Overview

We move on one curve and three timings. Small things are quick, most moves take the base timing, and the big shine moments are slow. Keep to those and everything feels like Gleam.

Principles

Three ideas behind every move. Everything else in this section follows from them.

01
Clear

Every move has a reason: to show where something came from or where it went.

02
Purposeful

Motion guides attention to what matters, then gets out of the way.

03
Consistent

The same kind of moment always moves the same way.

Curve

Our signature curve. Use it for anything that moves, in place of the defaults in your tools.

Signature — Ease in/out
cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.24, 0, 1)
Fast 150ms · Base 300ms · Slow 500ms
Fades take about half as long as the move they go with.
Copy for
In use

Our logo, and the components every screen has, each moving on our curve.

Gleam_Symbol.svg
Logo
Arriving on screen.
GleamGuidelines
Headline
Titles rising line by line.
Continue
Button
Pressing a button.
Toggle
Switching on and off.
Carousel
Moving through a set.
Options
Menu
Opening a dropdown.
Modal
Asking for a decision.
Do and don’t

A few rules that keep motion feeling like us.

Purpose
Do

Move things to show where they came from or where they went.

Don’t

Animate just to decorate.

Timing
Do

Quick for small things, slow only for the shine moments.

Don’t

Make anyone wait for an animation before they can book.

Comfort
Do

Respect the reduced motion setting: fade instead of move.

Don’t

Spin, flash or shake large areas of the screen.

Updated Nov 07, 2026