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Deadpan Labs — This Site

A narrative, scroll-driven site where a three.js "examination chamber" dramatizes the studio's promise: an idea is pressed out, scanned, run through a machine, and fabricated into a product.

Deadpan Labs — This Site
The brief

Prove the craft, don't describe it.

A studio that both builds and markets products needed a site that demonstrated the craft instead of claiming it. The concept: make the homepage itself the demo — an idea enters, gets examined, and rolls out as a product — running as a real-time 3D scene that still loads fast, stays accessible, and converts.

What we did
  • A scroll-driven three.js "examination chamber": a figure presses a button, an idea orb rolls out, is scanned, travels a Rube-Goldberg machine, and is fabricated into a product
  • Built in Next.js with a ~1,100-line vanilla-three scene driving its own render loop and scroll navigation
  • A "Start a project" CTA that dives the camera into the chamber and opens an inquiry form whose answers light the scene up live
  • A data-driven Work portfolio with draft/published gating, a full brand system (flask mark, favicon, OG), and complete technical SEO + GEO
The outcome

The build is the portfolio piece.

A live production site that turns positioning into an interactive proof of craft — the homepage is a working demonstration of 3D web engineering, the inquiry flow converts interest into structured leads, and a reusable content system lets the team publish new work by editing a single file.

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