The WorkBench mark is a 3×2 grid of modules — some filled (active), some outlined (available). The asymmetry is intentional: you choose what you need. The bottom bar communicates progress and coverage. Scales from favicon to hero.
ON FOG · PRIMARY
ON WHITE
ON SLATE
Mark Anatomy
Filled modulesActive modules — selected, live, in use
Outlined modulesAvailable modules — not yet selected
Progress barCoverage indicator — filled = active modules ratio
Grid rhythm3×2 at base. Scales to 3×3 or 4×2 for feature variants
02 — Wordmark
WorkBench Lockup
Space Grotesk 700. Two capital letters fused: Work + Bench. No space. No hyphen. The "B" is sky blue — the only color break in the wordmark. The mark and wordmark lock horizontally with 14px gap.
WorkBench
Build your business stack
ON WHITE · PRIMARY
WorkBench
NAV / APP HEADER
WorkBench
Build your business stack
ON NAVY · AuditForge promo context
03 — Color Palette
WorkBench Light
Light-mode native. Designed for small business owners who work in daylight, not data centers. Clean, approachable, and readable. DDL's CottageHumble tokens are preserved only where necessary — status indicators, DDL attribution, and AuditForge cross-links.
Surfaces
Fog
#F8FAFC
Page background
Cloud
#F1F5F9
Section backgrounds
White
#FFFFFF
Card surfaces
Mist
#E2E8F0
Borders / dividers
Text
Slate
#1E293B
Headings / primary
Iron
#334155
Body text
Steel
#64748B
Secondary / muted
Wire
#94A3B8
Placeholders / captions
Brand + Status
Sky
#3B82F6
Primary accent
Sky Light
#EFF6FF
Sky wash / hover
Green
#4A9E6B
LIVE status
Amber
#C49A3C
COMING SOON status
Crimson
#B23531
DDL attribution only
04 — Typography
Type System
Three fonts. Each has a single job. Space Grotesk for brand moments and headings. Inter for everything a person reads. JetBrains Mono for every number, label, and data point.
Space Grotesk 700 — Display / Wordmark / Section Headers
Your business. Your modules.
Inter 400/500 — Body / UI / Descriptions
WorkBench is a modular business operating system. Pick the tools your business actually needs. Leave the ones it doesn't. Everything runs on the same data layer — so the tools you choose talk to each other from day one.
JetBrains Mono — Labels / Data / Status / Metadata
47 users · 12 modules active · LIVE · 2026-04-11 · v1.0.0
05 — Status Chips
Module Status Indicators
Two states: LIVE and COMING SOON. Both use the DDL status palette for consistency with AuditForge. JetBrains Mono 700, 10px, uppercase.
LIVE
COMING SOON
· module card badges
ACTIVE
AVAILABLE
DISABLED
· selector variants
06 — Module Cards
Pick and Choose Interface
The core UI pattern. Each module is a card. Selected modules get a sky border and a focus ring. Available (not selected) modules show a standard border. This pattern applies to both the marketing page and the in-app selector.
LIVE
▦
Controls
Audit controls mapped to risks, frameworks, and assertions.
LIVE
◈
Teams
Staff roster, skill tokens, and role management.
COMING SOON
⬡
Capacity Planning
Who can do what, when — and what it costs.
Selected cards have sky border + sky-lt ring. Available cards have standard var(--border).
07 — Usage
Surface Contexts
WorkBench is a light-mode product. The dark surface only appears when cross-linking into the DDL / AuditForge ecosystem.
PRIMARY SURFACE
Build the stack your business needs.
Pick what fits. Leave what doesn't. Everything connects on the same layer.
FOG SURFACE
One layer. Every module.
The star schema doesn't change between domains. The data does.
WorkBench — coming from Dropdown Logistics
Built by the team that built AuditForge. Same governed methodology. Same star schema. Broader scope.
AuditForge.dev context ↗
08 — Voice & Copy
How WorkBench Speaks
Plain. Direct. Never feature-listy. WorkBench talks to a business owner who doesn't have time for software jargon. Short sentences. Present tense. Verbs over nouns.
Pattern
Instead of
Use this
Headline
Comprehensive modular business management platform
Build the stack your business actually needs.
Module intro
Our Teams module leverages skill-based token architecture
See who's on your team, what they're good at, and where they're needed.
COMING SOON
This feature is currently under active development
Coming soon. Building it now.
CTA
Request a demo of our enterprise solution
Start building →
DDL attribution
WorkBench is a product of Dropdown Logistics LLC
From the team that built AuditForge.
TAGLINE OPTIONS
Your business. Your modules. Your system.
Build the stack your business actually needs.
Pick what fits. Leave what doesn't. Everything connects.
One layer. Every module. Built to your shape.
09 — DDL Family
Product Relationship
WorkBench is a Dropdown Logistics product. It shares the star-schema architecture and the DDL methodology with AuditForge, but it speaks a different language to a different audience. AuditForge is for audit professionals. WorkBench is for everyone else.
AuditForge
The Audit Firm Operating System
Dark. Governed. Structured. For audit professionals who need every control documented and every decision ratified.
auditforge.dev
WorkBench
Build Your Business Stack
Light. Modular. Approachable. For small business owners who want the right tools without the enterprise overhead.