Nockerl signature surfaces
Draft
The originality layer. Everywhere else the system earns trust by being consistent; here it earns identity. This is where Nockerl stops looking like a dark theme and starts looking like Nockerl, sourced straight from the Android app + Voice.
The Nockerl feel
Section titled “The Nockerl feel”- Future-oriented, dimensional. Depth is a feature: real shadow, catch-light, and 3D, not flat.
- Rich visuals, sparse text. Let the surface carry the meaning.
- Distinctive over popular. Refuse the trained mean (see the ethos).
What makes a surface signature
Section titled “What makes a surface signature”- Gradient user chat bubbles (a jewel-like diagonal cyan accent) vs lifted gateway / agent messages (a raised plane, family-color rail). The sender is legible from shape and depth, not just alignment.
- Faceted / geometric backgrounds: a low-poly ambient field that adds dimension without noise.
- The recording HUD: a phase-driven voice pill that reads its own state.
- Long-press pop: Android press-and-hold that lifts a surface into a contextual menu with haptics.
Build these on the foundations and the laws (the brand gradient, family rails, depth, and motion), composed into forms that exist nowhere else.
Components
Section titled “Components”| Component | Status |
|---|---|
| Chat message bubble | ▢ queued |
| Gateway / agent message | ▢ queued |
| Tool-call card | ▢ queued |
| Faceted background | ▢ queued |
| Recording HUD | ▢ queued |
| Long-press pop menu | ▢ queued |
| Floating pill controls | ▢ queued |
| Context gauge / right rail | ▢ queued |
| Brand mark / logo | ▢ queued |