.about-container {
    width: min(100% - 2rem, 1400px);
    margin-inline: auto;
}

.about-kicker {
    margin: 0 0 1rem;
    color: var(--header-accent);
    font-size: .7rem;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: .18em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-hero {
    position: relative;
    display: flex;
    min-height: calc(100svh - 120px);
    align-items: flex-end;
    overflow: hidden;
    isolation: isolate;
}

.about-hero-image,
.about-hero-shade {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: -2;
    inset: 0;
}

.about-hero-image img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    object-position: center 62%;
    animation: about-hero-reveal 1.2s ease both;
}

.about-hero-shade {
    z-index: -1;
    background:
        linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5, 5, 5, .9) 0%, rgba(5, 5, 5, .42) 54%, rgba(5, 5, 5, .12) 100%),
        linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(5, 5, 5, .86) 0%, transparent 55%);
}

.about-hero-content { padding-bottom: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem); }

.about-hero h1 {
    max-width: 980px;
    margin: 0;
    font-family: var(--header-display);
    font-size: clamp(4.2rem, 10vw, 10rem);
    font-weight: 500;
    letter-spacing: -.055em;
    line-height: .76;
}

.about-hero-intro {
    max-width: 520px;
    margin: 2.5rem 0 0;
    color: #d1d1cc;
    font-size: clamp(.95rem, 1.3vw, 1.15rem);
    line-height: 1.7;
}

.about-scroll {
    position: absolute;
    right: max(1rem, calc((100% - 1400px) / 2));
    bottom: 2.25rem;
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .8rem;
    color: var(--header-muted);
    font-size: .68rem;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: .13em;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-scroll span { color: var(--header-accent); }

.about-intro {
    padding: clamp(6rem, 12vw, 12rem) 0;
    background: var(--header-text);
    color: var(--header-bg);
}

.about-intro-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(150px, .45fr) minmax(0, 1.55fr);
    gap: clamp(2rem, 8vw, 9rem);
}

.about-section-number {
    margin: .75rem 0 0;
    color: #777772;
    font-size: .68rem;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: .15em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-lead-copy {
    max-width: 1050px;
    font-family: var(--header-display);
    font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 5.5vw, 6rem);
    letter-spacing: -.04em;
    line-height: .98;
}

.about-lead-copy p { margin: 0; }

.about-lead-copy p + p {
    margin-top: 1.5rem;
    color: #777772;
}

.about-story { padding: clamp(6rem, 12vw, 12rem) 0; }

.about-story-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(280px, .9fr) minmax(0, 1.1fr);
    align-items: stretch;
    gap: clamp(1.5rem, 2.5vw, 3rem);
}

.about-story-image {
    display: grid;
    min-height: 0;
    grid-template-rows: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
    margin: 0;
}

.about-story-image img {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    min-height: 0;
    object-fit: cover;
    filter: saturate(.78) contrast(1.04);
}

.about-story-image figcaption {
    margin-top: .85rem;
    color: var(--header-muted);
    font-size: .65rem;
    letter-spacing: .12em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-story-copy { max-width: 700px; }

.about-story-copy h2,
.about-values-heading h2 {
    margin: 0 0 2.5rem;
    font-family: var(--header-display);
    font-size: clamp(3.1rem, 6vw, 6.5rem);
    font-weight: 500;
    letter-spacing: -.045em;
    line-height: .88;
}

.about-story-copy > p:not(.about-kicker) {
    max-width: 600px;
    margin: 0 0 1.4rem;
    color: var(--header-muted);
    font-size: .95rem;
    line-height: 1.85;
}

.about-story-copy blockquote {
    margin: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 6rem) 0 0;
    padding: 0 0 0 1.5rem;
    border-left: 1px solid var(--header-accent);
}

.about-story-copy blockquote p {
    margin: 0;
    color: var(--header-text);
    font-family: var(--header-display);
    font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3vw, 3.2rem);
    line-height: 1.1;
}

.about-story-copy > .about-story-closing {
    margin-top: 2.25rem;
    padding-top: 1.5rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--header-border);
    color: #d0d0cb;
}

.about-values {
    padding: clamp(6rem, 11vw, 10rem) 0;
    background: var(--header-surface);
    border-block: 1px solid var(--header-border);
}

.about-values-heading {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: .5fr 1.5fr;
    gap: 2rem;
    margin-bottom: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 7rem);
}

.about-values-heading h2 {
    max-width: 850px;
    margin: 0;
}

.about-values-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
}

.about-values-grid article {
    min-height: 300px;
    padding: 2rem clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 3rem);
    border-left: 1px solid var(--header-border);
}

.about-values-grid article:last-child { border-right: 1px solid var(--header-border); }

.about-values-grid span {
    color: var(--header-accent);
    font-size: .66rem;
    letter-spacing: .1em;
}

.about-values-grid h3 {
    margin: 5rem 0 1rem;
    color: var(--header-text);
    font-family: var(--header-display);
    font-size: clamp(2rem, 3vw, 3rem);
    font-weight: 500;
}

.about-values-grid p {
    max-width: 330px;
    margin: 0;
    color: var(--header-muted);
    font-size: .84rem;
    line-height: 1.75;
}

.about-manifesto {
    padding: clamp(7rem, 15vw, 15rem) 0;
    text-align: center;
}

.about-manifesto .about-kicker { margin-bottom: 2rem; }

.about-manifesto-text {
    max-width: 1120px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    font-family: var(--header-display);
    font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 8vw, 8.5rem);
    letter-spacing: -.055em;
    line-height: .86;
}

.about-manifesto-text em {
    color: var(--header-accent);
    font-weight: 500;
}

.about-cta {
    display: inline-flex;
    min-height: 50px;
    margin-top: clamp(3rem, 6vw, 5rem);
    align-items: center;
    gap: .75rem;
    padding: .85rem 1.4rem;
    border: 1px solid var(--header-accent);
    font-size: .72rem;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: .12em;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    transition: color 200ms ease, background 200ms ease;
}

.about-cta:hover,
.about-cta:focus-visible {
    color: var(--header-bg);
    background: var(--header-accent);
}

@keyframes about-hero-reveal {
    from { opacity: .25; transform: scale(1.035); }
    to { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
}

@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .about-hero { min-height: calc(100svh - 78px); }

    .about-intro-grid,
    .about-story-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }

    .about-section-number { margin: 0; }

    .about-story-image {
        display: block;
        width: min(75%, 580px);
    }

    .about-story-image img { height: auto; }

    .about-values-heading { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }

    .about-values-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }

    .about-values-grid article,
    .about-values-grid article:last-child {
        display: grid;
        min-height: 0;
        grid-template-columns: 50px minmax(150px, .45fr) 1fr;
        align-items: start;
        gap: 1rem;
        border-top: 1px solid var(--header-border);
        border-right: 0;
        border-left: 0;
    }

    .about-values-grid h3 { margin: -.25rem 0 0; }
}

@media (max-width: 600px) {
    .about-container { width: min(100% - 2.5rem, 1400px); }

    .about-hero-image img { object-position: 35% center; }

    .about-hero-shade {
        background:
            linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5, 5, 5, .82), rgba(5, 5, 5, .25)),
            linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(5, 5, 5, .94) 0%, transparent 75%);
    }

    .about-hero h1 {
        font-size: clamp(4.1rem, 21vw, 6rem);
        line-height: .8;
    }

    .about-scroll { display: none; }

    .about-lead-copy { font-size: clamp(2.7rem, 13vw, 4rem); }

    .about-story-image { width: 88%; }

    .about-values-grid article,
    .about-values-grid article:last-child {
        grid-template-columns: 35px 1fr;
        padding-inline: 0;
    }

    .about-values-grid article p { grid-column: 2; }

    .about-manifesto { text-align: left; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    .about-hero-image img { animation: none; }
}