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Bloom

A single Archimedean spiral the agent draws as it works. One shape, eleven jobs — Bindu and a twenty-one-particle field appear only when the state asks for them. Below: the size ladder, then eleven states across three thematic groups.

3.5 turns · 21 particles · 1 Bindu

Size ladder

Three render tiers across eight target sizes. Hero keeps the canonical 3.5-turn pitch; mid tightens to 3.0 turns at heavier stroke; tiny drops to 2.25 turns with a wider radial pitch so the favicon still reads as a spiral, not a dot.

Lifecycle

When the agent simply is. First paint, resting, waiting on I/O, switched off — the moments where motion is about presence, not work in flight.

Activity

When the agent is doing. Each loop has a signature gesture so the kind of work is legible without a label — wandering thought, scanning, writing, give-and-take.

Status

When the agent is signalling outcome. Calibration, success, error — colour and held-frame carry the meaning; motion is restrained to confirmation, not celebration.

Brand applications

Six surfaces at their true rendered size, each picking the right tier automatically. The favicon at 16 px is the hardest test — it must read unmistakably as a spiral.

Mintrix
Browser tab · 16 px
Mintrix
Wordmark lockup
App icon · iOS
Hiten Sethi
Founder · Mintrix
Business card corner
Email footer · inline 14 px
Loading lesson plan…
Loading state · in product

Implementation notes

Geometry is locked. Three render tiers chosen by CSS pixel size; the canonical Archimedean math is preserved at hero and mid. Tier-time deviations exist only at tiny so the favicon reads.

TokenValueWhere used
viewBox0 0 240 240All renderings
centre(120, 120)Bindu, spiral origin
spiral · hero3.5 turns · stroke 1.10 · op 0.65 · ink≥120 px · primary identity
spiral · mid3.0 turns · stroke 1.50 · op 0.78 · ink48–80 px · readable at glance
spiral · tiny2.25 turns · stroke 2.40 · op 0.92 · ink16–32 px · favicon silhouette
particles21 · t = (i+0.5)/21 · suppress <48 pxState-active layer
Bindur = 5 px · only on reveal/success/error/sync/calState-marker, not constant
ghost spiralstroke 0.5 · #D6D1CB · op 0.10 · ≥120 pxReceipt of work; never small
house easingcubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)Default for transitions
wobble cycleseeds 7 → 13 → 21 · 4 200 ms · async"Still alive" tell · ≥48 px