Alicia Keys editorial site grid: SO DONE feature tile

Alicia Keys editorial site grid: SO DONE feature tile, editorial, minimal, light

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A masonry grid of editorial website tiles from an Alicia Keys-themed portfolio, centered on a large SO DONE article tile.

Summary

A masonry grid of editorial website tiles from an Alicia Keys-themed portfolio, centered on a large "SO DONE" article tile.

Visual description

On a pale blue-grey background, several rectangular website tiles sit in an uneven grid, each carrying its own "MENU" label in a top corner. The centered, largest tile has a bold black all-caps headline "SO DONE" over a photo of a woman in a coral outfit and a man in a dark leather jacket, with a caption line below reading "This special performance celebrating the anniversary of Songs in A Minor was everything to me." To its right, a black tile reads "BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS 2021 BEHIND THE SCENES" in white type. Partial tiles are visible at the left and right edges: a cropped portrait in a black dress on the left, and a dark, textured close-up image on the right.

Key takeaway

Treating each editorial story as its own tile with a consistent "MENU" affordance keeps a dense grid of very different photography and headline lengths feeling like one system. The oversized all-caps headline against generous white space is what makes the centered tile read first.

Reuse notes

Good reference for a music or entertainment editorial hub, portfolio case-study index, or magazine homepage grid. Depends on strong, consistent photography across every tile or the mismatched images will fight each other.

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