Love Detroit (Site of the Day - Dec 24, 2010) — UI design breakdown

[gallery columns="2"] Eight Bands. Eight Songs. One Album. A Holiday Music Compilation by Detroit artists to benefit Detroit charities. Brought to you by Team Detroit. Sourced from Awwwards. Use this page as a UI breakdown: reverse-engineer hierarchy, color roles, and interaction cues before you remix ideas into your own screens.

• Study how Love Detroit separates primary actions from secondary content—note spacing, type scale, and focal contrast. Recognized as Site of the Day - Dec 24, 2010.
• Extracted palette (#2779A7, #987654): check which hues carry brand vs utility chrome.
• Darkest #2779A7 vs lightest #987654 sits around 1.2:1, which is soft—better for backgrounds than small body copy.
• Ask: what would break first if this layout were a product dashboard—navigation clarity, scan order, or color contrast?
• Related themes: Film & TV, Music & Sound, Other, Video.