Monograph: Designer portfolio template
A one-person portfolio that books calls.
For independent designers and consultants: a serif manifesto hero, a work index, services, a client letter and a booking calendar so leads can schedule an intro call.
About the Monograph template
Monograph is a one-person portfolio that books calls. A serif manifesto, a work index with previews, services with prices, a client's letter and a booking calendar let prospects schedule an intro without an email back-and-forth.
A one-person portfolio that books calls. It is a complete designer portfolio landing page for React and Tailwind CSS 4, assembled from 7 Charcoal UI sections.
Who Monograph is for
- Independent product designers.
- Freelance developers and consultants.
- Fractional design leads.
- Coaches and advisers.
What is inside
7 sections, top to bottom:
- Navbar Floating: A glass pill that hides on scroll down, with a gliding hover highlight and a mobile sheet.
- Hero Manifesto: Full-height serif manifesto: lines rise in turn, numbered principles and a hand-drawn signature.
- Gallery Work Index: Agency work index as a table, with a preview image that follows the cursor over each row.
- Features Hover List: Services as a big type list; hovering a row floats a photo beside the cursor.
- Testimonials Letter: A customer's thank-you letter on lined paper with a serif body, a P.S. and a self-drawing signature.
- Contact Booking: Book-a-demo block: pick a day, pick a slot and confirm without leaving the page.
- Footer Minimal: One quiet row: brand, a few links and the year.
How it is built
The booking block's host, agenda and slots are props. Every section is a separate Charcoal UI section, so you can reorder, remove or restyle any of them, and the accent colour is one CSS variable on the page wrapper.
Install Monograph
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/monographTemplates are part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat covers all 100 templates, 107 sections and 300 Pro components. The command installs the page and every section and component it uses, so it runs the moment it lands.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I use Monograph for a client site?
- Yes. A Pro seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, client work included.
- Is Monograph a Next.js template?
- It is a React 19 page that works in Next.js (App Router or Pages Router), Vite, Remix and Astro. Drop it into a route and it renders.
Sections in this template
- Navbar Floating: A glass pill that hides on scroll down, with a gliding hover highlight and a mobile sheet.
- Hero Manifesto: Full-height serif manifesto: lines rise in turn, numbered principles and a hand-drawn signature.
- Gallery Work Index: Agency work index as a table, with a preview image that follows the cursor over each row.
- Features Hover List: Services as a big type list; hovering a row floats a photo beside the cursor.
- Testimonials Letter: A customer's thank-you letter on lined paper with a serif body, a P.S. and a self-drawing signature.
- Contact Booking: Book-a-demo block: pick a day, pick a slot and confirm without leaving the page.
- Footer Minimal: One quiet row: brand, a few links and the year.