In a world of utilitarian, overcrowded, and ad revenue driven weather dashboards, the Daybreak project is intended to be as refreshing to use as it is design and engineer. Although admittedly inconsequential when compared to the grandiose aspirations of traditional, revenue driven web applications, Daybreak serves as an ongoing medium for experimental collaboration and expressive design between a small group of designers and engineers.

Daybreak is designed to be thematically configurable. Within a growing list of options (like Glacier or Alpine) each theme transforms the Daybreak dashboard into an illustrative landscape punctuated by gentle colors and gradients. Each theme transitions into its dark mode counterpart after sunset, as the countdown timer transitions into a sunrise countdown.To support the design of the indefinitely growing thematic options, the Daybreak design process relies heavily on - and to a certain extent was inspired by - Figma’s new color variable support. For typography, the dynamic color palettes prioritized adaptability over eccentricism and ultimately resulted in the use of the san serif Inter. Heavy border radiuses, breathable spacing, and icongrapny first copy are used to preserve a playful, light hearted tone.

Daybreak is still in the early stages of active development, which means buzzword details and smooth anecdotes around the process are in short supply. However, we do know that Daybreak will be written in React/Redux, and a component library driven by Tailwind .