Presentation Design

aaronvanston/skills-presentations/skills/presentation-design

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Visual design guidance for bold, minimal presentations. Provides layout patterns, typography hierarchy, color specifications, and slide composition rules. Use when asking "how should this slide look?", "design guidance for...", "what layout for this slide?", or when translating content into visual structure for a presentation.

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AI-generated overview

Provides visual design guidance for bold, minimal presentation slides, covering layout, typography, color and composition.

What it does: This skill supplies design specifications for dark-first, high-contrast, minimal presentations. It defines typography hierarchy, contrast levels, section accent colors, and a set of slide layout patterns such as full statement, split, divider, code, data and people grids. It also maps slide types to layouts and lists visual elements and things to avoid.
When to use it: Use it when deciding how a slide should look, when translating content into a visual structure for a presentation, or when asking for layout guidance for a specific slide.
Requirements: No scripts or tools are required; it is instructions only.

Presentation Design

Visual design guidance for bold, minimal presentations optimized for live presenting.

Core Style

Theme: Dark-first, high contrast, minimal (light mode supported) Feel: Modern, confident, tech-forward

Element	Specification
Background	Black (#000000) or near-black; light mode: #fafafa
Primary text	White (#FFFFFF); light mode: #09090b
Secondary text	Gray (#9CA3AF)
Accents	Section-specific colors (see below)
Typography	Sans-serif (e.g. Geist Sans), light weights at large sizes
Letter spacing	Tight (-0.035em to -0.015em)

Typography Hierarchy

Impact comes from scale, not weight. Use light/regular weights (400-600) at massive sizes.

SECTION LABEL     Small caps, section color, tracked wide                  Example: "THE PROBLEM" | "WHAT WORKS"
Headline          Massive, primary color, light weight (400-500)                  Fluid sizing via container queries                  1-5 words per line typical
Subtitle          Smaller, secondary/muted color, regular weight                  1-2 lines maximum
Body/Bullets      Medium size, primary or secondary color                  Bold lead-ins (600 weight) when used

SECTION LABEL     Small caps, section color, tracked wide                  Example: "THE PROBLEM" | "WHAT WORKS"
Headline          Massive, primary color, light weight (400-500)                  Fluid sizing via container queries                  1-5 words per line typical
Subtitle          Smaller, secondary/muted color, regular weight                  1-2 lines maximum
Body/Bullets      Medium size, primary or secondary color                  Bold lead-ins (600 weight) when used

Text Contrast Hierarchy

Use 4 levels of contrast to create depth:

Section Colors

Each major section of a presentation gets its own accent color. This reinforces structure and helps the audience track where they are.

Color	Hex (dark)	Typical use
Teal	#14b8a6	Opening, framing, recap
Red	#f87171	Problems, challenges, tension
Purple	#a78bfa	Solutions, features, tools
Amber	#fbbf24	Data, reality checks, caveats
Green	#34d399	Best practices, what works
Blue	#60a5fa	Technical, implementation
Pink	#f472b6	Highlights, special callouts

Section colors appear in: section labels, gradient backgrounds, progress bars, and accent elements.

Layout Patterns

Full Statement (most common)

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ SECTION LABEL                           ││                                         ││ Massive                                 ││ Headline                                ││ Here                                    ││                                         ││ Subtitle text in muted color            ││                                 [ref] ↗ │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ SECTION LABEL                           ││                                         ││ Massive                                 ││ Headline                                ││ Here                                    ││                                         ││ Subtitle text in muted color            ││                                 [ref] ↗ │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Big Statement (maximum impact)

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ SECTION LABEL                           ││                                         ││                                         ││       Even Bigger                       ││       Statement                         ││                                         ││                                         │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ SECTION LABEL                           ││                                         ││                                         ││       Even Bigger                       ││       Statement                         ││                                         ││                                         │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Split Layout

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ SECTION LABEL                           ││                                         ││ Headline        │  • Point one          ││ Here            │  • Point two          ││                 │  • Point three        ││ Subtitle        │  • Point four         │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ SECTION LABEL                           ││                                         ││ Headline        │  • Point one          ││ Here            │  • Point two          ││                 │  • Point three        ││ Subtitle        │  • Point four         │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Section Divider (with gradient)

┌────────────────────┬────────────────────┐│                    │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓││ Section            │▓▓▓ Gradient ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓││ Title              │▓▓▓ Background ▓▓▓▓▓││                    │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓││ Subtitle           │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│└────────────────────┴────────────────────┘

┌────────────────────┬────────────────────┐│                    │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓││ Section            │▓▓▓ Gradient ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓││ Title              │▓▓▓ Background ▓▓▓▓▓││                    │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓││ Subtitle           │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│└────────────────────┴────────────────────┘

Code Slide

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ SECTION LABEL                           ││ Headline                                ││ Subtitle                                ││                                         ││ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ ││ │ // syntax-highlighted code block    │ ││ │ const result = await generate()     │ ││ │                                     │ ││ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ SECTION LABEL                           ││ Headline                                ││ Subtitle                                ││                                         ││ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ ││ │ // syntax-highlighted code block    │ ││ │ const result = await generate()     │ ││ │                                     │ ││ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Data/Metrics

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│        ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ││        │  $10M  │ │  ~10%  │ │  NPS   │ ││        │  ARR   │ │ GROWTH │ │   90   │ ││        └────────┘ └────────┘ └────────┘ ││ SECTION LABEL                           ││ Headline                                ││ Subtitle                                │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│        ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ││        │  $10M  │ │  ~10%  │ │  NPS   │ ││        │  ARR   │ │ GROWTH │ │   90   │ ││        └────────┘ └────────┘ └────────┘ ││ SECTION LABEL                           ││ Headline                                ││ Subtitle                                │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

People/Photos Grid

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ Headline                                ││ Subtitle                                ││                                         ││ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐        ││ │photo│ │photo│ │photo│ │photo│        ││ │Name │ │Name │ │Name │ │Name │        ││ │TITLE│ │TITLE│ │TITLE│ │TITLE│        ││ └─────┘ └─────┘ └─────┘ └─────┘        ││                                         ││ Photo style: Rounded, B&W or consistent │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐│ Headline                                ││ Subtitle                                ││                                         ││ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐        ││ │photo│ │photo│ │photo│ │photo│        ││ │Name │ │Name │ │Name │ │Name │        ││ │TITLE│ │TITLE│ │TITLE│ │TITLE│        ││ └─────┘ └─────┘ └─────┘ └─────┘        ││                                         ││ Photo style: Rounded, B&W or consistent │└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Slide Type → Layout Mapping

Slide Type	Layout
Title	Full statement, centered
Section divider	Split with gradient, section color
Statement	Full statement, left-aligned
Big statement	Big statement, maximum scale
Question	Full statement, centered
Goals/Agenda	Split layout, bullets right
Data	Metrics boxes top
Code	Headline + syntax-highlighted block
Quote	Centered, large quotation marks
People	Photos grid
Recap	Split layout, labeled bullets
Resources	Grouped reference links by section
Next steps	Timeline or labeled bullets

Embedded Content

Slides can embed rich media alongside headlines:

Code blocks — syntax-highlighted, dark surface background
Terminal output — monospace with ANSI color support
Tweet cards — styled quote cards with avatar and attribution
Video previews — thumbnail with play button
Article previews — link cards with title and description

Visual Elements

Section labels: Top-left, uppercase, section color
Progress bar: Bottom edge, section color, thin (3px)
References: Bottom footer with clickable URLs
Gradients: Aurora-style background effects using section color
Icons: Simple line icons, white or accent color, used sparingly

Things to Avoid

Dense paragraphs of text
More than 4-5 bullet points
Clip art or stock imagery
Heavy font weights for headlines (use scale instead)
Multiple competing focal points
Animation for animation's sake

Source and attribution

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Level	Purpose	Example
Primary	Headlines, key content	White / #FFFFFF
Secondary	Subtitles, supporting text	Light gray
Muted	Labels, metadata	Medium gray
Faint	Background elements	Dark gray

Presentation Design

Presentation Design

Core Style

Typography Hierarchy

Text Contrast Hierarchy

Section Colors

Layout Patterns

Full Statement (most common)

Big Statement (maximum impact)

Split Layout

Section Divider (with gradient)

Code Slide

Data/Metrics

People/Photos Grid

Slide Type → Layout Mapping

Embedded Content

Visual Elements

Things to Avoid

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