8px) rotate(45deg); }
        .hamburger-trigger.activated span:nth-child(2) { opacity: 0; }
        .hamburger-trigger.activated span:nth-child(3) { transform: translateY(-8px) rotate(-45deg); }

        /* Full Screen Navigation Layer Overlay */
        .mobile-curated-overlay {
            position: fixed;
            top: 0;
            right: -100%;
            width: 100%;
            height: 100vh;
            background-color: var(--color-white);
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 2.5rem;
            transition: right 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
            z-index: 1005;
        }

        .mobile-curated-overlay.is-visible {
            right: 0;
        }

        .mobile-curated-overlay a {
            font-size: 2.5rem;
            font-weight: 700;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            color: var(--color-blue);
        }

        /* --- ROUTER ROUTING BUFFER --- */
        #dynamic-canvas-target {
            margin-top: var(--header-height);
            min-height: 75vh;
        }

        /* --- THE HOME PAGE COMPOSITIONS --- */
        
        /* Learning Blueprint Core Section */
        .blueprint-hero-grid {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 30% 40% 30%;
            min-height: 120vh;
            background-color: #ecc790;
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.15);
        }

        .blueprint-column {
            padding: 5rem 2.5rem;
            border-right: 1px solid rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.15);
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
        }

        .blueprint-column:last-child {
            border-right: none;
        }

        .vertical-editorial-string {
            font-size: clamp(4rem, 7vw, 8.5rem);
            color: var(--color-blue);
            line-height: 0.82;
            position: sticky;
            top: 130px;
        }

        .center-blueprint-hub {
            align-items: flex-start;
            justify-content: flex-start;
            padding: 6rem 4rem;
        }

        .blueprint-hero-image-frame {
            width: 100%;
            aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
            background-color: #e5e5e5;
            overflow: hidden;
            margin-bottom: 4rem;
        }

        .blueprint-hero-image-frame img, .pathway-image-frame img, .magazine-graphic img, .chapter-illustration img {
            width: 100%;
            height: 100%;
            object-fit: cover;
            transition: var(--transition-fluid);
        }


        .blueprint-editorial-title {
            font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 4.5vw, 4rem);
            margin-bottom: 2.5rem;
            text-align: left;
        }

        .floating-cards-column {
            background-color: rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.01);
            position: relative;
            justify-content: flex-start;
            gap: 4rem;
        }

        .floating-insight-card {
            background-color: var(--color-highlight);
            padding: 2.5rem;
            border: 1px solid var(--color-blue);
            width: 105%;
            transition: var(--transition-fluid);
        }

        .floating-insight-card:nth-child(1) { margin-left: -15%; transform: rotate(-2deg); }
        .floating-insight-card:nth-child(2) { margin-left: 5%; transform: rotate(1deg); margin-top: 2rem; }
        .floating-insight-card:nth-child(3) { margin-left: -8%; transform: rotate(-1deg); margin-top: 1rem; }
        
        .floating-insight-card:hover {
            transform: rotate(0deg) scale(1.03) !important;
            z-index: 10;
        }

        .floating-insight-card h4 { font-size: 1.15rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
        .floating-insight-card p { font-size: 0.95rem; color: var(--color-blue); }

        /* Mentorship Philosophy Module */
        .philosophy-studio-wrap {
            background-color: var(--color-blue);
            color: var(--color-white);
            padding: 12% 8%;
        }

        .philosophy-core-statement {
            font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 4.5vw, 4.8rem);
            font-weight: 700;
            line-height: 1.05;
            color: var(--color-white);
            margin-bottom: 8rem;
            max-width: 1200px;
        }

        .philosophy-strip-item {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 28% 72%;
            padding: 4rem 0;
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
        }

        .philosophy-strip-item:last-child {
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
        }

        .philosophy-strip-item h3 {
            font-size: 2.5rem;
            color: var(--color-highlight);
        }

        .philosophy-strip-item p {
            color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
            font-size: 1.2rem;
            max-width: 800px;
        }

        /* Thinking Pathways Block Matrix */
        .pathways-section-container {
            padding: 10% 8%;
            background-color: var(--color-white);
        }

        .pathway-row-block {
            display: flex;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 10%;
            margin-bottom: 12rem;
        }

        .pathway-row-block:nth-child(even) {
            flex-direction: row-reverse;
        }

        .pathway-image-frame {
            width: 50%;
            aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
            overflow: hidden;
            background-color: #ebebeb;
        }

        .pathway-text-frame {
            width: 40%;
        }

        .pathway-text-frame h3 {
            font-size: 2.8rem;
            margin-bottom: 2rem;
        }

        /* Interactive Style Mind Map Vector System */
        .mind-map-section-layer {
            background-color: var(--color-highlight);
            color: var(--color-blue);
            padding: 10% 8%;
        }

        .mind-map-schematic {
            position: relative;
            height: 680px;
            width: 100%;
            margin-top: 5rem;
        }

        .schematic-svg-canvas {
            position: absolute;
            top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
            pointer-events: none;
            z-index: 1;
        }

        .schematic-node {
            position: absolute;
            background-color: var(--color-white);
            border: 2px solid var(--color-blue);
            padding: 2rem 2.5rem;
            z-index: 5;
            min-width: 220px;
            text-align: center;
            font-weight: 700;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            font-size: 1.2rem;
            transition: var(--transition-fluid);
        }

        .schematic-node:hover {
            transform: scale(1.06);
            box-shadow: 10px 10px 0px var(--color-blue);
        }

        /* Abstract Node Network Plotting */
        .node-alpha { top: 10%; left: 10%; }
        .node-beta { top: 45%; left: 5%; }
        .node-gamma { top: 20%; left: 40%; }
        .node-delta { top: 65%; left: 35%; }
        .node-epsilon { top: 15%; left: 72%; }
        .node-zeta { top: 55%; left: 70%; }
        .node-eta { top: 80%; left: 15%; }
        .node-theta { top: 75%; left: 78%; }

        /* Idea Journal Layout Array */
        .idea-journal-section {
            padding: 10% 8%;
            background-color: var(--color-white);
        }

        .journal-magazine-row {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 15% 45% 30% 10%;
            padding: 3rem 0;
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.15);
            align-items: center;
        }

        .journal-magazine-row:first-of-type {
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.15);
        }

        .j-date { font-size: 1rem; opacity: 0.6; font-weight: 700; }
        .j-title { font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 700; }
        .j-excerpt { font-size: 1.05rem; opacity: 0.9; }
        .j-trigger { font-weight: 700; text-align: right; cursor: pointer; }

        .journal-magazine-row:hover {
            background-color: rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.02);
            padding-left: 1.5rem;
        }

        /* Mentor Conversations Broadside */
        .conversations-journal-wall {
            background-color: var(--color-blue);
            color: var(--color-white);
            padding: 12% 8%;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            gap: 8rem;
        }

        .journal-quote-block {
            font-weight: 700;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            line-height: 1.05;
        }

        .journal-quote-block.sz-maximal { font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 6.5rem); color: var(--color-highlight); max-width: 90%; }
        .journal-quote-block.sz-median { font-size: clamp(2rem, 4.5vw, 4.5rem); align-self: flex-end; text-align: right; max-width: 80%; }

        /* Asymmetrical Knowledge Mosaic Layout */
        .knowledge-mosaic-section {
            padding: 10% 8%;
            background-color: var(--color-white);
        }

        .mosaic-architectural-grid {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr);
            gap: 3rem;
            grid-auto-flow: dense;
        }

        .mosaic-cell {
            background-color: rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.02);
            padding: 3rem;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            justify-content: center;
        }

        .mosaic-cell.graphic-large { grid-column: span 7; aspect-ratio: 4/3; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; }
        .mosaic-cell.graphic-small { grid-column: span 5; aspect-ratio: 1/1; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; }
        .mosaic-cell.text-standard { grid-column: span 5; }
        .mosaic-cell.text-broad { grid-column: span 7; background-color: var(--color-blue); color: var(--color-white); }
        .mosaic-cell.text-broad p { color: var(--color-white); }
        .mosaic-cell.quote-accent { grid-column: span 6; border-left: 4px solid var(--color-blue); }
        .mosaic-cell.research-block { grid-column: span 6; background-color: var(--color-highlight); }

        /* --- SINGLE FORM COMPILER COMPONENT SYSTEM --- */
        .newsletter-curated-container {
            padding: 10% 15%;
            background-color: var(--color-highlight);
            color: var(--color-blue);
            text-align: center;
        }

        .asymmetric-input-bar {
            display: flex;
            gap: 2rem;
            margin-top: 4rem;
            margin-bottom: 2rem;
            align-items: flex-end;
            text-align: left;
        }

        .minimalist-clean-input {
            flex-grow: 1;
            border: none;
            border-bottom: 2px solid var(--color-blue);
            padding: 1.2rem 0;
            font-family: var(--font-main);
            font-size: 1.2rem;
            outline: none;
            background: transparent;
            color: var(--color-blue);
            font-weight: 700;
        }

        .minimalist-clean-input::placeholder {
            color: rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.4);
        }

        .editorial-action-btn {
            background-color: var(--color-blue);
            color: var(--color-white);
            border: 2px solid var(--color-blue);
            font-family: var(--font-main);
            font-weight: 700;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            padding: 1.2rem 3.5rem;
            cursor: pointer;
            transition: var(--transition-fluid);
        }

        .editorial-action-btn:hover {
            background-color: var(--color-white);
            color: var(--color-blue);
        }

        .form-validation-logs {
            margin-top: 1.5rem;
            font-weight: 700;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            font-size: 0.95rem;
            display: none;
            text-align: left;
        }

        /* --- THE MENTORSHIP CHAPTER JOURNAL PAGE --- */
        .chapters-container-layout {
            padding: 6% 8%;
            background-color: var(--color-white);
        }

        .chapter-vertical-block {
            margin-bottom: 14rem;
            border-top: 2px solid var(--color-blue);
            padding-top: 4rem;
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 35% 65%;
            gap: 8%;
        }

        .chapter-illustration {
            width: 100%;
            aspect-ratio: 3 / 4;
            background-color: #f0f0f0;
            overflow: hidden;
        }

        .chapter-narrative-frame h2 {
            font-size: clamp(3rem, 5vw, 5.5rem);
            margin-bottom: 2rem;
        }

        .outcomes-matrix-box {
            margin-top: 4rem;
            background-color: rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.03);
            padding: 3rem;
            border-left: 5px solid var(--color-blue);
        }

        /* --- THINKING LIBRARY BROADSIDE PAGE --- */
        .library-broadside-layout {
            padding: 6% 6%;
        }

        .broadside-headline {
            font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 8vw, 9rem);
            margin-bottom: 4rem;
            border-bottom: 4px solid var(--color-blue);
            padding-bottom: 2rem;
        }

        .magazine-split-columns {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr 1fr;
            gap: 4rem;
        }

        .essay-primary-stream h3 {
            font-size: 2.5rem;
            margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
        }

        .side-curated-list h4 {
            font-size: 1.3rem;
            border-bottom: 2px solid var(--color-blue);
            padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
            margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
        }

        .side-curated-list ul {
            list-style: none;
        }

        .side-curated-list ul li {
            margin-bottom: 2rem;
        }

        /* --- ARCHITECTURAL ABOUT TIMELINE PAGE --- */
        .about-studio-shell {
            padding: 6% 8%;
        }

        .timeline-matrix-row {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 20% 30% 50%;
            padding: 4rem 0;
            border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.15);
        }

        .timeline-matrix-row:first-of-type {
            border-top: 2px solid var(--color-blue);
        }

        .timeline-year {
            font-size: clamp(3rem, 5vw, 6rem);
            font-weight: 700;
        }

        /* --- CONTACT STRUCTURE & COLLAPSIBLE DRAWER SYSTEM --- */
        .contact-workspace-split {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 40% 60%;
            padding: 6% 8%;
            gap: 10%;
        }

        .accordion-block-wrapper {
            padding: 8% 12%;
            background-color: rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.02);
        }

        .accordion-element-node {
            border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-blue);
        }

        .accordion-action-trigger {
            width: 100%;
            background: none;
            border: none;
            text-align: left;
            font-family: var(--font-main);
            font-weight: 700;
            font-size: 1.3rem;
            padding: 2.5rem 0;
            color: var(--color-blue);
            cursor: pointer;
            display: flex;
            justify-content: space-between;
            align-items: center;
        }

        .accordion-collapsible-drawer {
            max-height: 0;
            overflow: hidden;
            transition: max-height 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
        }

        .accordion-collapsible-drawer p {
            padding-bottom: 2.5rem;
        }

        /* --- MASSIVE SYSTEM GLOBAL FOOTER --- */
        footer {
            background-color: var(--color-blue);
            color: var(--color-white);
            padding: 8% 8% 3% 8%;
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
        }

        .footer-columns-container {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
            gap: 4rem;
            position: relative;
            z-index: 5;
        }

        .footer-column-block h4 {
            color: var(--color-highlight);
            font-size: 1.1rem;
            margin-bottom: 2rem;
        }

        .footer-column-block p, .footer-column-block ul {
            font-size: 1.05rem;
            color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
            list-style: none;
        }

        .footer-column-block ul li {
            margin-bottom: 0.8rem;
        }

        .footer-column-block ul li a:hover {
            color: var(--color-highlight);
            padding-left: 6px;
        }

        .footer-copyright-strip {
            margin-top: 8rem;
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
            padding-top: 2rem;
            display: flex;
            justify-content: space-between;
            align-items: center;
            font-size: 0.9rem;
            position: relative;
            z-index: 5;
        }

        .oversized-monogram-bg {
            position: absolute;
            bottom: -30px;
            left: 2%;
            font-size: clamp(5rem, 15vw, 16rem);
            font-weight: 700;
            color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
            line-height: 0.8;
            pointer-events: none;
            z-index: 1;
            width: 100%;
            text-transform: uppercase;
        }

        /* --- ACCESS PROTECTION MODAL FRAMES --- */
        .system-modal-backdrop {
            position: fixed;
            top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
            background-color: rgba(38, 28, 193, 0.98);
            z-index: 2000;
            display: none;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            padding: 2rem;
        }

        .modal-content-shell {
            background-color: var(--color-white);
            color: var(--color-blue);
            max-width: 850px;
            width: 100%;
            max-height: 85vh;
            overflow-y: auto;
            padding: 4.5rem;
            position: relative;
        }

        .modal-exit-button {
            position: absolute;
            top: 2rem; right: 2rem;
            font-size: 2.5rem;
            font-weight: 700;
            cursor: pointer;
            line-height: 0.5;
        }

        /* --- CORE RESPONSIVE MATRIX OVERRIDES --- */
        @media (max-width: 1024px) {
            .blueprint-hero-grid, .philosophy-strip-item, .pathway-row-block, .journal-magazine-row, .mosaic-architectural-grid, .chapter-vertical-block, .magazine-split-columns, .timeline-matrix-row, .contact-workspace-split, .footer-columns-container {
                grid-template-columns: 1fr !important;
                flex-direction: column !important;
                gap: 3rem !important;
            }

            .pathway-image-frame, .pathway-text-frame, .mosaic-cell, .chapter-illustration, .chapter-narrative-frame {
                width: 100% !important;
                grid-column: span 12 !important;
                margin-top: 0 !important;
            }

            .nav-center-cluster, header div:nth-child(3) {
                display: none;
            }

            .hamburger-trigger {
                display: flex;
            }

            .mind-map-schematic {
                height: auto;
                display: flex;
                flex-direction: column;
                gap: 1.5rem;
            }

            .schematic-node {
                position: static !important;
                width: 100% !important;
            }

            .schematic-svg-canvas {
                display: none;
            }

            .floating-insight-card {
                width: 100% !important;
                margin-left: 0 !important;
                transform: none !important;
            }
        }
